Jimmy Taylor, a Fairhope junior majoring in finance in the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, was elected president of The University of Alabama Student Government Association for the 2013-2014 term.
Dr. John Baker was recently named head of the department of aerospace engineering and mechanics in The University of Alabama College of Engineering.
The University of Alabama Panhellenic Association invites the Tuscaloosa community to participate in its annual Easter Egg Hunt from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10, on the front lawn of the UA President’s Mansion.
The University of Alabama’s Sonic Frontiers concert series will present a free concert by composer-performers Holland Hopson and Justin Peake at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7, in the Bama Theatre’s Greensboro Room, 600 Greensboro Ave. in Tuscaloosa.
The University of Alabama’s Creative Campus and the Career Center will host its first Creative Career Fair from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in the Ferguson Center’s Heritage Room. The career fair aims to provide students with resources for pursuing successful creative vocations.
Don Lemon, an award-winning journalist and CNN Newsroom anchor, will speak at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at the the Ferguson Center Theatre on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama’s University Programs will host disc jockey lessons at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at The Ferguson Center.
The University of Alabama has announced plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door throughout 2013 with a series of activities and events designed to honor the desegregation of the University.
The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame will induct seven individuals and honor a corporation and two projects during a ceremony Feb. 23 at the Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa in Hoover.
he University of Alabama’s department of history invites the public to hear Dr. Jorge Ortiz-Sotelo, chairman of the Peruvian Institute of Politics and Economics, deliver a lecture titled “Defeating the Shining Path: A Lesson in Combating Terrorism in Peru” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26 in 205 Gorgas Library. The lecture is free and open to the public.