Dr. Jay Bernhardt, director of the National Center for Health Marketing at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will give a public talk on “Public Health 2.0: Improving Health through Health Marketing and Social Media” Thursday, Sept. 18 at 3:30 p.m. in 247 Paul W. Bryant Academic Center on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama SGA Student SPIRIT Campaign will hold its first 2008 “Swipe Week” Sept. 15-19 giving University of Alabama students a chance to show their school spirit by swiping their ACTion cards to make small contributions to a UA scholarship fund for first-in-family college students.
Ken Ludwig’s zany backstage comedy, “Moon Over Buffalo,” takes the stage Tuesday, Sept. 23 through Sunday, Sept. 28 at The University of Alabama’s Gallaway Theatre. The play is a production of the department of theatre and dance, part of UA’s College of Arts and Sciences.
Reznick Group PC, a national accounting firm, has pledged $125,000 to The University of Alabama in support of the Culverhouse College of Commerce and its Culverhouse School of Accountancy. Ranked among the top 20 public accounting firms in the nation, Reznick Group employs approximately 1,500 people. The firm maintains 10 offices nationwide, including a full-service office in Birmingham.
A select group of 26 high school students from across the state recently completed the 2008 Rural Health Scholars Program at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering will host Engineering Day, or E-Day, an open house for high school students and their families, Thursday, Oct. 2 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Dr. Paul Harvey, professor of history at The University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, will present the lecture “The Evolution of Southern Religious Conservatism” at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, at Gorgas Library, room 205, on The University of Alabama campus.
DATES TO REMEMBER Sept. 13 Bama vs. Western Kentucky, 6 p.m., Bryant-Denny Stadium Sept. 14 Marr’s Field Journal interest meeting, 8 p.m., 360 Ferguson Center Sept. 15 2nd Annual Capstone Sales Competition information session, 7 p.m., 377 Bidgood Sept. 16 Non-Traditional Student Fair, 6–8 p.m., second floor, Ferguson Center Free stress screening and snacks, 11
The Rural Medical Scholars Program at The University of Alabama is now working with The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Deep South Center for Occupational Safety and Health to add an agricultural safety and health component to the master’s degree curriculum of the program.
Ynhi Thai, a senior in The University of Alabama’s chemical engineering program, will receive a prestigious and highly competitive William Orr Dingwall Foundation Asian Ancestry Grant.