MONDAY, AUG. 20 – SUNDAY, AUG. 26
BEST BETS
WEEK OF WELCOME – UA will greet new and returning students with activities through the end of August. Events include the annual Convocation and Script “A” photograph at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, in Bryant-Denny Stadium and the Onyx event highlighting minority and group activities at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24. The Ripple Effect day of service for new and returning students starts at 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 20; students will go to the UA Arboretum as well as Matthews and Southview elementary schools. For additional information on Week of Welcome, click here or email Richard LeComte, department of communications, richard.lecomte@ua.edu.
EVENTS
RESEARCHERS HOLD COMMUNITY TRAINING FOR THOSE WORKING WITH TRAUMATIZED YOUTH – UA has partnered with the Alabama Department of Human Resources and Indian Rivers Behavioral Health to implement an intervention focusing on environmental factors related to a child’s traumatic experiences. Coordinators of the pilot program, which implements Trauma Systems Therapy, have invited members of the community to a training session Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Alabama Fire College in Tuscaloosa. The training is from 9 a.m. to noon. Attendees will receive an overview and rationale of the training, as well as information on how trauma affects brain development and behavior. For more information, contact David Miller, UA Strategic Communications, at 205/348-0825 or david.c.miller@ua.edu.
BLACKBURN INSTITUTE TO HOST GEORGE WILL – The Blackburn Institute’s 2018 Annual Symposium, “Navigating Change: Governing, Leading and Advocating,” will be Friday, Aug. 24, and Saturday, Aug. 25. Columnist George F. Will will speak as part of the symposium at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, in the Ferguson Student Center Ballroom. Will’s talk, part of the 2018 Blackburn Academic Symposium, is free and open to the public. For more information, click here, or contact Richard LeComte, department of communications, at richard.lecomte@ua.edu.
LOOKING AHEAD
‘SEPARATE AND EQUAL’ TO PREVIEW IN TUSCALOOSA BEFORE NYC PREMIERE – Before its month-long run at the 59E59 Theaters in New York City, “Separate and Equal,” will be performed at the Marian Gallaway Theatre Aug. 28-31, at 7 p.m. The UA-created play is about a hypothetical basketball game between black and white teens in segregated Birmingham in 1951, which was illegal at the time. It explores what that meeting could have been like and reflects on current race relations. Written by Seth Panitch, professor of acting and head of UA’s acting programs, and Dominic Yeager, UA assistant professor of theatre, the play’s production was funded by a National Endowment of the Arts grant. Lawrence Jackson, a choreographer and UA assistant professor of dance, is a co-developer. For more information, contact Jamon Smith, Strategic Communications, jamon.smith@ua.edu or 205-348-4956.
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