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DATES TO REMEMBER
Today
College Republicans and Democrats, 6:30 p.m., Ferguson Student Center
Men’s basketball vs. Kentucky, 8 p.m., Coleman Coliseum
Jan. 19
University Supply Store special hours, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., law school location
Spring Get On Board Day, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Ferguson Student Center Ballroom
Bloodmobile drive, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Capstone Drive near the Gorgas House
Brown Bag lecture, noon, 308 Manly Hall
Registration deadline for Tutwiler Prison visit, 5 p.m.; call Women’s Resource Center at 348-5040 or e-mail jlhitchins@sa.ua.edu
Jan. 20
University Supply Store special hours, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., law school location
Women’s basketball vs. Georgia, 8 p.m., Coleman Coliseum
LITEs Out! Cosmic Bowling Tournament, 9-11:30 p.m., Bama Lanes
Jan. 21
University Supply Store special hours, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., law school location
Alabama gymnastics vs. Boise State, 7:30 p.m., Coleman Coliseum
Jan. 22
Swimming and diving vs. Florida State, 11 a.m., Aquatic Center
Jan. 24
Relay for Life Kickoff, 6-8 p.m., Ferguson Center Game Room
“Lost Boys of Sedan,” 7 p.m., Ferguson Student Center Theater
Jan. 24-28
Women in Prison Awareness Week letter-writing campaign, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Ferguson Student Center, second floor
Women in Prison Awareness Week pack-a-purse campaign, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Ferguson Student Center, second floor; 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Women’s Resource Center
Jan. 25
Tutwiler Prison demonstration, 10 a.m., the Quad
Jan. 26
Law School Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Ferguson Student Center Ballroom
Women in Prison Awareness Week panel discussion, 3:30-4:30 p.m., 309 Ferguson Student Center
Jan. 28
Women in Prison Awareness Week Tutwiler Prison day trip, 10-4 p.m., Wetumpka, Ala.; registration required
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Student Government Association homecoming associate director applications are available at the SGA website and are due Jan. 28 in the SGA office or vial e-mail to Katie Mellown at nkmellown@crimson.ua.edu. A list of positions is available at http://www.homecoming.ua.edu.
Students can visit the Student Health Center to receive flu vaccinations. The center has recently treated a few cases of the flu. More information: David Wilkins at dwilkins@cchs.ua.edu or 348-0108.
Student-employee W-2 forms will be sent to local mailing addresses by Jan. 31. By Jan. 21, students employed at UA should confirm that their local mailing addresses are correct by logging in to myBama and clicking on the Student tab. Under the Banner Self-Service feature, open the Personal Information folder and click on the Update Addresses and Phones link. Student employees can call the Human Resources Service Center at 348-7732 for assistance.
The University Supply Store is giving away five MacBook Airs on Jan. 21. Register to win at the SUPe Store locations at the Ferguson Student Center, Tutwiler Hall or the School of Law. No purchase is necessary to register. See http://www.thesupestore.com for details.
Creative Campus is hosting the first UA Sketchbook Project. Students, faculty and staff are invited to fill sketchbooks with poetry, drawings, paintings, collages or whatever they like. The completed sketchbooks will be collected in the spring and exhibited in conjunction with the Druid City Arts Festival. To participate and receive a sketchbook, send name and contact information to UAsketchbook@gmail.com by Jan. 31. Creative Campus plans to conduct the sketchbook project annually.
Artists and musicians can participate in the Druid City Arts festival by completing one of the application forms found at UA’s Creative Campus website. Registration deadline is Jan. 28. The festival will be held on March 26 in downtown Tuscaloosa.
The Women’s Resource Center is seeking student writers to help with the spring 2011 edition of Our Voice newsletter. Journalism majors can come to a planning meeting at the center on Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. Story assignments, deadlines and themes will be discussed. More information: Shannon Langan sblangan@crimson.ua.edu.
