Students from The University of Alabama Student Government Association are joining their counterparts from The University of Texas in a show of good will through a service project to feed homeless people in Pasadena, Calif., prior to the BCS National Championship football game between the two schools.
Kelly King, the chief executive officer of BB&T Corp., the nation’s 10th largest financial holding corporation, will deliver the keynote address at the Alabama Commercial Real Estate Conference and Expo next month, sponsored by the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama.
Seven University of Alabama football players will be among the 1,000 graduates receiving degrees at UA’s commencement ceremonies Dec. 12.
The vice president and associate director of research for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta will address “The Fed and the Post-Crisis Economy” at the Economic Outlook Conference 2010, presented by a University of Alabama center, Thursday, Jan. 14 at the Renaissance Montgomery hotel.
Students in a University of Alabama advanced television production course will host their television pilot premiere, titled “Cast & Crew,” at the Bama Theater Thursday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
The 2009 Alabama Quality Award Conference and Ceremony will feature two keynote speakers, Pam Brock and Bill Taylor, to encourage organizations in Alabama to continue to strive for performance excellence.
More than 400 student-athletes from all intercollegiate sports at The University of Alabama have joined together to help children in need this holiday season by buying gifts that will be given to Project Angel Tree on Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 4:45 p.m. in the foyer of Coleman Coliseum.
Dr. Daniel J. Povinelli, one of the world’s leading authorities on animal intelligence, will present his lecture, “Humanizing the Human Mind,” Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Biology Building auditorium on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama won the 2009 Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Food Drive by collecting 175,653 pounds of food to top Auburn University’s collection of 164,034 pounds of food.
The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development in partnership with several agencies will be unveiling a series of signs highlighting Alabama’s natural beauty to guide visitors through a four-county area along the Cahaba River on Friday, Dec. 4.