The Student Government Associations at The University of Alabama and Auburn University and the League of Women Voters of Alabama will host gubernatorial debates on the UA and AU campuses this fall.
The first debate will be from 7-8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 16 in the Moody Music Concert Hall on the UA campus.
Dr. Sam Addy has been named assistant dean for outreach at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration.
The Board of Advisors for The University of Alabama’s Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations has added two new members to an existing group of 17.
The documentary film “Lowndes County Freedom Party,” produced by the Center for Public Television and Radio at The University of Alabama, will be screened Saturday, Aug. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Maysles Cinema in Harlem.
The University of Alabama is ranked 34th among public national universities and 79th among all universities, both public and private, according to U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings for 2011.
Nursing education at The University of Alabama will become a more interactive experience when the new Capstone College of Nursing building opens for classes this week.
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and a University of Alabama alumnus, will launch the Liberty and Power Lecture Series at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, at the Ferguson Center Auditorium.
Kansas, the rock band known for such hits as “Carry on Wayward Son” and “Dust in the Wind,” will perform with The University of Alabama’s Huxford Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, and Friday, Sept. 10, in the Concert Hall of Moody Music Building.
The University of Alabama will award some 1,400 degrees during summer commencement Saturday, Aug. 7, on campus.
After piloting a textbook rental program last year, The University of Alabama’s University Supply Store plans to expand it for the upcoming academic year.