Before classes start, University of Alabama students strive to improve their community through such programs as Outdoor Action for the Honors College and the Ripple Effect day of service. Projects often include work at local schools, rivers and parks.
This week at The University of Alabama: UA greets new, returning students with Week of Welcome activities – Researchers provide community training to help traumatized youth – Blackburn to host columnist George Will
Syndicated columnist George F. Will will deliver the Gloria and John L. Blackburn Academic Symposium keynote speech at the Gloria and John L. Blackburn Academic Symposium at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, in the Ferguson Student Center Ballroom on The University of Alabama campus.
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The Nyansapo Kente robing ceremony, hosted by the Black Staff and Faculty Association, was held Aug. 3 for summer commencement. The ceremony was started in the summer of 2016 to promote retention among undergraduate and graduate students of color and to celebrate their accomplishments. The ceremony provides the BSFA community an opportunity to highlight the
UA’s Adapted Athletics has been strengthened for the 2018-19 academic year after the University’s administration and Student Government Association worked to allocate revenues to fund scholarships for the program.
Before its big New York City premiere and month-long run at the award-winning 59E59 Theaters Sept. 5, West Alabama residents will get to preview The University of Alabama-created play, “Separate and Equal,” at the Marian Gallaway Theatre Aug. 28-31 at 7 p.m.
The 2018 Realizing the Dream performing arts event will take place Thursday, Aug. 30, at 6:30 p.m., at the Alabama Power Recital Hall on the Shelton State Community College campus.
The University of Alabama’s Honors College continues as a transformative force in West Alabama through its Alabama Action, Outdoor Action and Black Belt Action and Health Action programs.