Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/student to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the e-mail subscription. DATES TO REMEMBER Sept. 21 “Screwtape,” Allen Bales Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22 General interest and business career fair, Bryant Conference Center, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. UA National Society of Black Engineers networking banquet, Hotel Capstone, 6 p.m. “Made
Vietnam War veteran and national expert on veterans’ matters Floyd “Shad” Meshad will be on campus Thursday, Sept. 23, to help The University of Alabama launch the new VETS — Veterans Education and Transition Support — initiative.
Dr. Robert Higgs, an economic historian and a senior fellow at the Independent Institute, will present the lecture “The Rise of the Warfare State” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, in Room 205 of Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus.
University of Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy conducted a high-tech vision screening for the 100,000th child screened by Impact Alabama’s FocusFirst Initiative on Wednesday, Sept.15, at Tuscaloosa Head Start.
The University of Alabama Faculty-in-Residence Series will begin Monday, Sept. 20, with a presentation from Irish poet Joan McBreen at 6 p.m. in 208 Gordon Palmer.
The Manderson Graduate School of Business at The University of Alabama recently welcomed the MBA class of 2012 to campus. At 93 students, the MBA class of 2012 is the third consecutive class with record enrollment.
The University of Alabama continues to grow with quality with enrollment topping 30,000 for the first time this fall. A record 30,232 students are enrolled, an increase of 1,425 students, or almost 5 percent, over fall 2009.
The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center will host “Remembering Hurricane Katrina: Five Years Later” at 5 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Crossroads Lounge, 232 Ferguson Center.
The debate between gubernatorial candidates Dr. Robert Bentley and Commissioner Ron Sparks on The University of Alabama campus Thursday, Sept. 16 will be broadcast live from 7-8 p.m. on Alabama Public Television, Alabama Public Radio, al.com and C-Span.
U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. will be the keynote speaker at an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 3:30 p.m. in The University of Alabama Law School McMillan Lecture Hall, rooms 287/288.