Support GEAR UP Alabama’s 11,000 students by bringing items such as pens, pencils, reams of paper and backpacks to Education Building Suite 126.
Work began Sept. 20 on the home by built by 523 UAB community members who volunteered nearly 2,000 hours to complete it.
Biology’s Sami Raut turned a teaching fellowship into an international STEM outreach initiative.
UAB Staff Council is spearheading a drive to collect toiletry items Oct. 2-30 to help Blazers in need.
The sale will be underway Aug. 20 in the Avondale Administration Building Atrium, Aug. 21-23 in the West Pavilion Atrium and Aug. 24 in UAB Hospital-Highlands.
Beginning May 1, UAB staff can cast their vote for their organizational unit’s Staff Council representatives at uab.edu/staffcouncil.
Staff Council representative nominations are open through this Friday. Get to know three outgoing representatives — David Dada, Jennifer Spears and Mary Foster — and why they believe participating in the Staff Council is important to UAB.
The election will be held May 1-8 and new representatives will serve a two-year term that begins in August and ends in July 2020.
Register to compete for Team UAB and Team UAB Medicine by March 23.
Donate food and toiletry items 8 a.m.-4 p.m. March 9 in Medical Towers Suite 100 to support the Blazer family in the fight against food insecurity.
This year’s goal is to raise $2 million to support the community where employees live, work and play. Learn more about the programs supported through employee donations, including the newest addition — Meals on Wheels.
Help support women in the workplace with your donation of gently worn, work-appropriate attire March 5-9.
Register as a BellRunner to support local children’s access to early-intervention services for a variety of special needs.
A new initiative identifies increased cooperation among metro area governments as a key to economic and population growth for the entire MSA. Share your ideas Nov. 29.
On Oct. 20 at the Commons on the Green, employees and students can contribute $5 via Dining Dollars, Blazer Bucks, cash or credit card or donate a meal from their meal plan to provide a meal for a fellow Blazer.
President Ray Watts and Staff Council leadership will speak at the picnic 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on the Campus Green.
