The University of Alabama’s Women in STEM Experience initiative will host its second Pathways to Success conference from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, in Shelby Hall on campus. The conference will offer support, encouragement and education to women who are juniors, seniors and graduate students majoring in science, technology, engineering and math-related fields.
The University of Alabama’s Community Service Center is sponsoring a volunteer service project titled Schoolhouse Service Stand to mark the 50th anniversary of desegregation at UA.
The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development is sponsoring a fundraiser to support the Books for the Black Belt program.
The University of Alabama Honors College and Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility will host a lecture by author Jeff Speck at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center. Speck, an internationally known city planner and architectural designer, will be discussing the importance of walkability to a downtown community.
The University of Alabama’s Division of Community Affairs is launching the Teacher Leadership Academy to enhance partnerships between teachers and parents in area schools. The new program will augment the division’s Parent Leadership Academy, which was founded in 2007.
The University of Alabama’s Panhellenic Association will host the annual Sorority Row Trick-or-Treat from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29. Children from the Tuscaloosa area ages 12 and younger are invited to dress up in Halloween costumes and visit the lawns of the campus sorority houses on Magnolia and Colonial drives for candy and activities.
Ala. – The University of Alabama’s student-led organization and nonprofit literary journal NANO Fiction invites the public to the second and final installment of its two-part reading series, Five at 5, at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at 5 Bar in downtown Tuscaloosa.
The University of Alabama’s Honors College announces its Town Hall 2013 Fall Series, including its first entry, “Cronkite to Colbert — What is News to You.”
The University of Alabama Community Service Center launches the 20th annual Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, with a kickoff event at UA’s Ferguson Plaza.
Bella Wesley, a senior accounting major from Greenville, was named Homecoming Queen at The University of Alabama Homecoming pep rally tonight.