Announcements

UA Group Offers Final Installment of Short Fiction Readings in Downtown Tuscaloosa

Ala. – The University of Alabama’s student-led organization and nonprofit literary journal NANO Fiction invites the public to the second and final installment of its two-part reading series, Five at 5, at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at 5 Bar in downtown Tuscaloosa.

UA Retired Adviser Receives Mortar Board Award for Excellence

Glenda K. Guyton, retired adviser at The University of Alabama, has received the 2013 Excellence in Advising Award by the Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society. Guyton received the award at the society’s national conference in September in Atlanta.

UA’s Moundville Park Still Open

The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park has not been impacted by the federal government shutdown.

UA Offers Student Health Fair

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.  — The University of Alabama Student Health Center’s department of health promotion and will host the annual fall student health fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, on the Ferguson Center plaza. Free flu shots from the UA Student Health Center will be available to all students, along with food samples from Chipotle

Five Elected to UA Homecoming Court

The 2013 University of Alabama Homecoming Court was selected in an Oct. 1 student election.

UA Start-Up Firm Set for Launch After Placing in Business Competition

A University of Alabama start-up company developing technology to charge cell phones and other portable devices wirelessly was a winner in a state-wide business competition.

UA Students Participate in Cooperative Education with Corporations

More than 150 University of Alabama students during the fall 2013 semester are receiving a hands-on educational experience at more than 30 companies and organizations through UA’s Cooperative Education Program.

UA Honors College Hosts Afternoon of Service in Perry County

As part of its 57 Miles program, The University of Alabama Honors College will be working in partnership with Perry County to host its fall Afternoon of Service from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, in Marion.

UA Professor Emeritus Elected to National Post

Dr. Daniel Turner, professor emeritus at The University of Alabama, was recently elected as a vice president for the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.

UA’s ‘Through the Doors’ Series Continues with Film Screening, Panel Discussion

Keith Dunnavant, noted sports author and former adjunct professor at The University of Alabama, invites the public to a viewing and panel discussion of his groundbreaking film, “Three Days at Foster: How Integration Turned the Tide,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, in the Ferguson Center Theatre on campus. Admission is free.