The University of Alabama chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House in Birmingham with the “Paint the Campus Gold” event during September.
The University of Alabama Sales Program will host a sales and marketing career fair from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the Ferguson Center’s third floor ballroom. “Connect 2014” will feature recruiters representing more than 35 companies — including Belk, AT&T and Frito-Lay — that are hiring for full time jobs and internships.
The University of Alabama’s Crossroads Community Center announces a number of events honoring Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month, which continues through Oct. 23 on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama Honors College kicks off its 2014 Fall Town Hall series with the first installment, “Knowing Your Rights,” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, in the Ferguson Center Forum. This event, which is free and open to the public, will address Town Hall’s most requested subject: how to protect one’s rights and know what to do in difficult situations.
The University of Alabama’s Astronomy Group within the department of physics and astronomy will hold a nebulae and star-cluster viewing for the public from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at UA’s Moundville Archaeological Park.
UA UnlockED, a student-run organization at The University of Alabama dedicated to improving educational equality, will host a documentary screening at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, in 120 Lloyd Hall on campus. The event is free and open to the public. The featured film will be “Waiting for ‘Superman,’” which analyzes the failures of the American public education system by following the journey of several students striving to be accepted into a charter school.
A restrospective exhibit of artwork and design by Beverly A. Kissinger, assistant professor of interior design in The College of Human Environmental Sciences, runs through Saturday, Sept. 27, in the second floor gallery of Doster Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
Faculty from The University of Alabama and community members from Alabama’s Black Belt region have been awarded $45,000 to support a childhood obesity prevention plan through Project UNITED’s Intervention Pilot Program.
RecycleBama, a subcommittee of the Student Government Association at The University of Alabama, will kick off a month-long environmental campaign with a campus cleanup event beginning at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, in front of the Ridgecrest South residential complex on campus.
Three outstanding University of Alabama alumni — Dr.Jeff Laubenthal, L.W. “Red” Noonan and Fred Sington Jr. — received the 2014 Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award during a ceremony Saturday, Sept. 6 at Bryant-Denny Stadium on the UA campus. Noonan was honored posthumously.