
Haley Herfurth
| This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.New employees can purchase a ticket to the UAB Football season opener vs. Alabama State 7 p.m. Aug. 29 in Legion Field for 50% off. All UAB employees qualify for a 15% discount on season tickets, available at uabsports.com.
A new facility fit for a historic program
Campus has been home to an ROTC program since 1980. Nearly 40 years later, the corps has a new $3 million training facility with classrooms, office space, a cadre lounge and more. The facility’s formal grand opening is scheduled 1:30 p.m. Sept. 25.
Optometry celebrates its own 50th milestone
Members of the UAB School of Optometry’s first class were recruited by founding dean Henry B. Peters and began their studies in September 1969, exactly five decades ago.
Everything you need to know to get to Legion Field on gameday
Employees have multiple transportation options to Legion Field this football season, including a free public shuttle from campus, free bike parking and options to pre-purchase season or single-game parking permits to snag a guaranteed spot near Legion Field.
Joe Talty, program manager in the Collat School of Business Graduate School of Management, is the Employee of the Month for August.
Same view, new perspective
The west side of UAB’s campus, formed in 1958 during an urban renewal project, looks a bit different these days with the opening of the College of Arts and Sciences’ new University Hall.
After using BlazerPulse in service-learning courses during spring semester, faculty feedback is helping make the online community-engagement platform an even better tool for promoting, organizing and measuring UAB’s impact in the community.
Enhanced process solidifies UAB as leader in disability advocacy
The process for filing and resolving disability-related grievances demonstrates UAB’s commitment to promoting integrity, respect, diversity and inclusiveness and accountability on campus.
Change your commute route Aug. 21, 24 for student move-in
As students begin arriving on campus for the fall semester, UAB Transportation recommends traveling an alternate route to work during times when the highest number of students will be moving in to on-campus housing.
Townhouse lot construction to wrap by year’s end
The area is being reconfigured into a partially paved, green park space; the Lot 30 parking area will return after construction is complete. The 1950s building was razed earlier this summer.