Events

Dr. Deborah Keene will give a short history on the first five books of the Bible.

DEI Office Hours are Monday, Sept 27th 4:30-5:30, and by appointment. They will be held by Zoom this week. Please see the Sept 27th Newsletter for the Zoom link.

Let Me Be Blount will meet in OB Monday Sept 27, 5 - ? 6ish?

Blount Mentors Office Hours, Sept 29 5 - 9 pm, Blount LLC Room 123.

The Paper Crane Collective (Blount Origami Club) will meet in OB Thursday, Sept 30, 4:30-? 5:30ish?

DEI Movie Night (Netlix's Roma) Sept 30 7-9pm in Tuomey Main Hall.

Blount Tailgate Saturday, October 2nd, 11:30-1:30, OB (side entrance!)

Fiber Fiends, the Blount Knitting Club, will meet Sunday Oct 3, 6pm, in the Blount LLC Main Lobby.

HOP Meeting -- Always public! Come see your Blount Student Government at work! -- Sunday, Oct 3rd, 7-8pm, Blount LLC Room 123.

Speaker: Matt Minicucci

RA Kennedy is hosting a program that will allow students to destress and take a break from everything they have going on, be it academics or extracurricular activities. One of her family friends is a motivational speaker who will briefly speak about the importance of self-care and balance, and then everyone can make their own

Speaker: Fred Whiting

Blount Mentors Office hours: Blount Hall, Rm 123

Let Me Be Blount (Poetry Club): Oliver Barnard

Blount Mentors Office Hours: Blount Hall, Room 123

Paper Crane Coalition (Blount Origami Club): Oliver Barnard Main Hall

The Paper Crane Coalition will meet in the Main Hall of Oliver Barnard on Thursday, Oct 14th, 4:30-6pm.

Letter-writing night to support Manderson Center cancer patients; Tuomey Library.

History of the Blount Program with Prof. Hornsby, Blount Director Emeritus: Zoom. (See newsletter for link to join the zoom!)

Fiber Fiends (Blount Knitting Club): Blount Hall, Lobby

HOP Meeting, Blount Hall, Room 123. As always, HOP meetings are open to all Blountees. Come see your student government at work!

Dr. Christine Taylor UA’s Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will explain why diversity is important and have a Q and A.

Bama Tutors for Service will meet Tuesday, Oct 26th 6:30-7:30 in OB main hall.

Blount Mentors office hours Wed. 20th, 5-9pm, Blount Hall 123.

Paper Crane Collective, the Blount Origami Club, will meet Thursday the 21st, 4:30-6, in OB (main hall).

Blount Mentors office hours, Thursday 21st, 5-9pm, Blount Hall 123

Check Please, the Blount Chess Club, will meet in the main hall of OB, 6pm on.

Blount Ambassador Applications due Friday, 22nd, see newsletter (or posters!) for links to the application. It's the hottest ticket in town, people!!

Blount Tailgate happens Saturday, the 23rd, 3:30 - 5:30 pm, side door of OB. Be there or be square!

Fiber Fiends, the Blount Knitting Club, will meet Sunday the 23rd in Blount Hall lobby. The fun starts at 6pm!

HOP will meet Sunday the 23rd, 7-8pm, Blount Hall 123. Meeting is open to all Blountees.

What does it take to be a bona fide American? In 1977 Alex Haley’s Roots: The Saga of an American Family took the nation by storm in its novel presentation of US history, race, and nationalism. In this interactive presentation, we’ll unpack how Haley’s legacy has shaped discussions of identity politics—then and now. Speaker: Richard Newton

Will it be a trick or a treat? Tuomey Library.

Please meet on the steps of the Gorgas Library.

Come celebrate our founding benefactor, Winton Blount. There will be current and former students, Program friends from across campus and beyond, faculty, and food: Outside in front of Oliver Barnard if the weather is fine and in the Oliver Barnard Main Hall if its not.

A Day of the Dead Celebration and cultural learning event, 6-8pm November 2nd, movie & dinner, 2nd Floor lounge in the dorm.