The University of Alabama

Dr. Samory Pruitt talks with students about their importance in the community and explains the role of Community Affairs in addressing the needs of the state of Alabama.

The Parent Leadership Academy is designed to enhance the leadership skills and abilities of elementary school parents. The academy serves parents of children in the Tuscaloosa County and Tuscaloosa City school districts.

Pat Conner, chief financial officer of Tuscaloosa County Schools, delivers a presentation at a meeting of the Parent Leadership Academy.

Dr. Beverly Hawk and students showcase the many programs and events hosted by Crossroads Community Center during Get On Board Day each August and January.

Graduate Student Elliot Knight, project founder, leads high school students participating in the Black Belt 100 Lenses project, one of CCBP’s most highly regarded projects.

Homegrown Alabama farmers market, in its fifth year, is held from 3–6 p.m. Thursdays most months of the year on the lawn of the Canterbury Episcopal Chapel at the corner of Hackberry Lane and 9th Street. Local produce, cut flowers, baked goods, fresh meats, live music, chef demos, kids crafts, along with themed markets and featured local restaurants, are featured. Convenient parking is available.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Realizing the Dream Committee exists to raise consciousness about injustice and to promote human equality, peace, and social justice by creating educational and cultural opportunities for growth, empowerment, and social change so that every person may experience the bounty of life’s abundant possibilities.

VETS, a new program at the University, brings together resources from several departments to make the transition to civilian life seamless and efficient for members of the Armed Forces.

Members of SCOPE (Scholars Committed to Outreach, Scholarship, and Engagement), gather with faculty mentors to discuss research opportunities and to promote engaged scholarship among young scholars throughout the campus.

The AERN team travelled to Greenville to conduct a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new AERN center.

Participants in the Multicultural Journalism Workshop interview Rita Ertha, the principal of Kinderbush Junior High School in Cuba, Ala. The University of Alabama’s Engineers Without Borders program built a baseball field for the school.

Roy Clem, Director of Commercial Production at WVUA-TV, bottom right, and George Daniels, professor of journalism, bottom left, sit in the WVUA-TV studio with Kim Garner, top right, and Parrish Alleman, both news anchors for the station.

UA engineering students work with villagers in El Chino, Peru, on a water purification project.

Community Development: Entrepreneurship Each summer for the past three years, high school students, under CCBPÕs AlabamaREAL initiative, attend camp to study the risks, rewards, and adventures of entrepreneurship. In this exercise, designed to teach teamwork and leadership, they are building a structure out of gumballs and spaghetti Ñ silently, after a period of time in which they made planned the structure and assigned duties.

Child Development Center — The Parent Leadership Academy convenes Thursday evening, January 18.