Students

Painting with a Purpose Event at UA to Honor Tornado Victims

The Ferguson Center Student Union and art department at The University of Alabama will host a painting session on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m. in remembrance of Morgan Sigler, one of the UA students who died in the April 27 tornado.

UA’s Denny Chimes to be Lit Blue in Observance of World Diabetes Day

Denny Chimes on The University of Alabama campus will be lit blue Monday, Nov. 14 from sundown to midnight as a part of the World Diabetes Day monument challenge.

UA Math and Science Mentoring Program Wins $25,000 from Pepsi Refresh Competition

The University of Alabama Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility’s CollegeFirst Advanced Placement Mentoring Initiative will be the recipient of a $25,000 award from the Pepsi Refresh online voting competition.

COE Does ART Presents ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)’

The University of Alabama’s College of Engineering Does Amateur Radical Theater, or COE Does ART, will stage “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” the weekend of Nov. 11.

Quidditch on the Quad Returns to UA

Quidditch on the Quad returns to The University of Alabama Sunday, Nov. 13, under the auspices of UA’s Creative Campus in collaboration with University Recreation.

Crimson Couch to 5K Event to be Held at UA

More than 800 people are expected to participate in the Crimson Couch to 5K Walk/Run Event Sunday, Nov. 13, at The University of Alabama.

Students Compete in Final Round of UA Moral Forum’s Tornado Recovery Initiative

As part of a service-learning course sponsored by The University of Alabama Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility, 81 Honors College students are vying for up to $15,000 to implement projects to aid in Tuscaloosa’s tornado recovery. The final round of competition is Monday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. in Lloyd Hall Auditorium.

UA Students Partner with Secret Meals for Hungry Children to Host Fundraisers

University of Alabama students are partnering with the Alabama Credit Union to raise awareness and funds for Secret Meals For Hungry Children through Nov. 8.

UA Literacy Advocacy Group’s Campaign Kicks Off Monday

Literacy is the Edge, a student-advocacy group dedicated to ending functional illiteracy in West Alabama, will launch its 2011 campaign to raise funds and produce communication materials for the Literacy Council of West Alabama on Monday, Nov. 7

UA Student One of Four Selected to Host Fashion Show Benefit by National Magazine

Abigail Hardin, a senior in The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences, is one of four college students nationwide selected by Marie Claire magazine to host benefit fashion shows in their respective college towns.