CCSO Names Indian Association Student Organization of the Month

The University of Alabama Coordinating Council for Student Organizations (CCSO) is proud to announce the Indian Association of Tuscaloosa (IAT) as the UA Student Organization of the Month for October.

UA Staff Member, Former CW Editor Each Win Fiction Awards

Andy Duncan, associate director of Student Media at The University of Alabama, and Robert L. “Rick” McCammon, editor of The Crimson White UA student newspaper during the 1973-1974 academic year, won the Southeastern Science Fiction Achievement Awards’ top prizes for writing for 2003.

UA’s Journalism Department Places More Emphasis on Community Journalism

The journalism department in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama is continuing to develop new journalism outreach programs, according to Dr. Ed Mullins, professor and department chair.

UA, UGA and UM to Reflect on 40th Anniversaries of Desegregation, Look to Future at Jan. 13 Videoconference

The Universities of Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi will take part in a joint videoconference Jan. 13, 2004 to reflect on the 40th anniversary commemorations of desegregation on their respective campuses and to discuss the future of race relations in the South and in higher education.

UA Graduate Student Receives UTCA Student of the Year Award

The advisory board of the University Transportation Center for Alabama has selected University of Alabama engineering graduate student Patrick Clark as the 2003 UTCA Student of the Year.

ITE Awards UA Engineering Senior

The Alabama Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers has awarded University of Alabama civil and environmental engineering senior Amanda Estes Irvin the 2003 Billy Jones Memorial Traffic Engineering Scholar.

EveryWoman Book Club to Meet at UA Dec. 9

The EveryWoman Book Club will meet to discuss “Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 6 p.m. in the Frances S. Summersell Library at The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center, located on the third floor of the Russell Student Health Center.

UA Health Education Honor Society Names Members

The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences (HES) installed the Delta Xi Chapter of Eta Sigma Gamma, the national professional health education honorary, and held an initiation for new chapter members during the fall semester.

Tuskegee Native Becomes First African-American SGA Chief of Staff at UA

Tuskegee native Robert Turner has become the first African-American student selected as chief of staff of the Student Government Association at The University of Alabama. As the executive chief of staff, he is responsible for implementing policies and creating programs to ensure communication and productivity between the executive council, committee chairs and committee members.

Alpha Psi Omega to Hold 10-Minute Play Festival to Benefit West Alabama AIDS Outreach

The University of Alabama theatre honors fraternity Alpha Psi Omega is staging a 10-minute play festival Thursday, Dec. 4-Saturday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. each night in the Allen Bales Theatre on the UA campus. The suggested donation is $5 at the door with all proceeds going to West Alabama AIDS Outreach.