Month: April 2014


CCBP Students Recognized at Student Employee Event

By Sirui Shao CCBP Student Assistant Four of the Center for Community-Based Partnerships’ most outstanding student employees were among 54 students recognized on April 15 at the Student Employee of the Year awards luncheon at the North Zone in Bryant-Denny Stadium. The awards recognize students who best represent the contributions and achievements of students who…


2014 CCBP ENGAGEMENT AWARDS PRESENTED APRIL 18

Dr. Jeffrey Parker, associate professor of psychology, chaired the Excellence in Engagement Awards Committee. Excellence in Engagement by Faculty or Staff Dr. Jennifer Campbell-Meier, assistant professor in Library and Information Studies is the principal investigator of STAPLE (Sustaining Training for Alabama Public Library Employees). Her research will enable managers without library degrees to be more…


2014 CCBP Awards Program Poster Presentations

(Dr. Angelia Paschal, associate professor of Health Science, was chair of the poster committee. Tommie Syx, CCBP, assisted.) PRESENTERS Carol Agomo, Community Affairs, with Antonio Gardner, graduate student, Community Affairs. Title: Saving Lives. Emily Broman, Honors College. Title: Art to Life: Preservation of Personhood. Jackie Brodsky, graduate student, Communication and Information Sciences. Title: Partnering with…


CCBP AWARDS LUNCHEON RESEARCH POSTERS

Dr. Angelia Paschal, associate professor of Health Science in the College of Human Environmental Sciences, was chair of this year’s Engagement Scholarship Poster Presentation Committee. She was assisted by Tommie Syx, Center for Community-Based Partnerships. The following 16 posters were displayed in Sellers Auditorium of the Bryant Conference Center on Friday, April 18, 2014. Carol…


Community Engagement Awards Luncheon Will Be Friday, April 18

By Kirsten J. Barnes CCBP Graduate Assistant The Division of Community Affairs will hold its Eighth Annual Center for Community-Based Partnerships Excellence in Community Engagement Awards Luncheon Friday, April 18, in Sellers Auditorium of the Bryant Conference Center. The luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m., with the Fifth Annual Engaged Research Poster Presentation beginning at…


Expanded Elementary School Leadership Academy Announces Graduation Ceremony

By Kirsten J. Barnes CCBP Graduate Assistant The Parent Teacher Leadership Academy will host its graduation ceremony 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17 at the Hotel Capstone Ballroom, located at 320 Bryant Drive in Tuscaloosa. Having launched the award-winning Parent Leadership Academy in 2007, The University of Alabama Division of Community Affairs built upon that success…