DATES TO REMEMBER
Nov. 5
Weather siren testing, noon
Nov. 6
Pulse Check Lunch, 204-A Ferguson, noon
Nov. 7
Capstone International Coffee Hour, 121 B.B. Comer Hall, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Nov. 11
Millennium Promise: End Poverty by 2025, UP game room in Ferguson Center, 6–9:30 p.m.
STUDENT AFFAIRS
• Weather sirens and Tide Text Alerts keep you informed of severe weather conditions. A test of area weather sirens is held the first Wednesday of each month at noon, weathering permitting. In the event of local severe weather the University places weather information online at http://uanews.ua.edu/severeweather.htm. Also, faculty, staff and students are encouraged to sign up for Tide Text Alerts, a free service sponsored by the UA Office of Student Media in cooperation with the University. Those who sign up receive text message updates delivered directly to their phones. In particular, they receive real-time alerts from UA’s Emergency Operations Group if severe weather or emergency situations happen on campus. To sign up, go to myBama and click on the Tide Text Alerts link.
• Do you currently live off-campus? If so, Housing and Residential Communities invites you to complete the Off-Campus Student Survey to assist us in enhancing your off-campus living experience.
• Donate your unused football tickets and win prizes! Those who donate will have a chance to win one of these great prizes: A-Day tickets in the Zone, a football autographed by Coach Nick Saban and UA bowl game tickets. If you are not going to the game, please do not let your ticket go to waste. Let your fellow students share the tradition.
• The Office of Information Technology has subscribed to the quarterly FrontLine Security Newsletter from Computer Security Institute (CSI). This newsletter contains both industrywide and UA-specific security information. For more information and the current issue click here.
EVENTS, ARTS, & CULTURE
• Coat drive for the Salvation Army and the VA. Tables will be set up for students to donate any new or used winter coats and accessories at the Ferguson Center Nov. 9–14. This event is hosted by Phi Sigma Pi. More information: Chris Griffin.
• Want to learn more about off-campus housing? Anyone considering living off-campus next year should come to Mary Burke Hall West on Nov. 4 at 6:30 p.m. to learn more about leases, landlord and tenant rights, city ordinances and more. More information: Julie Elmore at 348-9647.
• Enjoy lunch and talk about campus issues with UA administrators. The next Pulse Check Lunch with Dr. Judy Bonner, provost, and Dr. Mark Nelson, interim vice president for student affairs, will be Nov. 6, noon, 204-A Ferguson. The lunch is a time for open-ended discussions regarding campus issues.
• Millennium Promise: End Poverty by 2025 will be held Nov. 11 from 6–9:30 p.m. in the University Programs game room at the Ferguson Center. Join the Alabama International Relations Club in the fight against extreme poverty worldwide as we raise funds and awareness for effective, revolutionary work. Live music, free food and the viewing of the film “Blood Diamond” will all be featured. Find out how you can get involved with international development work on campus. Donations will be accepted at the event. More information: Carly James.
• Capstone International Coffee Hour – Capstone International Center invites faculty, staff and students to Capstone International Coffee Hour, Friday, Nov. 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in 121 B.B. Comer Hall. Coffee Hour will be sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs.
• The department of theatre and dance presents The Heiress, a famous story about the fortunes of love, Nov. 4-9 in the Gallaway Theatre. The Heiress takes the audience into the tragically plain life of Catherine. After she falls head-over-heels in love with a young man, she must determine if he’s with her for love or the love of money. Shows are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for UA faculty, staff, and senior citizens, and $10 for students. Tickets can be bought from noon to 5 p.m. weekdays at the box office in Rowand-Johnson Hall; by visiting www.crimsonartstickets.com; or by calling 348-3400.
• The department of theatre and dance presents the Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre Fall Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11-Thursday, Nov. 13, and 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, in Morgan Auditorium. This concert, performed by members of UA’s dance program, features Cornelius Carter’s piece “Men Dancing,” highlighting the new and upcoming talent of the dance program’s male corp. Also featured are works by faculty members Rita Snyder, Sarah Barry and Ping Guo and guest choreographer Alicia Okouchi-Guy. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for UA faculty, staff and senior citizens and $10 for students. Tickets can be bought at the box office in Rowand-Johnson Hall from noon to 5 p.m., by visiting www.crimsonartstickets.com, or by calling 348-3400.
• The Brown Bag Lecture sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center and the department of women’s studies will be Nov. 12 at 12:30 p.m. in 102 Manly Hall. University faculty will lead an hour-long reader’s theater performance titled “Five Feministas: (Re)Claiming Feminism in the Neaux Wave.” They will incorporate music, art, media representations and theater to engage the audience in a critical examination of the complexities, contradictions and tensions among feminism, feminist scholarship and women’s studies — including the lived experiences of many young women who have come of age in the era of Girl Power. More information: Melanie DeMaeyer at 348-5040.
• Planning to live off campus? Landlords, Leases and Legalities will be Nov. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in Morgan Auditorium. More information: Meg McCrummen.
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
• Scholarship applications are now being accepted for adult students and students facilitating their degree through the College of Continuing Studies. The deadline for applications is Dec. 15. Applications can be found by clicking here. More information: Academic Outreach Student Services at 348-0089.
• McNair Scholars will present, in concurrent sessions, their summer 2008 research conducted under the guidance of UA faculty Thursday, Nov. 6 on the third floor of Ferguson Center. The opening session begins at 6 p.m. in the Heritage Room, 322 Ferguson. A reception follows the sessions at 8 p.m. More information: 348-0572 or slhicks@ctl.ua.edu.
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