Month: April 2017


Top Engagement Research and Other Achievements Recognized at CCBP 11th Awards Luncheon

[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″] [envira-gallery id=”3815″] [/ua_col] [ua_col class=”col-md-6″] By Kirsten J. Barnes CCBP Graduate Assistant For the 11th consecutive year, The University of Alabama honored the campus and community’s best examples of engagement scholarship and recognized other community-related activities at the Council on Community-Based Partnership’s annual awards ceremony Friday, April 14 in the Bryant Conference…


Board of Advisors Announces Progress on Initiatives, Receives Praise and Advice From Former Athletics Director Bill Battle

[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″] [envira-gallery id=”3806″] [/ua_col] [ua_col class=”col-md-6″] By Kirsten J. Barnes CCBP Graduate Assistant The Division of Community Affairs’ two-day Board of Advisors meeting culminated in a dinner April 3 at Bryant-Denny Stadium, with an inspirational endorsement of their work by former UA Director of Athletics Bill Battle. The 52 members of the board…


Board of Advisors Announces Grant and Other Support

[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″] [envira-gallery id=”3789″] [/ua_col] [ua_col class=”col-md-6″] By Taylor Armer CCBP Graduate Assistant Scholarships and grants were announced at the wrap-up session prior to the closing dinner of the second annual Community Affairs Board of Advisors meeting Monday, April 3. Along with ideas to expand The University of Alabama’s reach to more prospective students,…


Zimmerman awarded fellowship by the American Political Science Association

Justin Zimmerman graduated from the University of Alabama with a BA in political science and philosophy, as well as an MPA with a concentration in public organizational management. He is currently supporting the U.S. Department of Treasury Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS) team. Previously Justin worked with the U.S. Department of State gaining experience in public diplomacy and…