UA Junior Panhellenic to Host Community Easter Egg Hunt
The University of Alabama Junior Panhellenic will host their annual Community Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, March 9, at 1 p.m. on the lawn of the UA President’s Mansion.
Gadsden Student Elected SGA President at UA
Cason Kirby of Gadsden was elected president of the Student Government Association at The University of Alabama for the 2008-2009 term.
UA Engineering to Host Robotics Summer Research Experience
The University of Alabama College of Engineering will host a robotics research program for undergraduates this summer.
UA Associate Provost Explores Poetry, Spirituality Through Book of Essays and Web-Based Chapbook
Fifty-four words, each
six stanzas, 18
lines total. Notes.
Essays. Experiments. Spirituality.
Publish: print, online.
“throttle chortle chicago”
In Lecture ‘Turning Japanese,’ UA Scholar Examines Female Author Caught Between Ethnicities
Winnifred Eaton (1879-1954) was one of the first known writers of Asian descent to be published in America. She wrote several popular novels set in Japan. Yet she tried to hide her ethnic identity – she was born in Canada to an English father and Chinese mother who had been adopted by missionaries. Eaton went so far as to use a Japanese pen name — Onoto Watanna.
UA Student News: March 4, 2008
DATES TO REMEMBER March 4 SGA ELECTIONS: Vote from 9 a.m.–7 p.m. March 5 SGA ELECTIONS: Vote from 9 a.m.–7 p.m. “March to the Schoolhouse Doors,” 6 p.m., steps of Gorgas Library Association of Child Life Informational Meeting, 6 p.m., Child Development Center March 6 Higher Education Day, 11 a.m., Alabama State House in Montgomery
Miss UA Opens Legislative Session in Montgomery
Miss University of Alabama for 2008, Meri-Glenn Freeman (center) of Vestavia Hills, was recently invited to open a session of the Alabama House of Representatives in Montgomery.
Petroleum Alternatives Expert to Present UA Darden Lecture
A researcher whose patents have been commercialized for producing cellulose-based ethanol as an automotive fuel will present the 10th annual Darden Lecture April 3 at 7 p.m. in the Biology Building, room 127, on The University of Alabama campus.
Snead State, UA Partnership Offers Nurses Mobility
Advanced nursing degrees are within easier reach for local registered nurses through a new Internet-based partnership between Snead State Community College and The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing.
2008 Premier Award Winners Announced at UA
Recipients of the 2008 Premier Awards – the top individual honors for scholarship, leadership and service at The University of Alabama – were announced by UA President Robert E. Witt on Friday, Feb. 29 at a recognition ceremony.