Category: News


Students Capture King’s Legacy in Realizing the Dream Essay and Art Contest

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Winners of the 2024 Realizing the Dream Essay and Art Contest were recognized for using their creativity to expand on the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on March 28 at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa. The annual contest is open to middle and high school students across Alabama. To…


New Faculty Community Engagement Tour Inspires Community Collaborations

Group of students and adults on NFT Day 3

The 2023 New Faculty Community Engagement Tour (NFCET) introduced University faculty, staff, students and community members to areas of community-engaged partnerships across various counties in the Black Belt region, Wednesday through Friday, May 10–12. Each day, faculty, staff and students traveled by bus to a new area of the Black Belt and listened to panels…


You Make UA Great Celebrates Campus Employees

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We are celebrating you because of an impact that you have every day on this campus and whether that’s in a residence hall, whether that’s in a classroom, whether that’s in a cafeteria, or any place on this campus, the way that you invest in our students and invest in our campus is what makes…


Art of Town and Gown Relationships Reception Highlights Neighborhood Partnerships

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The reception took place at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in historic downtown Tuscaloosa, where visitors were greeted with live music from the Alabama Blues Project and treats themed around the Crimson Tide. Successful town and gown relationships require many conversations with partners across a community and having the opportunity to learn from other…


New Faculty Community Engagement Tour Returns, Encourages Partnerships

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After a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Division of Community Affairs resumed its New Faculty Community Engagement Tour (NFCET), connecting University faculty, staff, graduate students and community members across various counties in the Black Belt region, Wednesday through Friday, May 11–13. What I discovered with these tours, with our work and just…


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…


Community Affairs Partners With Hale County Chamber to Present ‘Toward a More Perfect Economy: The Challenge and Opportunity of Rural Communities‘

[ua_row] [ua_col] [envira-gallery id=”5261″] [/ua_col] [ua_col]  By Ashley Cunigan and Diane Kennedy-Jackson The University of Alabama Division of Community Affairs will partner with the Hale County Chamber of Commerce to present Toward a More Perfect Economy: The Challenge and Opportunity of Rural Communities, a conversation with Dr. Raphael W. Bostic, president and CEO of the…


A Community Affairs response to COVID-19

Download PDF of slides here. As a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, offices at The University of Alabama have been operating under a limited business model, including offices and centers throughout the Division of Community Affairs. This includes the Center for Community-Based Partnerships, the Student Community Engagement Center, and the Crossroads Civic Engagement Center.…


MLK Distinguished Lecturer Inspires Audience with Civil Rights History Lesson

[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″] [envira-gallery id=”4780″] [/ua_col] [ua_col class=”col-md-6″] By Yiben Liu CCBP Graduate Assistant A nationally renowned civil rights expert was the keynote speaker for the 2019 Realizing the Dream Distinguished Lecture at the Embassy Suites hotel in Tuscaloosa on March 19. The title of his speech was “Honoring the Voting Rights Legacy of the…