Campus Events to Highlight Capstone Creed

The University of Alabama Office of Student Involvement and Leadership will host its annual celebration of the Capstone Creed March 28-April 1.

UA in the News: March 23, 2011

UA book arts student gives away handmade books – Exchange students impacted by earthquake – Honors College Assembly screens education documentary – Nationwide adventurer visits the Capstone – and more…

UA Panhellenic Association Hosts 2011 Preview Weekend

The University of Alabama Panhellenic Association is hosting the 2011 Panhellenic Preview Weekend March 25-27 for high school seniors and college students interested in fall recruitment.

Deadline Approaching for Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction

The deadline for authors and publishers to enter a novel to win the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction is April 8. The prize, created by the ABA Journal and the UA School of Law, will be given annually to a book-length work of fiction that best exemplifies the role of lawyers in society, and their power to effect change.

Rural Mental Health Issues Take Center Stage at Upcoming UA Conference

Zelia Baugh, the newly appointed commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health, will be a keynote speaker at the 12th annual Rural Health Conference on Monday, April 25, and Tuesday, April 26, at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.

Slash Pine Writer’s Festival Returns to UA, Tuscaloosa

The Slash Pine Writer’s Festival 2011, an event that will bring more than 40 writers from across the nation to Tuscaloosa for readings and workshops, will be from Wednesday, March 30 through Saturday, April 2, at venues throughout the city, including The University of Alabama.

UA Student News for March 22, 2011

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 Today-April 5 Registration time assignments and advising for summer and fall Today Men’s baseball vs. UAB, 6:05 p.m., Sewell-Thomas Stadium March 23 Ask SGA Day, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Ferguson Student Center Plaza What Makes

UA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team Wins Third National Championship

The University of Alabama Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team has won their third consecutive national championship.

CCBP Marks Fifth Anniversary of Awards Program at UA

The University of Alabama Center for Community-Based Partnerships will present awards for the best faculty-, student- and community-initiated engaged scholarship during an awards ceremony Friday, April 22, at the Hotel Capstone.

UA in the News: March 22, 2011

UA professor comments on earthquake-proof structures – Gorgas House important part of UA history – Local ice cream shop holds 5K to raise money for wheelchair basketball teams