Category: This Month in the College: September 2016


Philosophy professor fields questions on Reddit’s “Ask Me Anything”

Dr. Kenneth Ehrenberg, an assistant professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama, hosted a Reddit Ask Me Anything online interview on Sept. 26. Reddit is a social media platform composed of subreddits, or targeted forums of discussion, in which users can comment and vote on various topics. Ehrenberg had his Ask Me Anything, or AMA, session on /r/philosophy, a board with more than 8 million subscribers. “I got a lot of questions on issues that aren’t really my area of […]

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Fall Dates and Deadlines

August August 3: Summer classes end August 4-5: Final exams August 5: President’s reception – We invite August graduates and their families to join us for a celebration reception at the President’s Mansion from 3-4 p.m. August 6: Commencement August 17: Fall classes begin August 24: Last day to drop a course with a grade of “W.”  This is a student’s last opportunity to drop a course. Drops after this date must be approved and processed by the student’s college. September September 5: Classes dismissed for Labor […]

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