UA Professor, Former Faculty Senate President Karen Steckol Dies
Dr. Karen Steckol, professor of communicative disorders at The University of Alabama and a former UA Faculty Senate president, died today after a three-year struggle with cancer.
Students Compete in Final Round of UA Moral Forum’s Tornado Recovery Initiative
As part of a service-learning course sponsored by The University of Alabama Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility, 81 Honors College students are vying for up to $15,000 to implement projects to aid in Tuscaloosa’s tornado recovery. The final round of competition is Monday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. in Lloyd Hall Auditorium.
UA Students Partner with Secret Meals for Hungry Children to Host Fundraisers
University of Alabama students are partnering with the Alabama Credit Union to raise awareness and funds for Secret Meals For Hungry Children through Nov. 8.
UA Literacy Advocacy Group’s Campaign Kicks Off Monday
Literacy is the Edge, a student-advocacy group dedicated to ending functional illiteracy in West Alabama, will launch its 2011 campaign to raise funds and produce communication materials for the Literacy Council of West Alabama on Monday, Nov. 7
UA Psychology Professors Seek Children for ADHD, Anxiety Disorder Study
Dr. Matthew Jarrett, assistant professor in The University of Alabama’s department of psychology, is seeking volunteers for a study of a new treatment for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and anxiety in children.
UA Student News for Nov. 4, 2011
Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/student to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the email subscription. EVENTS THIS WEEKEND Turn It Up Tide Pep Rally, Nov. 4, 8 p.m., Walk of Champions Alabama vs. LSU football game, Nov. 5, 7 p.m., Bryant-Denny Stadium Beat Auburn Beat Hunger 5K Race, Nov. 6, 2 p.m.,
UA’s Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations Recognizes PR Mentors
The second “Milestones in Mentoring” Awards Banquet raised nearly $50,000 for public relations education programs.
Supreme Court Justice Stevens to Present Albritton Lecture at UA
John Paul Stevens, retired associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, will visit The University of Alabama School of Law Wednesday, Nov. 16, to present the fall Albritton Lecture.
UA Student One of Four Selected to Host Fashion Show Benefit by National Magazine
Abigail Hardin, a senior in The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences, is one of four college students nationwide selected by Marie Claire magazine to host benefit fashion shows in their respective college towns.
UA Communication Studies Department to Host Annual Speak Off
An annual contest on Nov. 9 seeks to find the best public speaker in an introductory University of Alabama course.