UA in the News: December 11, 2012
UA grad student crowned Miss Alabama – UA students wrap up coat drive – UA fraternity members help build playground
UA grad student crowned Miss Alabama – UA students wrap up coat drive – UA fraternity members help build playground
Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/student to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the email subscription. THIS WEEK’S DATES TO REMEMBER Association of Residential Communities toy-donation drive, now through Dec. 12, residence halls Commencement, Dec. 15, 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Coleman Coliseum Women’s basketball vs. Wofford, Dec. 17, 11 a.m., Foster
UA Rural Health Leaders Pipeline addresses shortage of rural physicians – UA Athletic Director Mal Moore praised – Sabans help build Nick’s Kids Playground – Events highlight holiday season – Book highlights former UA students who fought in World War II – UA Education Policy Center studies impact of limits to Pell grants
The University of Alabama will hold its winter commencement ceremonies Dec. 15 at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.
This week at The University of Alabama: Commencement – Student makes outreach trip to Haiti – Experts available to comment on “fiscal cliff,” Abraham Lincoln
UA student attends climate change conference in Qatar – UA researchers developing rare-earth free magnets – UA commencement set for Dec. 15 – UA’s Center for Economic Development helps launch birding trails
Report ranks UA libraries 36th – UA engineering student to present research at national competition – Student can recycle materials at Finals Clean Out – Registration open for UA Creative Writing Club – UA grad competes for $100,000 Dr Pepper scholarship – UA prof honored for anti-racist scholarship – and more…
Four outstanding educators were recently inducted into the The University of Alabama College of Education Educator Hall of Fame. The late Dr. Harold Bishop, Dr. Paul Hubbert, Jeanice Kirkland and Dr. Jayne Meyer were inducted as inaugural members of the Hall of Fame.
Dr. Bobby Wilson, a professor in the department of geography at The University of Alabama, has been named the recipient of the 2012 Presidential Achievement Award, given by the Association of American Geographers, for his career-long dedication to anti-racist scholarship in geography.
UA’s Jones, Moore honored at NFF awards dinner – UA social work interns help prisoners – UA student attends U.N. climate talks – New recreation center to be built on campus – and more…