Alliance for Women of Color to Hold Open House at UA for Women’s History Month
The University of Alabama Alliance for Women of Color will celebrate Women’s History Month by hosting an open house Monday, March 3 at 5:30 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library.
UA in the News: February 28, 2008
UA’s Alabama Wind Ensemble part of Friday’s Memorial Service for Enterprise Tornado victims – UA faculty comment on gas prices and housing market – UA events
UA Cason Award to Honor Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author Hank Klibanoff
Hank Klibanoff, a managing editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and co-author of “The Race Beat,” will receive the 2008 Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing from The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences Thursday, March 6 at a dinner in his honor at the Bryant Conference Center Rast Room.
Scholar of Globalization to Speak March 11 in UA’s Aronov Lecture Series
Dr. Arjun Appadurai, a noted social scientist, scholar of globalization and currently the John Dewey Distinguished Professor in the Social Sciences at The New School in New York City, will give The University of Alabama department of religious studies’ 2007-2008 Aaron Aronov Lecture.
UA in the News: February 27, 2008
Profile on UA chancellor Malcolm Portera – UA prof comments on gas prices – SGA elections – and more…
Whistleblower, Author Cynthia Cooper to Visit UA to Share Her Experience in MCI/WorldCom Scandal
Cynthia Cooper, who received her master’s degree in accountancy from The University of Alabama and has achieved worldwide acclaim for her role in uncovering the corporate fraud at WorldCom, will return to Tuscaloosa to talk about her new book, “EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower.”
UA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Headed for Nationals
The University of Alabama Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team will play against No. 6 Dallas Lady Mavericks in the first round of the Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament Thursday, Feb. 28 at 11:30 a.m. in Champaign, Ill.
UA Senior Wins Second Place in Health Care Essay Competition
Steven Spiehler, a senior from Slidell, La., majoring in health care management at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has won second place in the prestigious Richard J. Stull Student Essay Competition, sponsored by the American College of Healthcare Executives.
UA Student News: February 26, 2008
DATES TO REMEMBER Feb. 25-March 1 Eating Disorders Awareness Week Faculty/Student Week Feb. 27 “A Candid Conversation with Derica Rice,” 7 p.m., Smith Hall Feb. 28 Faculty/Student Week Reception, 5-6:15 p.m., Heritage Room Feb. 29 CCSO applications due Commuter West and Northeast Parking Permit Sale/Exchange, 7:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m., 103 Student Services Center March 1 Irish
Klezmer Group, Vulgar Bulgars, to Perform at UA’s Crossroads Center
The Crossroads Community Center will host the musical group The Vulgar Bulgars as part of their Community Conversation series Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 4 p.m. in 232 Ferguson Center.