UA’s ABC Chapter Places Fourth in National Competition

The University of Alabama student chapter of the Association of Builders and Contractors recently placed fourth overall in the student chapter construction management competition and placed third in the estimating category at the ABC National Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

UA in the News: March 12, 2008

SGA seeks for expanded cell phone service – Staff member shares recipe

Two UA Students Chosen to Attend Insurance, Risk Management National Conferences

Two students enrolled in The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce insurance and risk management curriculum have been chosen to attend national conferences.

UA Student News: March 11, 2008

DATES TO REMEMBER March 12 Corporate Citizenship Panel, 1–2 p.m., 30 Alston Hall Teaching Internship Application Meeting, 4 p.m., 118 Graves Hall March 13 LUNAFEST, reception at 6 p.m., films at 7 p.m., Bama Theatre Corolla Yearbook Sales, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., front of Gordon Palmer Hall March 17 Road Closing: south end of Fraternity Lane

Engineering Student Selected for SAE Leadership Development Program

Tim Rose, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering from Rochester Hills, Mich., was one of 25 students selected to participate in the 2008 Society of Automotive Engineers Leadership Development Program.

Two Medical School Students Get First-Hand Experience in Rural Health Care Through UA’s Term Program

Two third-year University of Alabama School of Medicine students are getting enhanced training in rural medical practice through TERM – the Tuscaloosa Experience in Rural Medicine, a program of UA’s College of Community Health Sciences.

UA’s Fifth Annual Arty Party to Benefit School of Music

How would you like to conduct the University of Alabama’s Million Dollar Band in front of 92,000 people at a Crimson Tide home football game?

Find Out ‘What’s Up with Hobbits’ at Next ALLELE Lecture

The controversial discovery of a possible new species of man, named after the short, hole-dwelling Halflings in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels, will be discussed at The Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, or ALLELE, series on March 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Biology Building on The University of Alabama campus.

UA Student Takes Top Theater Honors

A group of 12 talented students from The University of Alabama department of theatre and dance recently participated in the Region IV Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival with one UA student taking a top award.

UA Engineers Without Borders Continues Community Service With Hale County

When residents of Hale County realized their community did not have a recreational field equipped for their children to play baseball, they called The University of Alabama’s Engineers Without Borders for help. When members of the community were being billed hundreds of dollars for water they never received because of faulty pipes or leaks in their homes, EWB was there.