‘Leaving a Crimson Legacy’ Theme of UA’s 2013 Homecoming Week
The University of Alabama’s Homecoming Week 2013 will be from Sunday, Sept. 29, to Saturday, Oct. 5. This year’s theme is “Leaving a Crimson Legacy.”
UA Fraternity Offers Event to Raise Childhood Cancer Awareness
The University of Alabama’s Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity will offer a fund-raiser for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at the fraternity house off Jefferson Avenue on campus. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a charity aimed at combating childhood cancer.
UA Hosts Family Weekend
More than 3,500 family members of University of Alabama students will visit campus Friday, Sept. 20, through Sunday, Sept. 22, during the 2013 Family Weekend.
UA’s Gamma Phi Beta Offers Chili Cook-Off
The University of Alabama’s Gamma Phi Beta sorority invites the public to participate in its first philanthropic chili cook off event from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, on the side lawn of the Canterbury Chapel Episcopal Church, on campus.
UA Career Fairs Bring More Than 160 Employers to Campus
The University of Alabama is offering two Career Fairs for students on Wednesday, Sept. 18, and Thursday, Sept. 19, in Sellers Auditorium at the Bryant Conference Center.
UA Group Offers Short Fiction Readings in Downtown Tuscaloosa
The University of Alabama’s student-led organization and nonprofit literary journal NANO Fiction invites the public to its two-part reading series, Five at 5, at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22 and Sunday, Oct. 20, at 5 Bar in downtown Tuscaloosa. The event, organized by Nano Fiction founder and UA graduate student Kirby Johnson, is designed to introduce emerging short fiction writers to the Tuscaloosa community. Admission is free.
UA Graduate School Offers Preview Day
The University of Alabama Graduate School will host Graduate School Preview Day at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, in the Ferguson Student Center on campus.
UA’s Sonic Frontiers Concert Series Kicks off with Them Natives
The University of Alabama’s New College and Creative Campus present the third season of its Sonic Frontiers concert series this fall.
UA Students Compete in Miss America, Seek to Fulfill Dreams, Help Children
From academics to athletics, students at The University of Alabama are known to approach their goals with a championship spirit. On Sept. 15, two students will take that spirit to the stage of the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J., where they will compete for the crown, scholarships and a way to promote their youth-based social platforms across the country.
UA Graduate School to Host African American Graduate Education Symposium
The University of Alabama Graduate School will host a symposium titled “Opening the (Graduate) Schoolhouse Door at UA” from 9:45 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, in the Ferguson Center Theatre on campus.