The University of Alabama’s African-American Alumni Network (AAAN) will honor UA’s first African-American student, Autherine Lucy Foster, at a special ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 28. The event, titled “Tribute to the Trailblazer,” is scheduled for 6 p.m. in the Ferguson Center ballroom on the UA campus. The public is invited.
The 2006 University of Alabama Homecoming Court was selected in a general student election on Tuesday, Oct. 24.
The University of Alabama Homecoming Concert by the Ying Yang Twins hip hop duo will be held on the grass parking lot just west of University Medical Center to better accommodate the anticipated large crowd. The concert will begin at 10 p.m., Friday, Oct. 27.
Sylvia Brent Elliott described herself as “unafraid, unthreatened and unstoppable.” More than a year after her death, that description seems to still ring true, as her writing lives on in a textbook dedicated to her and her work.
Dr. Jorge Ortiz Sotelo, a historian from Peru and former Peruvian marine, will give a talk as a guest of The University of Alabama department of history and the Latin American Studies Program. The talk will be in the Summersell Room (room 251) of ten Hoor Hall on the UA campus at 2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 23.
The third in a series of public lectures on evolution will continue at The University of Alabama with philosopher Barbara Forrest. Forrest will speak on “The Wedge Strategy: The Political Relevance of Intelligent Design Creationism” Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Biology Building auditorium, room 127, on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama and The Coca-Cola Foundation recently honored 12 UA freshmen as recipients of The Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship Program.
University of Alabama students will build a storage shed that will be delivered to the local Habitat for Humanity chapter for use in their building program.
The University of Alabama has been recognized for extraordinary community service by the first-ever President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll announced in Chicago on Oct. 17.
The University of Alabama psychology department is presenting Dr. Albert Bandura, David Starr Jordan Professor of Social Sciences in Psychology at Stanford University, for the annual Michael Dinoff Memorial Lecture on Friday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. in 208 Gordon Palmer Hall.