Distance learning students at The University of Alabama are set to compete in a new online fitness challenge beginning Feb. 6. The goals of the six-week UA Online Gets Fit challenge are to get distance learning students moving and improve overall fitness and health knowledge.
A new Miss University of Alabama will be crowned Saturday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.
The University of Alabama Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team will host the first ever Push for Pink game on Friday, Feb. 4, at 5 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center. The Push for Pink breast cancer awareness game against the University of Illinois women will be a part of UA’s weekend tournament.
PixelCon 2011, presented by The University of Alabama’s ABXY Gaming Network in association with Creative Campus Initiative, will be from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at UA’s Ferguson Center.
The University of Alabama Recreation Center is offering diverse options for students looking to get fit in the new year, ranging from individual fitness plans to team sports.
The University of Alabama Honors College will host internationally known printing press artist Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. as a part of its Faculty-in-Residence Series on Wednesday, Jan. 26.
The University of Alabama Opera Theatre won second and third place in the 2011 Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition at the annual convention of the National Opera Association on Jan. 6.
Literacy is the Edge, a student advocacy group at The University of Alabama, recruited some 1,134 volunteers through a two-week campaign launched during the fall semester with the goal of fighting functional illiteracy.
Whether University of Alabama students are interested in working with children, volunteering or student government, all will have the opportunity to find their niche at Get on Board Day on Wednesday, Jan. 19, in the Ferguson Center Ballroom from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Undergraduate students of all majors are invited to enter The University of Alabama’s annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference scheduled for April 11 at the Bryant Conference Center.