Undergraduate students of all majors are invited to enter UA’s annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference scheduled for April 11 at the Bryant Conference Center. Students can compete for cash prizes and earn practical experience in defending or performing their work before judges. To participate, undergraduate students must register their projects by submitting application forms and abstracts describing their projects by March 7. Visit http://www.osp.ua.edu/UndergradResearch.html for an application and details. More information: Lauren Wilson at lawilson@fa.ua.edu or Michelle Estes at mestes@fa.ua.edu, or call 348-5152.
To keep students informed if severe weather or an emergency occurs on campus, the University uses UA Alerts to simultaneously send voice calls and text messages to cell phones and e-mails to myBama and Crimson e-mail accounts. In an emergency, an e-mail will be sent to a student’s myBama account. Students should make sure that their contact information on myBama is updated. Students who do not check their myBama e-mail accounts need to turn on e-mail forwarding. Students can find directions for doing this under the Student Tab on myBama. To view and make changes to their information online, students can log into their myBama accounts at http://mybama.ua.edu. Click here to get more information and step-by-step instructions for updating information on myBama.
Capstone International Academic Programs is accepting study-abroad applications for 2011 faculty-led summer programs. Find application and program information online or visit Capstone International at 135 B.B. Comer Hall.
EVENTS, ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Spring Get On Board Day will be held Jan. 19, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., in the Ferguson Student Center Ballroom. This event is for students of all classifications to explore involvement opportunities at the Capstone. More information: Alex Karagas at karag001@sa.ua.edu or 348-6114.
Interested in earning college credit for a political internship in Washington, D.C., or Montgomery, Ala.? Then, join College Republicans and College Democrats for an informational meeting Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 6:30 p.m. in the east dining room of the Ferguson Student Center. Dr. Michael New, Dr. Stephen Borrelli and a panel of former interns will answer questions. More information: cadeann@gmail.com
Students with an interest in law school can speak with law-school representatives and obtain information about schools from across the country at the Law School Fair on Jan. 26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Ferguson Student Center Ballroom. Event is free to students. More information: http://prelaw.ua.edu or Wendy McMillian at 348-7324.
Dr. Janis Edwards, associate professor of communication studies, will talk on “(What) Can Sarah Palin Teach Us About Women in Politics Now?” at the first Brown Bag lecture of 2011. The lecture starts at noon on Jan. 19 in 308 Manly Hall. Students can bring their lunches and should arrive early, as space is limited. More information: Shannon Langan at sblangan@crimson.ua.edu or 348-5040.
The Women’s Resource Center will spread awareness about incarcerated women in Alabama during Women in Prison Awareness Week, Jan. 24-28. The UA community will have the opportunity to participate in a letter-writing campaign to incarcerated women, a toiletry and purse collection, a prison demonstration on the Quad, a panel discussion and a visit to a women’s prison. Each of the events is free. More information: the Women’s Resource Center or Jessi Hitchins at jlhitchins@sa.ua.edu.
Relay for Life 2011 kickoff will be in the Ferguson Student Center Game Room on Jan. 24 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. All student organizations, fraternities, sororities, residence halls, academic departments and groups of friends can register for a team at the kickoff event. More information: Andres Pena at alpena.bama@gmail.com.
“Lost Boys of Sudan,” a film about two Sudanese refugees escaping a civil war and coming to America, will be shown in the Ferguson Student Center Theater on Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. A Sudanese “lost boy” currently living in Alabama will speak before the film and be available for questions and answers afterward. More information: Linn Groft at apwonjo@gmail.com.
The Every Woman Book Club will hold its first meeting of the year on Jan. 27 at noon at the University Club to discuss Diana Craig Bibb’s new novel, “Goodwin Girls.” Bibb is a member of the book club. Make reservations with Kathy at kechols@sa.ua.edu. Cost is $11.83 in exact cash or check (dessert is extra).
MathWorks will present a free MATLAB seminar on Feb. 9 in the 205 Gorgas Library. Eric Johnson, MathWorks application engineer, will conduct two sessions, one beginning at 9 a.m. and the second at 1:30 p.m. The first session will be an introduction to MATLAB; the second session will cover the more advanced topics of speeding up applications and parallel computing with MATLAB. More information: http://oit.ua.edu/oit/services/software-licensing/matlab-seminar.
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