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,…
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…
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…
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…
AUBURN — Auburn University’s College of Liberal Arts, in conjunction with its Community and Civic Engagements Initiative, has announced its second annual Academy for Civic Professionalism, to be held May 11–14, 2014 in the Auburn Arena, 250 Beard-Eaves Court. This event includes workshops, sessions directed by AU engaged scholars, and site visits. Keynote speakers are…
By Kirsten J. BarnesCCBP Graduate Assistant On December 12 at the Bryant Conference Center, the University of Alabama and its community partners concluded a second successful year in the faith-based and wellness program known as Saving Lives with a banquet to honor participants and welcome new members. Three new churches — Hightown Church of God,…
By Kirsten J. Barnes At the Center for Community-Based Partnerships Council meeting at the Bryant Conference Center on November 14, members heard a discussion about several community outreach projects, listened as students discussed the research they presented at the 2013 Engagement Scholarship Consortium October 8–9 at Texas Tech University, and saw videos of the 2013…
By Sirui Shao and Kirsten J. Barnes Staff Writers, Center for Community-Based Partnerships In celebration of International Education Week (November 12–18), UA’s Center for Community-Based Partnerships hosted its first Global Café, showing an hour-long documentary called “The Dialogue,” which explores international interpersonal exchange. The film was created by Crossing Borders Films and co-produced by Michigan…
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