Month: May 2022


Alabama Fulbright Association Selects Dr. Beverly Hawk for Lifetime Achievement Award

Photo credit: Photo courtesy of Auburn University Photographic Services. Left to right: Dr. Elizabeth Quansah, director, Auburn University Outreach Global; Dr. John Bader, executive director, national Fulbright Association; Dr. Beverly Hawk, director of Global and Community Engagement, University of Alabama Division of Community Affairs; Dr. Stacey Nickson, director, Center for Educational Outreach and Engagement, Auburn University, and a member of the National Fulbright Association Board of Directors; Dr. Chippewa Thomas, director of the Auburn University Office of Faculty Engagement and president of the Fulbright Association Alabama chapter; and Dr. Samory T. Pruitt, vice president for Community Affairs, The University of Alabama.

Photo Credit: Photo courtesy of Auburn University Photographic Services. The award was presented in a ceremony at the President’s Home at Auburn University on May 10, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Fulbright Program. As the current president of the Alabama Fulbright Association Chapter, I commend you for your long-standing commitment and meritorious…


UA Students Receive U.S. Fulbright Program Awards

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Additionally, four students were awarded alternate status in this year’s competition and may have the opportunity to serve abroad if more funding becomes available or if a finalist is unable to participate. They are Makenna Berry (Israel), Castiel Lisko (Romania), Marco Pflanzen (Colombia) and Declan Smith (Ireland). The Fulbright Program offers extraordinary opportunities for our…


PTLA Celebrates 2022 Program Graduates

PTLA director, Andrea Ziegler, giving opening remarks

Andrea Ziegler, director for Community Education, welcomed everyone. We are delighted to have each of you with us here tonight to celebrate our graduates and their accomplishments. This evening, we are proud to recognize more than one hundred graduates from our four participating districts. Graduates, we are pleased to honor you this evening. Said Andrea…


Global Café Celebrates End of Year Friendships; Hawk to Retire

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Global Café recognized its Language Partners and congratulated Dr. Beverly Hawk, director of Global and Community Engagement for the Center for Community-Based Partnerships, on her retirement in an end-of-the-year celebration on Tuesday, April 26, in the Student Community Engagement Center at Capital Hall. Global Café volunteers, language partners, former Fulbright recipients and members of the…