An award-winning author on GLBTQ issues, two sessions on radio in the civil rights era and a record number of University of Alabama student presentations on diversity issues will highlight this year’s Discerning Diverse Voices Symposium.
Tide Talks, a student-run speaker series at The University of Alabama, will host Tide Talks VI at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, in Russell Auditorium on campus. Each installment of the Tide Talks series showcases four diverse UA students who are invited to share personal experiences, trials and successes from their time on campus.
The Delta Sigma Pi fraternity at The University of Alabama asks students, faculty and the Tuscaloosa community to participate in a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the Life South Bloodmobile, which will be parked on the north side of the UA Quad.
Dr. Susan R. Rankin will deliver her lecture, “Stormy Weather: The Influence of Campus Climate on Building Inclusive Communities” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 in Lloyd Hall, room 222, on The University of Alabama campus.
The Alabama Program in Sports Communication’s second annual symposium will be Feb. 28 at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is sponsoring a “Be the Match on Campus” bone-marrow registration drive from 2 to 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at the fraternity house, 202 University Blvd. on campus.
About 150 high school students from 10 high schools in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee will participate in the sixth Alabama Model United Nations Conference from Friday, Feb. 21, to Sunday, Feb. 23, at The University of Alabama.
The Black Warrior Film Festival is accepting submissions for its second annual event on April 11-13 at The University of Alabama. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 28.
It’d be a dream come true for almost any die-hard Crimson Tide fan: Spending several days shadowing University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban. For Warren St. John, it was just another day at the office.
University of Alabama alumna and New York Times best-selling novelist Kathryn Stockett will let readers behind the curtain Friday, Feb. 28, when she shares the story behind her novel, “The Help.”