📰 BEST BETS
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program selected University of Alabama students Jackson Maxwell, Lena Seyfarth and Michael Zengel as Goldwater Scholars for 2024-2025.
Why This Matters: By providing scholarships to college students who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering, the Goldwater Foundation is helping ensure that the U.S. is producing the number of highly qualified professionals the nation needs in these critical fields.
The UA Graduate School and Graduate Council are celebrating 100 years at the Capstone.
Why This Matters: The UA Graduate School provides transformational advanced education opportunities with enrollments continuing to grow in recent years, alongside the growth in research and UA’s relatively new Research-1 status.
The UA RISE Center will host women’s and mixed doubles tennis tournaments April 12 and 13, and the RISE Tournament of Champions April 18-19 to support fundraising efforts to help provide transformational opportunities to its students.
Why This Matters: There are six RISE programs across the country and RISE Tuscaloosa is the only program that does not charge tuition to families with children who have special needs. Fundraisers like the golf and tennis tournaments are crucial to the school’s success.
Transformative Dyslexia Education
University of Alabama hosted Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama, Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Dr. Laura Cassidy, a Dyslexia Resource Center board member, for a roundtable with UA Certified Academic Language Therapist program participants.
Why This Matters: The roundtable featured K-12 educators from around Alabama in the CALT program and gave them an opportunity to speak about their experiences supporting students with dyslexia in their respective schools and positive outcomes they’ve had as a result of the CALT program.
💬 CURRENT COMMENT
Billions of Cicadas Ready to Emerge
Dr. John Abbott is an entomology expert who can talk about the billions of 13-year and 17-year cycle cicadas that will emerge this spring and summer.
📅 EVENTS
April 9; Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center
April 10; Moody Music Building Concert Hall
UA Concert and University Band
April 12; Moody Music Building Concert Hall
Afro American Gospel Choir’s Anniversary Concert
April 14; UA Student Center Ballroom
Yunte Huang Lecture, Book Signing and Discussion
April 15-16; Gorgas Library Yellowhammer Room
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