The University of Alabama Community Service Center will sponsor Hunger and Homelessness Week Feb. 20-24 to raise awareness to the issues of hunger and homelessness that face people in Tuscaloosa, the United States and around the world.
Dr. Ruth Sullivan, the mother of Joseph Sullivan, who served as a model for the autistic character “Raymond” in the Academy-Award winning film “Rainman,” will be one of the guest speakers at the Alabama Autism Conference on Feb. 23-24 at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama Student Government Association is hosting the 2006 Civil Rights Symposium and Roundtable on Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 1-3 p.m. in the Moody Music Concert Hall as part of African-American Heritage Month events on campus.
Rosalind Hudnell, director of corporate diversity for Intel Corp., will be the featured speaker during The University of Alabama’s M.B.A. week beginning Feb. 27.
Dr. Harlow Giles Unger, a renowned historian of George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, will give a public talk at the Westervelt-Warner Museum of American Art in Tuscaloosa, Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 1:30 p.m. The talk, entitled “Lafayette, Washington’s Adopted Son,” is the first Friends of History Lecture.
The University of Alabama Student Recreation Center is bringing more focus to winter sports with the formation of the ‘Frozen Tide’ BAMA Hockey team who will play their first games Saturday, Feb. 18 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 19 at 5 p.m. against Vanderbilt at the Pelham Civic Complex ice rink.
The University of Alabama Gambling Action Team will host a symposium on campus Feb. 22 addressing the problem of gambling on college campuses.
The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing will host The Donna Cox Bridger Endowed Lectureship in Nursing and Health Care on Friday, March 10 in the Bryant Conference Center.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center and Housing and Residential Communities will present “Voices of Africa,” a nationally acclaimed all-female a cappella and drum ensemble on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Theater as part of African-American Heritage Month events.
The University of Alabama Student Recreation Center will recognize Wednesday, Feb. 22 as National Intramural and Recreational Sports Fitness Day.