MONDAY, AUG. 13 – SUNDAY, AUG. 19
BEST BETS
HONORS COLLEGE ACTION – Freshmen and returning UA students in the Honors College will perform weeklong service projects from Monday, Aug. 13, through Friday, Aug. 17 at a variety of locations. As part of Alabama Action, 165 freshman participants and 36 student leaders will work at Holt Elementary School and Collins-Riverside Middle School. A media opportunity will run from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m Thursday, Aug. 16, at Holt Elementary School, where students will work both indoors and outdoors. In addition, as part of Outdoor Action, students will work the morning of Thursday, Aug. 16, at Hurricane Creek Park. For more information on these work projects, contact Richard LeComte, communications, at richard.lecomte@ua.edu or Alicia R. Browne, director of College Relations, Honors College, 205-348-5557 or abrowne@ua.edu.
WEEK OF WELCOME – UA will greet new and returning students with activities through the end of August. Events include the annual Convocation and Script A photograph at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, in Bryant-Denny Stadium and the Onyx event highlighting minority and group activities at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17. The Ripple Effect day of service for new and returning students starts at 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 20. For additional information on Week of Welcome, click here or email Richard LeComte, department of communications, richard.lecomte@ua.edu.
CAMP 1831 – The orientation activity for new UA students features a service day from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Aug. 15. For locations, contact Richard LeComte, department of communications, richard.lecomte@ua.edu, 205-348-3782.
LOOKING AHEAD
BLACKBURN INSTITUTE TO HOST GEORGE WILL – The Blackburn Institute’s 2018 Annual Symposium, “Navigating Change: Governing, Leading and Advocating,” will be Friday, Aug. 24, and Saturday, Aug. 25. Columnist George F. Will will speak as part of the symposium at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, in the Ferguson Student Center Ballroom. Will’s talk, part of the Gloria and John L. Blackburn Academic Symposium, is free and open to the public. For more information, click here, or contact Richard LeComte, department of communications, at richard.lecomte@ua.edu.
NEED A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON TOPICS MAKING NEWS? – See our frequently updated expert directory here.