Students to Present Research, Creative Skills in Annual UA Conference April 13
About 250 students will showcase their research and creative projects during The University of Alabama’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference April 13.
UA to Launch Signature Health and Wellness Program
Faculty and staff at The University of Alabama will enjoy an added benefit this year — optimal health courtesy of WellBama, UA’s signature wellness program. Designed to promote health and improve the quality of life for all employees, this free, personalized program will debut at an official launch ceremony on April 14 at 11 a.m. on the front steps of Rose Administration Building.
UA Professor Wins Goldsmith Award for Communication Contributions
Dr. Kim Sydow Campbell, professor of management communication in the marketing and management department at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named winner of the 2009 Alfred N. Goldsmith Award for outstanding contributions to engineering communication.
UA’s Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity and Phi Mu Sorority Host ‘Get on the Ball’ Event for Children’s Miracle Network
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity and Phi Mu Sorority at The University of Alabama will be presenting the second annual “Get on the Ball” for Children’s Miracle Network event on campus from April 13-18.
UA Healthcare Management Student Wins First Place in National Essay Competition
More than 100,000 people are waiting to receive a life changing organ transplant, but many of those people are waiting in vain. Despite national legislation governing the organ procurement system, a shortage of donors remains.
Chi Alpha Campus Ministry Hosts ‘Smurf Out’ Event at UA to Fight Poverty, Break World Record
University of Alabama students will be taking part in Chi Alpha Campus Ministry’s “Smurf Out Poverty” event on Thursday, April 16 at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Plaza with the goal of breaking a world record while raising money to feed families in need.
Premier Leadership Organization, UA Blackburn Institute, Selects New Student Fellows
The University of Alabama Blackburn Institute — recognized this year by NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education as one of the nation’s premier leadership development organizations — has named its 2009-2010 UA student fellows.
UA Student News: April 7, 2009
DATES TO REMEMBER April 8 Sigma Lambda Gamma Founders Day Luau, Riverside Pool, 6:30 p.m. April 13 “My Economy is Whack…but What Now?” 20 Alston Hall, 7 p.m. Resonance Show Choir performance, Moody Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference, Ferguson, 8 a.m.- 3 p.m. April 14 Tee-Time Fashion Show, front lawn
UA’s COE Does Art Presents ‘The Big Bad Musical’
While engineers are commonly known for their problem-solving abilities, students of The University of Alabama’s College of Engineering Does Amateur Radical Theatre are taking their skills beyond the realm of math and science and applying them to theater in the howling comedy “The Big Bad Musical.”
UA Researcher Explores Effect of Rising Sea Level, Carbon Dioxide Levels on Nation’s Coastal Wetlands
A University of Alabama researcher is exploring the effects that rising sea level and greenhouse gases may have on the nation’s coastal wetlands.