Each summer, about 25 high school students are selected to participate in an intensive nine-day journalism workshop on The University of Alabama campus. This year’s Multicultural Journalism Workshop marks a special occasion – its 25th anniversary.
The EveryWoman Book Club, sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center at The University of Alabama, will meet on Thursday, July 24 at noon at The Globe Restaurant to discuss the book “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen.
Photographs featuring the creative work of Greene County youth taking part in the Black Belt 100 Lenses project through The University of Alabama will be on display in Eutaw at the William McKinley Branch Courthouse starting Thursday, July 17 with an opening reception from 5-7 p.m.
The Alabama Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, known as Alabama EPSCoR, will provide networking and partnership development opportunities for academic institutions, government agencies, industry and small business representatives at the 2008 Annual Alabama EPSCoR Conference and Stakeholder Symposium July 22-24.
Some 60 youth from across the United States, Canada and France will be attending the 2008 Alabama Boys and Girls Wheelchair Basketball Camps from June 18-23, hosted by The University of Alabama Disability Sports program.
The University of Alabama Wheelchair Athletics program will host the Canadian National Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team for a training camp Monday-Wednesday, June 9-11, at the Student Recreation Center.
“Prevention, Assessment and Treatment” will be the focus of this year’s Alabama Governor’s Conference on Obesity, June 12-13 at The University of Alabama.
Scholastic journalists will vie for gold, silver and bronze at the Alabama Scholastic Press Association summer workshop, the Long Weekend, July 18-20 in Reese Phifer Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History continues its effort to discover the history buried beneath the Tannehill Historical Ironworks State Park from Wednesday, June 4 to Wednesday, June 25, through its 30th Annual Museum Expedition.
Some 600 rising high school senior boys from across the state will be on The University of Alabama campus June 1-7 to attend the 71st annual American Legion Boys State convention.