The Capstone College of Nursing at The University of Alabama will host a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 10 for a new facility that will provide state-of-the-art clinical instruction for UA nursing students working to counter a national nursing shortage.
Alfonso T. Yuchengco, foreign affairs advisor to the president of the Philippines and a secretary in the presidential cabinet, former Philippine ambassador to China, Japan and the United Nations and head of the Yuchhengco Group of Companies, will receive The University of Alabama Global Insurance Humanitarian Award at the Alabama Insurance Day 2008 Conference Thursday, Oct. 9.
The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration and the Blackburn Institute will host a panel discussion titled “What does the current credit crisis mean for you? Implications for the UA student body” on Monday, Oct. 13 from 7-9 p.m. in Alston Hall, Room 30. All UA students are invited to attend.
The University Supply Store will hold its fall 2008 University of Alabama Graduation Celebration on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 21- 22 in the Ferguson Center Heritage Ballroom from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. each day. The Graduation Celebration is designed to be a one-stop shopping and preparation venue for students who plan to graduate in December 2008. The event is also sponsored by Balfour, manufacturer of the University’s official class ring.
The University of Alabama tradition of Homecoming Week events will be held on Sunday, Oct. 26-Saturday, Nov.1 with the theme “A Tide Nation: Unified with Crimson Pride.”
The University of Alabama chapters of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and Chi Omega sorority will co-host the second annual Make-A-Wish cookout on Thursday, Oct. 16 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on the front lawn of the Phi Delta Theta house on University Boulevard.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center and the Social Work Association for Cultural Awareness are sponsoring the second annual Breast Cancer Tree of Honor and Remembrance as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month events on campus.
Imagination, global thinking and transformative language are just some of the themes artists from Creative Leaps International will explore and celebrate at a free concert, “Unless the Mind Catch Fire … A Concert of Ideas,” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13 in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on The University of Alabama campus.
Dr. Cornel West, a champion for racial justice since childhood who is considered by many to be one of America’s most provocative public intellectuals, will give a lecture at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 in Morgan Auditorium on The University of Alabama campus.
President F.W. de Klerk, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped bring majority rule to South Africa, will speak at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 17, at Sellers Auditorium in the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.