UA in the News: March 27, 2015
Mobile high schoolers sign with UA Early College – UA students to help with Kiwanis’ Pancake Day – Blue Angels fly over UA
UA Partnering with MSU, AU on Water Resource Issues
Researchers from The University of Alabama, Mississippi State University and Auburn University are formally collaborating to advance water resource issues in their respective states and around the globe.
UA Social Work Alumna to Deliver Honors Day Convocation
Latrelle Porter, executive director of Hospice of West Alabama, will deliver The University of Alabama School of Social Work’s Honors Day Convocation Friday, April 3 in room 120 of Farrah Hall.
UA in the News: March 26, 2015
UA nursing students to study in Cambodia – Blue Angels fly over UA – UA Parenting Assistance Line offers free advice – UA expert comments on potent tobacco – UA study finds state trooper shortage – MIS program partners with MedPass Health – Speaker addresses injustice in food system – UA program assists student-parents
UA’s Honors Week 2015 to Include Tapping on the Mound
The University of Alabama will recognize the achievement of outstanding students and faculty during Honors Week activities on campus from Monday, March 30, to Sunday, April 5. The Tapping on the Mound ceremony, a tradition since the early 1900s, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, on the Mound at the west side of the UA Quad (rain location will be Moody Music Building Concert Hall). University honoraries Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board, Blue Key National Honor Society and Anderson Society will induct members.
UA Town Hall Features Discussion of Alabama Education
“Making the Grade: Reforming Alabama’s Education” will be the topic of a University of Alabama Honors College Town Hall meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, March 30, in the Ferguson Center Forum on The University of Alabama campus.
UA’s Gorgas House Museum Develops New Civil War Exhibit
The University of Alabama’s Gorgas House Museum will display a new exhibit on the Gorgas family and their experiences during the Civil War beginning on April 3, the day before the 150th anniversary of the burning of UA’s campus by Union forces.
Annual Civil War Lectures Series to be Held at UA
A series of lectures about the Civil War — the 19th annual J.C.C. Sanders Lecture Series — will be held Saturday, April 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Grand Gallery of the Alabama Museum of Natural History on The University of Alabama campus.
University Medical Center at UA Expands Evening Hours
The University Medical Center, which is operated by The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, will expand its evening hours beginning next month in an effort to increase access to health care for West Alabama residents.
UA’s Plank Center to Celebrate 2nd Annual ‘Betsy Day’
The celebration honors The University of Alabama organization’s namesake, the late public relations pioneer Betsy Plank.