UA Graduate Student Receives UTCA Student of the Year Award
The advisory board of the University Transportation Center for Alabama has selected University of Alabama engineering graduate student Patrick Clark as the 2003 UTCA Student of the Year.
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ITE Awards UA Engineering Senior
The Alabama Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers has awarded University of Alabama civil and environmental engineering senior Amanda Estes Irvin the 2003 Billy Jones Memorial Traffic Engineering Scholar.
EveryWoman Book Club to Meet at UA Dec. 9
The EveryWoman Book Club will meet to discuss “Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 6 p.m. in the Frances S. Summersell Library at The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center, located on the third floor of the Russell Student Health Center.
UA Health Education Honor Society Names Members
The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences (HES) installed the Delta Xi Chapter of Eta Sigma Gamma, the national professional health education honorary, and held an initiation for new chapter members during the fall semester.
Tuskegee Native Becomes First African-American SGA Chief of Staff at UA
Tuskegee native Robert Turner has become the first African-American student selected as chief of staff of the Student Government Association at The University of Alabama. As the executive chief of staff, he is responsible for implementing policies and creating programs to ensure communication and productivity between the executive council, committee chairs and committee members.
Alpha Psi Omega to Hold 10-Minute Play Festival to Benefit West Alabama AIDS Outreach
The University of Alabama theatre honors fraternity Alpha Psi Omega is staging a 10-minute play festival Thursday, Dec. 4-Saturday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. each night in the Allen Bales Theatre on the UA campus. The suggested donation is $5 at the door with all proceeds going to West Alabama AIDS Outreach.
UA Circle K to Hold Luminaries on the Quad Holiday Event
The University of Alabama Chapter of Circle K International will be lighting up the campus on Sunday, Dec. 7, with its annual “Luminaries on the Quad” event.
Don’t Miss Last UA Public Nights Viewing of the Semester
The University of Alabama’s astronomy department will hold a free public sky viewing of the Moon, Mars and Saturn on Friday, Dec. 5 beginning at 7 p.m. Dr. Philip Hardee, professor of astronomy, will host the event. Guests will look through the refracting telescope in the dome of Gallalee Hall. Mars and the Moon will be viewable immediately, but Saturn will not show up until about 9 p.m. This is the last Public Nights viewing of the fall semester.
UA Art Faculty Hosts Exhibit at Sarah Moody Gallery
The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art will feature the work of current and emeritus faculty of The University of Alabama’s department of art in the exhibition “Department of Art Faculty Exhibition 2004.”
Alabama High School Students to Attend Youth Summit at UA
More than 225 of the top high school students from around the state will attend the annual Alabama Youth Summit at The University of Alabama on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 4-5, to discuss political issues of the day.