This week at The University of Alabama: Social work professor to give “Last Lecture” – UA named to Community Service Honor Roll for fourth time – Two students receive Goldwater Scholarships – UA expert comments on media coverage of breaking news events – Cuban poet visits campus – UA hosts high school finance competition – Hovercraft teams to race at Lake Lurleen
Some 750 University of Alabama students recently accepted membership and were initiated into Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society for first-year students. The UA chapter also presented 25 scholarships to new members at the initiation ceremony.
he University of Alabama chapter of Phi Kappa Phi honor society inducted some new 179 members in an initiation ceremony held recently on campus. Phi Kappa Phi membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and the top 7.5 percent of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinctions also qualify.
A-Day festivities planned – UA reminds fans of items not allowed in stadium – Donna Burns named Outstanding Alumna for Telecommunication and Film – CBER study on immigration law cited – Quidditch tournament to be held on campus
University of Alabama faculty will present their work on a variety of research and scholarly topics at the College of Arts and Sciences 2013 Academy Conference, Tuesday, April 23, from 1-4:30 p.m. at the Bryant Conference Center.
A handful of University of Alabama students will receive hands-on, industry-related experience at one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.
Guest speaker, Dr. Shawn Jeffries, a licensed clinical psychologist at the University of North Texas’ department of clinical health psychology, will give a talk on “Motivational Interviewing and Social Work Practice,” Monday, April 22 at noon in 104 Little Hall.
Two high school seniors from Tuscaloosa and one from Madison have been named winners in the Alabama Scholastic Press Association’s annual awards. The ASPA is housed at The University of Alabama.
A team of University of Alabama engineering students are set to race in the University Hoverbowl Challenge Saturday, April 27 at Lake Lurleen State Park just outside Tuscaloosa.
Crimson Tide fans who are planning to attend A-Day activities on Saturday, April 20 are reminded that large purses, outside food or drink, coolers, umbrellas, artificial noisemakers and flags or banners on poles cannot be brought into the stadium.