The University Supply Store will hold its spring 2009 University of Alabama Graduation Celebration on Tuesday-Thursday, March 24-26 in the Ferguson Center Ballroom from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. each day. The Graduation Celebration is designed to be a one-stop shopping and preparation venue for students who plan to graduate in May 2009.
The University of Alabama will host its annual High School German Day on Monday, March 2 at the Ferguson Center with some 350 high school students from across the state expected to be on campus to participate in the event.
“MAH: Moving Around Heidegger,” an interdisciplinary art project conceived and produced by University of Alabama faculty and students, has been chosen for screening in the international exhibition “Globalscreen 2008-2010: Simulations.”
The University of Alabama and UAB joint master’s in art history program is presenting the 14th annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History Friday, Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library on the UA campus.
With the warmer days of late winter upon us and the early flowers in bloom, it’s time to plan for the gardening season in Alabama. Tips from UA Matters can help with your planting.
DATES TO REMEMBER Feb. 17 Mardi Gras Ball, The Zone at Bryant-Denny Stadium, 8 p.m. Feb. 18 Academic Advising Roundtable, 205 Gorgas Library, 10 a.m. College of Arts and Sciences Ambassadors applications due Feb. 22 African-American History Tours, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Feb. 23 ‘Race, Politics and the Media in
The University of Alabama Libraries is sponsoring a Book Collecting Contest for UA students this semester. The contest aims to promote reading and interest in book collecting.
One of the world’s largest collections of 20th-century African-American Art, the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art, will be on display at The University of Alabama and Stillman College in March. It will be the first UA exhibition of the collection since Jones donated it to the University in October 2008.
John “Chip” Street Jr., a second-generation builder/developer originally from Calhoun County, has been named to the regular board of trustees of the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama. Street is owner of Street Residential Construction Inc.
The University of Alabama Ferguson Center Student Union will host the fourth annual Hip-Hop Summit with the theme “Expressing the Nation” Feb. 16-18 on campus.