Dialog Extra for April 26, 2012

April 26th, 2012 - Filed under: Dialog Extra

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

REMEMBRANCE WEEK — The city of Tuscaloosa will hold a community memorial service Friday, April 27, in Coleman Coliseum to remember the first anniversary of the April 27, 2011, tornado. The service begins at 5 p.m. and will honor the lives lost in the storm and pay tribute to the heroes who responded and helped in recovery efforts. The event is free and open to the public. Click here for more information.

UA’s College of Arts and Sciences and its Alabama Museum of Natural History will co-host a tornado-research symposium April 27 at 1 p.m. in 205 Smith Hall. The symposium is a joint effort between UA’s department of geography and the UA museum, and it will feature a range of presentations about lessons learned from the tornadoes. It is free and is open to the public. To reserve seating, email Carolyn Averett at caverett@bama.ua.edu or phone 205-348-7551. Click here for more information.

WVUA-TV will air the following programs in remembrance of the tornado:

April 26

  • News coverage, 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.
  • “Faces of the Storm,” 9-10 p.m.

April 27

  • Tuscaloosa Memorial Service, 5-6:30 p.m.
  • “Faces of the Storm,” 6:30 p.m.
  • “Stories of the Storm: Part I,” 7:30 p.m.
  • “Stories of the Storm: Part II,” 8:30 p.m.
  • “Discovering Alabama: Tornado Special,” 9:30-10 p.m.
  • News coverage, 10 p.m.

GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATION — The University of Alabama will host a celebration of the Crimson Tide gymnastics team’s 2012 NCAA Gymnastics Championship on Saturday, April 28, at 6 p.m. in Coleman Coliseum. The celebration will last approximately one hour, and admission is free. Doors open at 5 p.m., and 5,000 championship posters will be given away during the event. The concessions stands in Coleman Coliseum will be open, and officially licensed NCAA Championship products, apparel and more will be available for purchase on the concourse of the coliseum. Click here for more information.

NATIONAL OUTREACH SCHOLARSHIP CONFERENCE — UA faculty and staff have until Monday, April 30, to submit proposals for materials they would like to present at the National Outreach Scholarship Conference. The conference will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 3 in the Bryant Conference Center. Registration opens in May. The conference is open to all faculty, staff, students and community members, especially those with an interest or involvement in engaged scholarship. The conference will explore engaged scholarship and practice that advance the theme “Partner. Inspire. Change.” Visit the conference website at http://www.nosc2012.ua.edu for more information.

TIPS FOR GIVING EXAMS IN ELEARNING — UA’s Faculty Resource Center offers the following tips to help faculty and their students have a successful exam experience in eLearning.

  • Extend the time period in which the exam is available.
  • Stagger the times at which students begin the exam so that an entire class does not begin simultaneously.
  • Choose exam start times that are not exactly on the hour or half hour.
  • Make a contingency plan in case of technical or other difficulties with the online exam and decide at what point to implement it.
  • Ask students to be patient. Like many other online tools, when eLearning is busy, the system can get confused if users click repeatedly. Give the system several seconds to respond to a click.

Contact the eLearning team at 205-348-3532 or elearning@ua.edu for more information.

COMMENCEMENT — UA will hold commencement ceremonies May 4 and 5 in Coleman Coliseum to award degrees to its spring graduates. Commencement exercises for students in the colleges of Communication and Information Sciences, Education, Human Environmental Sciences and Nursing will be at 6 p.m., Friday, May 4. Two ceremonies will be held Saturday, May 5, with students in the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Social Work receiving their degrees at 9 a.m. and students in the colleges of Commerce and Business Administration and Engineering receiving their degrees at 1:30 p.m. In addition, the School of Law will hold its commencement exercises May 5 at 5:30 p.m. Click here for more information.

UA ALERTS TEST CANCELLED — The University will not test UA Alerts on Wednesday, May 2, because students will be taking final examinations. UA Alerts is the University of Alabama’s emergency communication system. The system is normally tested on the first Wednesday of each month. In the event of a campus emergency, the system sends notifications via email, telephone and SMS text messaging to contact information on file in student and employee records. Employees can update their records by logging on to myBama and making changes in the Employee Self-Service area. More information: http://prepare.ua.edu.

OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL AWARD — Winners of the Outstanding Professional Award will be announced at a program and reception May 15 at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of Bibb Graves Hall. The Professional Staff Assembly presents the award annually to two individuals who have excelled in their work performance or made outstanding contributions to the mission of the University. People who want to attend the program and reception can reserve their seats by contacting Deidra K. Perry at dkperry@sw.ua.edu or 348-0182.

FAMILY NIGHTS AT THE OUTDOOR POOL COMPLEX — University Recreation will host family nights at the Outdoor Pool Complex every Wednesday this summer, beginning May 30, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visit http://urec.sa.ua.edu for more information about all programs and services. For membership information, contact Kristen Durham at 205-348-5140 or kedurham@sa.ua.edu.

EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

THURSDAY, APRIL 26
University Supply Store tent sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tutwiler Hall
Homegrown Alabama Remembers” special farmers market, 3-6 p.m., the lawn of Canterbury Episcopal Chapel on Hackberry Lane; regular vendors plus vendors selling tornado-inspired literature, pottery and fabric accessories
Campus Veterans Association Banquet, 6 p.m., Hotel Capstone
“On Being a Christian Scientist: God, Biology, and Aerospace Engineering,” 6:30 p.m., Riverside Community Center
Philosophy Today Lecture: “Knowledge and Democracy — How Social Epistemology Bears on the Success of our Democracy,” 7:30 p.m., 205 Smith Hall

FRIDAY, APRIL 27
University Supply Store tent sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tutwiler Hall
“Commingling Contemporary: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sarah Moody Gallery of Art in 103 Garland Hall
“Art of the Ancients,” 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Smith Hall Atrium Gallery
“National Tea Bowl Invitational Exhibition,” 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 109 Woods Hall
Comparing and Contrasting Blackboard Learn and eLearning, 2-3 p.m., A-232 Gordon Palmer Hall
Philosophy Today colloquium: “A Moderate Approach to Embodied Cognitive Science,” 3:30 p.m., 347 ten Hoor Hall

SATURDAY, APRIL 28
Freedom from the Past, 10:30 a.m., Bryant Conference Center, second floor

SUNDAY, APRIL 29
College of Education’s recognition dinner, 5:30 p.m., Hotel Capstone

MONDAY, APRIL 30
“Commingling Contemporary: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sarah Moody Gallery of Art in 103 Garland Hall
VALIC individual retirement counseling, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. by appointment, G-54 Rose Administration Building
“Art of the Ancients,” 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Smith Hall Atrium Gallery
“National Tea Bowl Invitational Exhibition,” 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 109 Woods Hall

UPCOMING

VALIC individual retirement counseling, May 1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. by appointment, G-54 Rose Administration Building
TIAA-CREF individual counseling, May 2-3, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. by appointment, G-54 Rose Administration Building
“Diversity Demonstrated: A Service Learning Revue,” May 2, noon-2 p.m., Forum Room of the Ferguson Center
“Lab Safety Sessions: Lessons Learned,” May 2, 1-2 p.m., G-54 Rose Administration Building
“Lab Safety Sessions: Risk Assessments,” May 3, 9-10 a.m., G-54 Rose Administration Building
Adrian’s Polyphonic Circus, May 3, 5:30-8 p.m., Paul R. Jones Gallery, downtown Tuscaloosa at 2308 Sixth Street
“Inside the Tornado,” May 3 (7:30 p.m.), May 4 (7:30 p.m.), and May 5 (2 p.m.), Bean-Brown Theatre at Shelton State Community College

WORTH QUOTING — “If you’re a voter in New Hampshire, you get to meet every candidate. That’s just not fair.” Dr. Richard Fording, UA professor of political science, as quoted in The Anniston Star in an article about trends in electoral politics. One recent trend is “frontloading” — the rush among states, including Alabama, to set their primary dates earlier in hopes that their voters will become as powerful as the voters in the early states.

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