The University of Alabama once again leads the nation with five students named to USA Today’s 2009 All-USA College Academic Team. Laura Dover, Adam Knight and Ynhi Thai have been named to the Second Team; Laura Godorecci has been named to the Third Team, and Alex Flachsbart has been named an Honorable Mention.
DATES TO REMEMBER This Week Child Stroke Awareness Week April 28 Documenting Justice Film Screening, Bama Theatre, 7 p.m. April 29 UAPD Appreciation Day, Ferguson Plaza, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April
Annette Watters, project manager for The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research and manager of the Alabama State Data Center, has been awarded the 2009 Dr. Minnie C. Miles Endowed Excellence Award.
Two groups of honors students at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce put together a marketing plan for the Red Cross that helped increase blood donations within the UA community.
The University of Alabama School of Law is ranked 30th in the nation and the UA School of Library and Information Studies is ranked 22nd, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2010 edition of its annual “Best Graduate Schools” publication.
DATES TO REMEMBER This Week Child Stroke Awareness Week April 21 “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” Galloway Theatre, 7:30 nightly through April 25; 2 p.m. April 25 and 26 April 22 Digital
DATES TO REMEMBER This Week National Student Employment Week April 14 Tee-Time Fashion Show, front lawn of Doster Hall, 7 p.m. Cold Stone for CAPS, Cold Stone Creamery, 6 p.m.-closing
DATES TO REMEMBER April 8 Sigma Lambda Gamma Founders Day Luau, Riverside Pool, 6:30 p.m. April 13 “My Economy is Whack…but What Now?” 20 Alston Hall, 7 p.m. Resonance Show
DATES TO REMEMBER April 1 Foster Auditorium Week begins Computer virus activity expected April 4 Alabama Students for Life Statewide Pro-Life Conference, 360 Ferguson Center, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Relay for
Kendra Nicole Key, a University of Alabama junior from Tuscaloosa, is the recipient of a prestigious 2009 Truman Scholarship for students who show exceptional leadership potential and who are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service.