David Grady named vice president for student affairs – UA MBA program ranked in top 60 – Thirteen faculty members to receive new research award – UA experts comment on steel industry, school success – UA students walk for suicide prevention – BFA students’ art to be exhibited in Cultural Arts Center – and more…
Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/category/ua-student-news/ to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the email subscription. ANNOUNCEMENTS Classes will dismiss on Friday, April 3, for Honors Day. Click here for more information about Honors Week, March 30-April 3. The outdoor pool complex at the Student Recreation Center is now open. Visit http://urec.ua.edu/aquaticshours.cfm
The University of Alabama Honors College presents Jhino “The Piper” Ferreira in his one-man play, “Cops and Robbers,” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 10, at Tuscaloosa River Market, 1900 Jack Warner Parkway. Ferreira, a rapper as well as a Bay Area police officer, plays 17 different characters in the play, which centers on a police shooting.
UA/AU meet in Hoverbowl Challenge – UA business school hosts Startup Weekend – UA partners in The Edge – Mobile high school students sign up for UA Early College – UA experts comment on unemployment rate, influence of ‘Big Tobacco’ – Counseling Center hosts suicide prevention walk – University Medical Center expands evening hours – UA instructor helps rewrite state constitution – and more…
The Vedic Society at The University of Alabama invites the public to its first Festival of Colors event at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, 1901 Jack Warner Parkway NE in Tuscaloosa.
More than 700 University of Alabama students representing a cross section of campus will present research findings April 7, during UA’s annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference at the Bryant Conference Center.
Dr. David L. Grady has been named vice president for student affairs at The University of Alabama, UA President Judy Bonner announced today.
This week at The University of Alabama: UA to recognize outstanding achievement during Honors Week – UA offers new cybercrime minor – UA prof advocates for emotional intelligence in nursing education – UA researchers comment on movement to replace Jackson on $20 bill, media portrayals of athletes’ parents – UA experts offer tips on teens and pre-teens volunteering, how to find a good nursing home – Events include Civil War exhibit and lectures, basket weaver at Moundville
Teachers working in Tuscaloosa City Schools and University of Alabama students are invited to apply for a 2015 Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art K-12 Fellowship. Applications are due May 1 and can be found online.
The University of Alabama’s Courtney Chapman Thomas offers some insight into why pre-teens and teenagers should volunteer, as well as some suggestions for how to volunteer.