DATES TO REMEMBER
May 7
WVUA-FM benefit, Mellow Mushroom, 9 p.m.
May 8
Commencement, Coleman Coliseum, 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
May 8-9
The Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show, Tuscaloosa Regional Airport, 9 a.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Census enumerators are going door to door this week. The questions and answers are expected to take about 5 minutes. If you do not answer the door, the enumerator will leave a card with a telephone number on it. You can call the number on the card and answer the questions over the telephone or schedule a convenient time for the enumerator to return. Enumerators will make six attempts to contact each residence. You may get a visit even if you returned a completed census form. Call the local census office at 205-535-3510 or 866-872-6868 if you have questions. Census data affects how federal funding is distributed to local governments. When you complete a census form, you help the Tuscaloosa community.
Parking registration for 2010-11 is open. More information: http://www.bamaparking.ua.edu/pages/permit-reg.htm.
The following closings will occur as the result of the ongoing renovation to Foster Auditorium. If you have concerns, contact Brooks Ballentine, project manager, UA construction administration, at 348-6166.
- Construction will be ongoing on portions of Sixth Avenue from Bryant Drive to Elm Drive starting May 10. Sixth Avenue from the street between Osband Hall and Martha Parham Hall to Elm Drive will reopen around May 28. Sixth Avenue from Bryant Drive to the intersection of the street between Osband Hall and Martha Parham Hall will reopen around June 7. The Elm Drive and Sixth Avenue intersection will not be affected.
- From May 10 to May 15 approximately 25 feet of the section of Sixth Avenue south of Paul W. Bryant Drive will be closed.
- The parking lots between Foster Auditorium and Farrah Hall, Foster Auditorium and Hayden-Harris Hall, and Foster Auditorium and Mary Burke Hall will be closed from May 10 to Aug. 7.
From now until May 12 you can register at any SUPe Store buyback location for prizes that include gift cards, Apple iPads, and an Apple iPod Shuffle and iTunes gift card. No purchase necessary to register. For details and buyback locations and to check your book’s buyback value, visit http://thesupestore.com.
Veteran Center readjustment counseling services are now available on campus every Friday. Alisha Stanton, LGSW, readjustment counselor from Birmingham, will provide counseling and readjustment to UA student veterans. If you have served in combat or have experienced sexual harassment or sexual trauma while on active duty in the military, you are eligible for services. Veterans do not have to be service-connected or to have an honorable discharge. More information or an appointment: Alisha Stanton at 205-212-3122.
The University Union wants to know what kind of music you enjoy and whom you would like to see in concert in Tuscaloosa. Click here to respond to a survey.
The Crimson White is conducting a survey of students and readers to solicit feedback and suggestions for improving the newspaper. The survey will continue into the fall semester, but a drawing from among survey participants for a prize will take place on May 7. The survey is anonymous. More information: Josh Hedrick.
Students may pick up a free, current campus directory at the information desk on the second floor of Ferguson Student Center or at the Student Recreation Center.
UA Football 2010 student ticket season packages will be available for purchase between June 14 and June 18 to those students who met the April 30 opt-in deadline. Students who indicated they were interested in tickets during the opt-in period will receive an e-mail between May 24-28 letting them know their sale dates. Sale days will be based on total credit hours. The sale will be broken up into five days based on each student’s credit hours. These are UA hours and do not include transfer or AP hours. For a timeline and additional information, click here. Incoming freshman students and transfer students will participate in a separate sale on June 1.
EVENTS, ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Spring commencement is May 8 in Coleman Coliseum. At the 9 a.m. ceremony the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration and the Colleges of Communication and Information Sciences, Education, Engineering, and Nursing will award their degrees. At 1:30 p.m., degrees will be conferred in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education, Human Environmental Sciences, and the School of Social Work. The School of Law’s ceremony will be at 5:30 p.m. Ceremonies will be broadcast live over the Internet. The webcast will be archived on UA’s website and will be available for viewing until May 31.
WVUA-FM 90.7 will host an end-of-year benefit on May 7 at 9 p.m. at Mellow Mushroom, 2230 University Blvd., downtown Tuscaloosa. The Motions and Joshua Morgan Folmar will perform. All cover charges taken at the door will benefit WVUA-FM, UA’s student-operated radio station. More information: Claire Brucker.
The Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show will be May 8 and May 9 at the Tuscaloosa Airport. Gates open at 9 a.m. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Army Golden Knights will be featured performers. More information: http://sites.google.com/site/thetuscaloosaairshow2010/home.
The annual UA in DC program, coordinated by the UA Career Center and the National Capital Alumni chapter, will be held on June 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the offices of Van Scoyoc Associates, located at 101 Constitution Ave. NW, Suite 600 West. Students working in Washington, D.C., this summer are welcomed to attend. The UA in DC program brings UA students and alumni together for shared interests, networking and education. The speaker for the evening will be U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner of Alabama. Food and giveaways will be available. E-mail Jonathan Hurt for more information and to be added to the list server to receive reminders.
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