February 9, 2004

• Dialog Announces Publishing Schedule for Spring 2004
• Rotary International to Award Scholarships
• UA's Coalition for Diversity and Inclusiveness Continues Speakers' Schedule
• Center for Mental Health and Aging Schedules Scientific Seminar Series

Dialog Announces Publishing Schedule for Spring 2004

The spring 2004 Dialog publication schedule after this issue, with deadlines in parentheses, follows; deadlines for submissions are Wednesdays, eight working days prior to publication date: Feb. 23 (Feb. 11); March 8 (Feb. 25); March 22 (March 10); April 12, the Honors Week issue, (Monday, March 22 because of Spring Break); April 26 (April 14); May 10, the Commencement issue, (April 28). Tentative summer issues follow: June 7, (May 26); July 12, on line only (June 28). The first issue of the fall will be dated Aug. 23. Dialog Extra will be sent on alternate Mondays and as needed; deadlines are the same Wednesdays as for the regular Dialogs. Material for submission may be sent to Dialog, Box 870144, faxed to 348-8320, or e-mailed to jhutt@ur.ua.edu.

Issues of Dialog are located on the Web at http://dialog.ua.edu.

There are several ways to submit information electronically: go to the Web site at http://dialog.ua.edu and click the left-column link for submitting an idea or a Faculty/Staff Notes entry. An F/S Notes entry cites publications, performances, appointments, awards or elections to professional positions.

Dialog regrets being unable to publish information on presentations, speeches and addresses, or on works yet to be published.

The sender may request an FS Notes form by e-mail to shibbard@ur.ua.edu. The form will be returned in a reply e-mail. After receiving that reply, the sender then clicks on "Reply" and fills in the form. After completion, the sender returns the reply. The sender may keep the form as a template word processing document. The completed form can be sent by e-mail to the same address as an attachment or embedded in an e-mail. The office assistant may keep a template for faculty and staff to complete as needed and to be returned electronically.

Please include your academic and/or staff title. For more information, call the Office of Media Relations at 348-5320.

Rotary International to Award Scholarships

The Tuscaloosa Chapter of Rotary International will award a variety of scholarships to outstanding UA domestic and international students. Nominations are due into the Capstone International Center, 135 B. B. Comer, by March 1. The final awardees will be announced during UA's Honors Week, scheduled for April 12-16. Go to http://international.ua.edu/programs/scholarship.html for a full description. The scholarships include The Spain Hickman Scholarship, The Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, and several Jack Seay Scholarships. For more information, call 348-5256.

UA's Coalition for Diversity and Inclusiveness Continues Speakers' Schedule

UA's Coalition for Diversity and Inclusiveness is continuing its spring schedule of speaker activities. The public is welcome to these free events. Dr. Dexter Gordon, former UA professor of communication in the College of Communication and Information Studies and current director of African American Studies at the University of Puget Sound, will present a lecture Wednesday, Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m., in 340 Bidgood Hall. He will speak on "Constructing Black Identity, Confronting White Supremacy."

The remaining schedule follows:

• Al Brophy, UA professor of Law, will speak on "A History of Slavery and Racism at The University of Alabama: Remembering our Past" on Wednesday, March 24, 7:30 p.m., in 340 Bidgood Hall.
• Rose Sanders Toure, civil rights attorney from Selma, Alabama, will speak on "The Future of Brown v. Board of Education" on Wednesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in 340 Bidgood Hall.

For additional information, contact Dr. Pat Bauch, CDI president, by e-mail at pbach@bamaed.ua.edu.

Center for Mental Health and Aging Schedules Scientific Seminar Series

The Center for Mental Health and Aging has scheduled its Scientific Seminar series for spring 2004. These bi-weekly lectures are presented in 104 Little Hall from noon-1:30 p.m., and lunch is provided. For a complete schedule and more information, visit the website at www.cmha.ua.edu.

• Monday, Feb. 23: Aging Parental Caregivers of Adult Children with Serious Mental Illness, Dr. Allan V. Kaufman, professor, School of Social Work
• Monday, March 8: Caregivers of Older Clients with Severe Mental Illness: Burdens, Rewards, and Service Needs Dr. Gordon MacNeil, associate professor, School of Social Work and Dr. Sherry Cummings, assistant professor, College of Social Work, The University of Tennessee at Nashville.

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