From Mentor to MD, UA Student’s Volunteer Work Inspires a Career Path

UA student Katie McMurray has 20 young friends who eagerly await her company every Friday afternoon. These 11-year-olds are not her college friends, but McMurray hopes they will attend one day. McMurray is mentoring the youngsters at Matthew’s Elementary School as part of a service learning class at UA. Recently, McMurray was accepted into medical school where she plans to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a pediatrician and continuing her work with children.

UA Community Service Center to Host National Volunteer Week

The University of Alabama Community Service Center will be hosting National Volunteer Week and providing service opportunities for faculty, staff and students. Volunteers are asked to sign up at the Community Service Center in 345 Ferguson Center or at Earth Fest on Sunday, April 19, on the Quad at the CSC table from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Day of Silence to be Held at UA April 17

As part of the national Day of Silence, a Breaking the Silence event will be held in the Ferguson Center lounge on The University of Alabama campus April 17 at 5 p.m.

Army ROTC Cadet at UA Receives National Award

Noel Jordan, a student at The University of Alabama from Mt. Brook, has received the Marshall Award for being selected UA’s top Army ROTC cadet for this academic year. As part of the honor, Jordan is participating in the George C. Marshall ROTC Awards Seminar April 15-17 in Lexington, Va.

Partnership Between Southern Union, UA Offers Nurses Mobility

Advanced nursing degrees are within easier reach for area registered nurses through a new Internet-based partnership between Southern Union State Community College and The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing.

UA Student News: April 14, 2009

DATES TO REMEMBER This Week National Student Employment Week April 14 Tee-Time Fashion Show, front lawn of Doster Hall, 7 p.m. Cold Stone for CAPS, Cold Stone Creamery, 6 p.m.-closing Sigma Lambda Gamma informational meeting, 34 Bidgood Hall, 7:30 p.m. April 15 Vital Signs: Social Responsibility and the Prognosis for 21st Century Global Health, Ferguson

UA Libraries Announce Book Collecting Contest Winners

Four University of Alabama students who have a passion for books have been named winners in the UA Libraries’ 3rd annual Book Collecting Contest. On Wednesday, April 15, at 2:30 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library there will be an event to recognize contest winners, after which Dr. Louis Pitschmann, dean of University Libraries, will speak on book collecting and book collections. A reception will follow.

UA Capstone Engineering Society to Sponsor Golf Tournament

The Capstone Engineering Society of The University of Alabama College of Engineering will hold the ninth annual CES Golf Tournament Thursday, April 30, at the Bent Brook Golf Course in Bessemer with registration and lunch beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Ceramic Artists Childers, Cain to Show Works at UA

Ceramic artists Ian Childers and Micah Cain will visit The University of Alabama from Wednesday, April 15, to Friday, April 17. UA’s Creative Campus Initiative and the department of art and art history are presenting the visit.

UA SAE Wins Outstanding Branch Award

The University of Alabama Society of Automotive Engineers collegiate chapter is the recipient of the 2009 Honeywell Outstanding Branch Award. The chapter will be presented with a plaque and $600 at the SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit, Mich., April 20-23. This is the second consecutive year UA’s SAE has received this award.