Road work won’t affect game traffic
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 4
Both Paul W. Bryant Drive and Jack Warner Parkway will be open to traffic Saturday, when the University of Alabama holds its first home football game against Tulane, City Engineer Joe Robinson said…On Jack Warner Parkway, the University of Alabama is opening a road across the west side of campus and is creating an entrance onto the street that includes a turn lane. Neither the road nor the turn lane will be open on Saturday, but the construction won’t interfere with traffic on Jack Warner Parkway, Robinson said…
Rodgers Library now open 24 hours
Crimson White – Sept. 4
…Starting this semester, students will be able to use the Eric and Sarah Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering 24 hours a day for four days a week. Dean of Libraries Louis Pitschmann said the program is testing the waters. “It’s a pilot project to determine whether there is sufficient need to have a library open around the clock,” Pitschmann said…
College of Nursing holds Pre-K health screenings
Crimson White – Sept. 4
…Yesterday, the Capstone College of Nursing and other UA students helped give health, vision and hearing screenings to children in various schools that have a Pre-K program, going to University Place Elementary, Skyland Elementary and Woodland Forrest Elementary School. The tests include taking blood pressure, body temperature, finger pricks and vision exams…
UA Dining Halls Going Trayless
NBC 13 (Birmingham) – Sept. 3
University officials decided to go trayless when student government leaders came to them and asked to go green. The school predicts it will save hundreds of thousands on water and waste by losing the trays.
Three Bama players competing in Paralympics
Tuscaloosa News – Sept. 4
… For Alana Nichols, Mary Alison Milford and Stephanie Wheeler, their Paralympic story has ties to the University of Alabama, where they all play on the collegiate wheelchair basketball team. Whether they’re training with Brent Hardin, the UA director of Disability Sports, or U.S. Paralympic women’s wheelchair basketball head coach Ron Lykins, their dedication persists. Their goal is to win…
Hotel Capstone’s renovation party
Birmingham News – Sept. 4
A $1.65 million renovation of the Hotel Capstone on the University of Alabama campus is making its debut just in time for the Crimson Tide’s first home football game. A renovation party is set for tonight to show off the new look of the 150-room hotel along with its new Legends restaurant, which boosts the hotel’s events and catering capabilities,
renovated guest rooms, ballroom and lobby. Birmingham’s Jackson Hospitality Services has managed the hotel since it opened in 1987 and will operate it as Hotel Capstone, changing its name from Sheraton Four Points. The hotel is attached to the Bryant Conference Center.