Dr. Bruce Lincoln, an internationally recognized scholar in religious studies and the Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago, will give The University of Alabama department of religious studies’ 2008-2009 Aaron Aronov Lecture.
Students who would like to participate in the Miss University of Alabama program are invited to a candidate interest meeting on Sunday, Oct. 19 at 3 p.m. in Alumni Hall.
The University of Alabama Honors College and UA Housing and Residential Communities are co-sponsoring a forum on the presidential election on Monday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library.
“The Wild Party,” Andrew Lippa’s musical set during the Roaring ’20s, opens Tuesday, Oct. 21, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Allen Bales Theatre in Rowand Johnson Hall on The University of Alabama campus, a production of UA’s theatre and dance department.
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.