Boxing Biographer, Sports Historian to Speak at UA
Dr. Randy W. Roberts, a sports historian, will give a public lecture in 205 Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus, Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 4:30 p.m.
Coach and Mrs. Saban Give UA $100,000 for Scholarships
Dr. Robert E. Witt, president of The University of Alabama, is pleased to announce that Coach and Mrs. Nick Saban have contributed $100,000 to the University’s scholarship fund for students who are the first in their family to attend college.
Regions Financial Corporation Establishes Endowed Scholarship at UA
Birmingham-based Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE: RF), one of the nation’s Top 10 financial services providers, has again given $1 million to The University of Alabama’s “Our Students. Our Future.” Campaign, establishing the Regions Endowed Scholarship.
MLK ‘Realizing the Dream’ Concert at UA Presents Benita Washington
Gospel artist Benita Washington will highlight the 18th annual Martin Luther King Jr. “Realizing the Dream” concert at The University of Alabama’s Moody Music Concert Hall, Saturday, Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Nick Saban Named Head Football Coach at The University of Alabama
Nick Saban, head coach of the National Football League’s Miami Dolphins for the past two seasons, has been named the 27th head football coach of The University of Alabama Crimson Tide. Saban has compiled a record of 106-59-1 (.642) in 13 seasons as a head coach, having also led programs at Louisiana State (LSU), Michigan State and Toledo.
David Bronner, RSA Chief and the Man Behind the State’s Tallest Building, to Address UA’s 2007 Economic Conference
Not many states can boast of a building that stands more than 744 feet tall, but Alabama can. The new RSA Battlehouse Tower in Mobile, at 745 feet, is the tallest building in the state and one of the tallest in the nation.