The University of Alabama’s 2008-2009 Celebrity Series promises to dazzle audiences with internationally acclaimed stars representing diverse musical styles unlike any previously seen on the UA campus.
Students at The University of Alabama have the opportunity to learn more about the various student organizations on campus during the fall 2008 Get on Board Day Wednesday, Aug. 27 on the Quad from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
National Academy of Sciences member and University of Alabama alumnus Dr. Michael B.A. Oldstone will present his speech, “How Viruses Changed our Country, Continent and Culture: Past, Present and Future Plagues,” 2 p.m. Sept. 5 in 127 Biology Building on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama Blackburn Institute is presenting a Board Builder Workshop at WorkPlay in Birmingham on Saturday, Aug. 23 from 1-5 p.m.
Incoming students at The University of Alabama will be celebrating the start of their college careers in the 2008 Capstone Convocation – a solemn and inspiring occasion – Tuesday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. in Coleman Coliseum.
Telehealth – the use of state-of-the-art telecommunications and computer technology to help health-care professionals – will be one of the key topics at a conference on the future of health care in the United States on Thursday, Sept. 4, and Friday, Sept. 5, at The University of Alabama.
SATURDAY, AUG. 9, 2008, 9 a.m.
COLEMAN COLISEUM
The University of Alabama’s summer commencement ceremonies will be held Saturday, Aug. 9 at 9 a.m. in Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama’s RISE Program will hold its annual commencement ceremony Thursday, July 24 at 6 p.m. at the Stallings Center on the UA campus.
Seven players from The University of Alabama Wheelchair Athletics program are going to Beijing to play in the 2008 Paralympic Games in September.