Community Affairs News Archive

By Peter Mullins CCBP Student Assistant Two university graduate students have begun a collaboration designed to change the stereotype of science and engineering as a career for white males only. While doing so, they also seek to educate the community about different cultures. Fan Yang, a native of China, is a graduate student working in…

  Crossroad Community Center’s Lane McLelland was honored at the Second Annual National Dialogue Awards on October 9th, 2015  at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Presented by the Sustained Dialogue Institute, the National Dialogue Awards honors those whose lives have been powerfully marked by the principles and values of the organization. The mission of the Sustained Dialogue Institute is to help people…

  Attorney Bryan Stevenson Chosen as 2015–2016 Realizing the Dream Distinguished Lecturer TUSCALOOSA — Attorney and author Bryan Stevenson will deliver the 2015-2016 Realizing the Dream Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at the Embassy Suites Hotel. This year’s program, which is hosted by Stillman College and begins at 7 p.m., is open to the…

  Pruitt, Simon Honored, UA Well Represented at International Conference at Penn State TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Two veteran University of Alabama personnel — Dr. Samory T. Pruitt and Dr. Cassandra Simon — received special recognition at the 16th Annual Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference held at Penn State University, Sept. 27–30. Pruitt is UA’s vice president…