By Kirsten J. Barnes Center for Community-Based Partnerships The Division of Community Affairs has announced the schedule and deadlines for its annual awards program, awards nominations, seed funds proposals and poster presentation proposals. For the eighth consecutive year, the Division of Community Affairs will host the Center for Community-Based Partnerships Excellence in Community Engagement Awards…
Becky Robinson CCBP Graduate Assistant The latest issue of The University of Alabama’s Research magazine contains many examples of engaged scholarship research, including many by CCBP Council members. Research is UA’s annual summary of cutting-edge research by University personnel and students. Dr. Laurie Bonnici, associate professor of library and information studies and chair of the…
By Kirsten J. Barnes CCBP Graduate Assistant On February 12, the Council for the Center for Community-Based Partnerships discussed several upcoming events and deadlines, including the Carnegie reclassification application and updates on the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) renewal process and 2014 Entrepreneurship Week events. The Council also heard details of the upcoming…
Events Legend Challenges Young People [ story ]John Cochran Shares His Civil Rights Education [ story ]Melanie Gotz, Horizon Award [ video ]Cleophus Thomas Jr., Call to Conscience Award [ video ]Dr. Roger Sayers, Mountaintop Award [ video ]Cochran Text [ transcript ]
By Kirsten J. BarnesCCBP Graduate Assistant [ Complete text of Cochran’s speech ][ Video of Banquet ] Three-time Emmy Award-winner John Cochran, a premier network correspondent for almost 50 years, knows first-hand the impact the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had on the state of Alabama and, most notably, his hometown of Montgomery. “I was…
By Kirsten J. BarnesCCBP Graduate Assistant On Sunday, January 19, the eve of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s national holiday, more than 1,000 people, many of them University of Alabama students, filled the Frank M. Moody Music Building to hear a lecture and the music of Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter/humanitarian John Legend. “I’m especially…
(Following is a transcript of John Cochran’s speech at the Legacy Banquet in Foster Auditorium, January 17, 2014. Cochran is a native of Montgomery and a graduate of the University of Alabama. The veteran broadcast journalist has worked for both ABC and NBC News.) I must tell you I was surprised to be asked to…
