UA Student News for Jan. 26, 2016

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. Submit your news at http://uanews.ua.edu/submit-student. DEADLINES Capstone Men and Women applications, Jan. 29, noon, 284 Rose Administration Building SGA applications for executive and senate positions, Feb. 4, 6 p.m. Peer Leader applications, Feb. 5, 5 p.m.

Challenge Generates $3.6 Million in Support for UA’s Culverhouse Students

More than 1,000 donors participated in a Florida business executive’s challenge to support University of Alabama business students, generating more than $3.6 million for young UA scholars within three months.

UA’s Golden Flake A-Day Game Scheduled for April 16

The 2016 Golden Flake A-Day Spring Football Game will be held Saturday, April 16, at 1 p.m. at Bryant-Denny Stadium on The University of Alabama campus.

UA in the News: Jan. 23-25, 2016

Student may become state’s youngest delegate – The late Dr. Forrest McDonald remembered – UA holds championship celebration – Culverhouse instructor comments on political sensitivities facing Mobile plant – Scholar of African-American life to present … and more …

State Education, Child Advocacy Leaders to Take Part in Conference at UA

Children’s advocacy leaders and education experts will meet at The University of Alabama on Jan. 26 to address various child and family needs and to explore ways to improve the quality of life in Alabama.

UA Preview

This week at The University of Alabama: Engineering students participate in transportation research competition – UA hosts Leadership Diversity Competition – Statewide children’s conference hosted at UA

What Makes a Great Team?

What makes a great team?  We asked students on our campus after the football team’s 16th National Championship win.

UA In the News: Jan. 22

Forrest McDonald, historian who punctured liberal notions, dies at 89 New York Times – Jan. 22 Forrest McDonald, a presidential and constitutional scholar who challenged liberal shibboleths about early American history and lionized the founding fathers as uniquely intellectual, died on Tuesday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He was 89. The cause was heart failure, his daughter

UA School of Social Work Opens Buford Award Nominations

Nominations are being accepted by The University of Alabama School of Social Work for the 2016 Buford Peace Award. The Peace Award is granted annually to a UA faculty member, whose teaching, research, practice and professional life have demonstrated exceptional levels of involvement in mediating human disputes, helping overcome prejudice, promoting justice and establishing peace.

UA in the News: Jan. 21, 2015

UA history professor remembered – Student veterans, CAPS administrator comment on voting technology – Programs raise wildlife conservation awareness – Real estate center provides sales figures – Research shows ways to maintain cognitive skills