The University of Alabama College of Engineering will host Dr. Diran Apelian from Worcester Polytechnic Institute as he addresses engineering education for the 21st century related to improving enrollments and inspiring the next generation of engineers.
The 2009 Capstone Creed Week at The University of Alabama on Feb. 4-11 will be the fourth annual week of events dedicated to the ideals of the Capstone Creed.
Dr. Mark Nelson, vice president for student affairs, vice provost and professor of communication studies at The University of Alabama, is one of 15 finalists for the Inspire Integrity Awards, a national award recognizing faculty members who have had a significant impact on their students’ lives and instilled a high degree of personal and academic integrity.
Cutting-edge artists represented in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art will speak during the spring 2009 semester at The University of Alabama.
The Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce will host its first Alabama Elevator Pitch and Business Plan Competition next fall.
The University of Alabama Museums’ Moundville Archaeological Park is recruiting volunteers to help staff its education programs for a growing number of visitors.
DATES TO REMEMBER Jan. 14 Off-campus Housing Fair, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Ferguson Center Jan. 13 and 15 Alpha Delta Chi Spring Rush, 8 p.m., Ferguson Center Jan. 17 Miss UA Pageant, 7 p.m., Morgan Auditorium Realizing the Dream Concert, Moody Music Building Jan. 19 Ferguson Center Hours, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Supply Store, noon-4 p.m. EVENTS,
The Ninth Annual Commercial Real Estate Conference will be held at the Birmingham/Jefferson County Convention Center Sheraton Hotel Complex and will feature David Bronner, chief executive officer of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, as the keynote speaker. The RSA provides pension benefits to more than 100,000 retirees or their survivors, and paid out $2.035 billion in fiscal 2007.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center and the department of women’s studies will present their Brown Bag Series on Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 12:30 p.m. in 308 Manly Hall.
The University of Alabama’s Blackburn Institute has been selected to receive a 2009 Excellence Award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, known as NASPA.