The University of Alabama Community Service Center will present $10,000 to the West Alabama Chapter of the American Red Cross on Tuesday, March 23, at 2 p.m. in the Ferguson Center TV lounge.The donation came from the work of Tray Smith, a UA freshman, as part of Haiti outreach efforts on campus.
The University of Alabama Panhellenic Association will host its annual Community Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, March 28, from 2-4 p.m. on the front lawn of the UA President’s Mansion.
During a Smith Hall Homecoming celebration from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 10, a time capsule placed in the hall’s cornerstone will be opened. The event celebrates the 100th anniversary of Smith Hall, home of UA Museums’ Alabama Museum of Natural History.
Spencer Myer, who is rapidly becoming known as one of the most outstanding pianists of his generation, will perform on The University of Alabama campus at 2 p.m. March 28 in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building.
Acclaimed literary and cultural critic Dr. Trudier Harris will join The University of Alabama’s English department this month as a visiting scholar-in-residence.
Dr. E.O. Wilson, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is widely considered one of the world’s most influential scientists, will give two public talks March 30 on The University of Alabama campus.
The University of Alabama International Relations Club will sponsor 12 students from UA to travel to Taiwan over spring break to represent the University at the prestigious World Model U.N. Conference. The group will leave on March 11 and return on March 20.
Stone toolmakers, artists who work with primitive techniques, and technology specialists will demonstrate and sell their works at The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park, Friday, March 12 through Sunday, March 14, at the 10th Knap-in and Primitive Arts Meet.
Documentary filmmaker Curtis Chin will introduce and screen his 2009 film “Vincent Who?” at 7 p.m. Monday, March 8, in ten Hoor Hall Hall, room 116, on The University of Alabama campus. Chin also will answer questions after the screening, which is free and open to the public.
The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing will host The Donna Cox Bridger Endowed Lectureship in Nursing and Health Care on Friday, March 5 in the Bryant Conference Center.