Susan Herndon Caples, director of Union Services at The University of Alabama, has been elected to serve as the South representative on the board of directors for the National Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS).
The University of Alabama has named Birmingham native Donna L. Cox as editor-in-chief of Alabama Heritage magazine.
Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African American student admitted to The University of Alabama, will speak publicly on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m., in UA’s Alston Hall, room 10.
The executive producer of the Public Broadcasting Service television series “A Force More Powerful” will lead a video presentation and discussion on the history of non-violent action as a political strategy during a Nov. 25 session at The University of Alabama’s ten Hoor Hall, room 30.
The University of Alabama Center for Materials for Information Technology, commonly known as MINT, has received a major award from the National Science Foundation. The $6 million award will be distributed during the next six years and is to fund a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.
University of Alabama officials will announce major funding to the University at a ceremony set for Thursday, Nov. 7, at 10 a.m. in room 101 of the Tom Bevill Energy, Mineral and Materials Science Research Building.
Dr. Virginia Wimberley, assistant professor of clothing, textiles and interior design in The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences, has analyzed textiles from Native American burial grounds and recently presented her research at the Midwest Archaeological Conference in Virginia.
University of Alabama graduate, Becky Blair, was named president of Sigrid Olsen women’s clothing company in New York this summer.
The University of Alabama Career Center is hosting UA-RED (Recruitment of Educators) Day on Wednesday, Nov. 13, in the Ferguson Center Ballroom from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
The University of Alabama Office of Community Service and Volunteerism will co-sponsor the Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter’s Homeless Animal Jamboree on Sunday, Nov. 10, from noon-5 p.m. on the UA Quad.