A newly restarted campaign at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s new Hill Student Center will again offer specially engraved bricks, with funds raised to help students.
The Pave the Way campaign benefits the Undergraduate Student Government Association’s Student Emergency Loan Fund, to assist students in need. For $100, purchasers may have a brick engraved with a message.
“Through the USGA Emergency Loan Program, we were able to grant small, interest-free loans to 32 students this past year to meet expenses that helped them focus on classes,” said USGA treasurer Weslie Shannon in 2015. “Being able to offer this and help fellow students in a stressful situation is what the UAB spirit is all about.”
Each paver is 6 inches by 12 inches and may be engraved with as many as two lines with 16 characters each. The message may show school spirit or be offered in honor or memory of a student, faculty or staff member. The pavers are included in a common area of the new building, which officially opened for the spring semester in January 2016. A limited number of pavers are available.
With 162,000 square feet of space for student activities, gatherings and services, the UAB Hill Student Center provides meeting, conference and auditorium space; student organization spaces; upgraded dining facilities including Full Moon Bar-B-Que, Mein Bowl, Starbucks and soon-to-be-open Panera Bread; a ballroom that can be divided into four sections; a stadium-style theater; a two-story bookstore; a technology store; the Campus Visit Center; and the One-Stop Student Service center for admissions, course registration, student accounting, parking, financial aid and student ID functions.
A full listing of all departments and services, as well as a building map, reservation request forms and more, is available at www.uab.edu/studentcenter. The new center replaces the former Hill University Center, at the corner of University Boulevard and 14th Street South.