UA junior receives Truman award
Tuscaloosa News – March 31
Kendra Key, a graduate of Paul Bryant High School and a junior at the University of Alabama, has won a scholarship created by Congress to help future leaders reach their goals. Key is one of 60 college juniors awarded a Truman Scholarship, out of more than 600 who applied from nearly 300 colleges. She will receive a $30,000 scholarship for graduate school and will take part in activities sponsored by the Harry Truman Scholarship Foundation…
Education briefs
Birmingham News – March 31
Jonathan Pond, PBS financial expert, will serve as an executive-in-residence and guest speaker for the University of Alabama’s College of Human Environmental Sciences on Thursday… — David H. Barlow, professor of psychology and psychiatry and founder and director emeritus of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University, will be the speaker for the annual Michael Dinoff Memorial Lecture on Friday at 6:30 p.m. in room 208 of Gordon Palmer Hall on the University of Alabama campus. — The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance presents the student-choreographed Dance Alabama! Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, and at 5:30 p.m. Friday, in Morgan Auditorium on Colonial Drive in the UA Theatre District… — The University of Alabama Panhellenic Association will hold its annual Community Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, 2-4 p.m., on the front lawn of the UA President’s Mansion for children up to 12 years old. — UA will recognize the achievement of outstanding students and faculty during 2009 Honors Week activities on campus April 6-10…