The University of Alabama Honors College, department of history, and Capstone International Center are hosting visiting Islamic scholar, Dr. Haiffa Jawad, on campus this semester. Jawad comes to UA as part of the Understanding Contemporary Islam (UCI) Program, a joint venture of the Fulbright Commission and the American University of Beirut (AUB).
How did distinctively Southern ways of using language develop? How is the speech of Southerners represented in popular culture? What other languages besides English have been spoken in the South? How is language changing in the South?
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association recently named the recipients of their top awards. The 2004 Distinguished Alumna Award winner is Janis Purdy Clements of Birmingham and the 2004 Distinguished Alumnus Award winner is Reginald Turner Hamner of Montgomery.
The University of Alabama has named Dr. Nancy R. Campbell as the new manager of the campus’s Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, known as the McNair Scholars Program.
Moundville Archaeological Park, a National Landmark site and a division of The University of Alabama Museums, has been awarded a highly competitive $40,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a one-year collaboration of park staff and an advisory group to plan new permanent, interpretive exhibits that will enhance the park as an education center.
Several groups of students from The University of Alabama will participate in the upcoming Alternative Spring Break, a program sponsored by the UA Office of Community Service and Volunteerism that gives students the opportunity to perform community service.
M.T. Anderson and Aldo Alvarez will read selections from their latest works at 7:30 p.m. on April 8 in 205 Smith Hall on the campus of The University of Alabama as part of the Bankhead Visiting Writers Series.
Robert Blevins, president and chairman of the board for Texican Natural Gas Co., recently gave $250,000 to the Crimson Tradition Fund, a $100 million fundraising campaign for The University of Alabama’s athletic facility improvements.
The University of Alabama Alliance for Women of Color, a newly formed group on campus, will hold a meeting open to all faculty, staff and students on Friday, April 9, at 2 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Heritage Room.
On Wednesday, April 7, the Women’s Resource Center, (WRC) at The University of Alabama will sponsor its annual “Take Back the Night” march at 7 p.m. to support the end of violence against women.