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Community Affairs News Archive
Dr. Jonathan Holloway of Yale University Is the 2014 Realizing the Dream Distinguished Lecturer
By Kirsten Barnes Center for Community-Based Partnerships TUSCALOOSA — Stillman College will host Yale University professor of history and African American studies Dr. Jonathan Holloway as the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Realizing the Dream Distinguished Lecturer, a project jointly sponsored by the Tuscaloosa Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Shelton State Community College,…
Call for Annual Awards Nominations and RFPs for Poster Presentations and Seed Funds
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…
Engaged Research Featured Prominently in 2014 Issue of Research
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…
CCBP Reviews Carnegie Reaffirmation and SACS Renewal Steps; Sets Plans for Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Awards Program
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…
Community Affairs Announces 2014 Call for Annual Awards Nominations and RFPs for Poster Presentations and Seed Funds
Realizing the Dream 2014 Video: Culpepper Clark, John Cochran and Wendell Hudson and the UA Jazz Standards Combo
MLK Realizing the Dream 2014 Events
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 ]
John Cochran Shares His Civil Rights Education Growing Up in Montgomery; Horizon, Conscience, Moutaintop Awards Presented
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…
Legend Challenges Young People to Carry on Work of MLK, Follows by Playing Piano and Singing Audience Favorites
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…