Students

UA Student Films on International Justice to Debut at Screening

The Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility and the department of telecommunication and film at The University of Alabama will host the third annual International Documenting Justice film screening on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. at the Bama Theatre.

UA Wins 2011 Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Food Drive

The University of Alabama won the 2011 Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Food Drive by collecting 237,079 pounds of food to top Auburn University’s collection of 134,102 pounds of food.

Students at UA Raise Funds for Secret Meals Program

Advertising and public relations students in a service-learning class at The University of Alabama have raised some $5,585 for Secret Meals For Hungry Children, an Alabama Credit Union program that benefits needy area children.

UA Chemistry Student to Attend U.N. Climate-Change Conference in South Africa

The American Chemical Society selected five students nationwide, including a University of Alabama sophomore, as representatives to attend the upcoming United Nations climate-change conference in Durban, South Africa.

UA Student Repays Kindness with Holiday Toy Drive for Fellow Tornado Victims

University of Alabama College of Education student Rebecca Ellison and members of TuscMoms are organizing T-Town Toys for Hope, a holiday toy drive to benefit students of Alberta Elementary School, one of the area schools destroyed by the April 27 tornado.

UA Students Promote Healthy Lifestyle with Fun Run and Carnival

Students from The University of Alabama department of human nutrition and hospitality management are teaming up with the Ferguson Center to organize the first annual Gobble Wobble fun run and carnival Sunday, Nov. 20, from 1-5 p.m. on the Quad.

Dance Competition to be Community Event at UA

The University of Alabama Ferguson Center, Stillman College and Shelton State Community College are presenting T-Town’s Best Dance Crew on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 6 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Ballroom.

Painting with a Purpose Event at UA to Honor Tornado Victims

The Ferguson Center Student Union and art department at The University of Alabama will host a painting session on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m. in remembrance of Morgan Sigler, one of the UA students who died in the April 27 tornado.

UA’s Denny Chimes to be Lit Blue in Observance of World Diabetes Day

Denny Chimes on The University of Alabama campus will be lit blue Monday, Nov. 14 from sundown to midnight as a part of the World Diabetes Day monument challenge.

UA Math and Science Mentoring Program Wins $25,000 from Pepsi Refresh Competition

The University of Alabama Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility’s CollegeFirst Advanced Placement Mentoring Initiative will be the recipient of a $25,000 award from the Pepsi Refresh online voting competition.