UA English Professor Named Winner of Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award
Joel Brouwer, a poet and University of Alabama professor of English, will receive UA’s 2012 Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award.
UA Center to Launch Gateway to Area Birding Trail
Eight Alabama counties will join on Friday, April 26, to launch a gateway site for the West Alabama Birding Trail at an event in Lake Lurleen State Park, 13226 Lake Lurleen Road in Coker.
Six Earn UA Away Scholarships for Study, Service Abroad
The University of Alabama Division of Student Affairs has named six students as recipients of summer and fall 2013 UA Away scholarships, as part of a scholarship initiative that supports learning opportunities for students to work, serve or study away.
UA Greek Groups Award $100,000 to Area Organizations
The University of Alabama Greek community will award its annual Greek Week grants as part of the Profiles in Service and Leadership Banquet on Tuesday, April 16.
The grants, which total $100,000, will be given to some 30 nonprofit organizations operating in and around Tuscaloosa. Recipient organizations are selected following a grant request application process.
Federal Agency Names UA to President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
The University of Alabama has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for helping the community through service and service-learning partnerships.
Program Developer Named UA Student Employee of the Year
Luke Colburn, lead student developer at the Center for Advanced Public Safety, has won the 2013 University of Alabama Student Employee of the Year Award.
UA Fraternity, Sorority Host Cookout to Benefit Women’s Resource Center, Turning Points
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama’s Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity will pair with Delta Gamma sorority to host a philanthropy cookout from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at the Alpha Kappa Lambda house. All proceeds from the cookout will benefit the UA Women’s Resource Center and Turning Points organization. Entry is $5
UA Office of Academic Affairs Sponsors Summit on Foster Care, Higher Education
The University of Alabama’s Office of Academic Affairs and the Alabama REACH program will host a foster care and higher education summit from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 19, at the Child Development Research Center on campus.
Top Scholars, Leaders Recognized on Campus at UA Honors Day
The University of Alabama honored its top students for their academic achievements and leadership Friday, April 5, during the Honors Day Tapping on the Mound Ceremony, the highlight of UA’s annual Honors Week, April 1-9.
Audience Can Join In during UA Concert at Manderson Landing
The University of Alabama’s Sonic Frontiers concert series presents a concert by New York composer Aaron Siegel and the UA Percussion Ensemble at 6 p.m. Monday, April 8, in the Park at Manderson Landing on the Black Warrior River.