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2003

December

• Birmingham-Southern College announces winter 2004 calendar
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has announced its major events for January, February, and March 2004. Sports schedules for men’s and women’s basketball, men’s baseball, women’s softball, and other NCAA Division I sports can be viewed by clicking on the athletics link at www.bsc.edu.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern professor elected president of Birmingham Astronomical Society
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Duane Pontius Jr., assistant professor of physics at Birmingham-Southern College, has been elected president of the Birmingham Astronomical Society.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern selected as ‘Best of the Best for Working Families’
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern College was selected this year as the “Best of the Best for Working Families” winner in the education category by Birmingham Family Times.
  
  
• Berte presented with Lifetime Achievement Award by Operation New Birmingham
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College Chancellor and President Dr. Neal R. Berte was presented with Operation New Birmingham’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization’s annual meeting in November at the Alabama Theatre in Birmingham.

November

• Birmingham-Southern College receives grant for Environmental Awareness Week
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has received a grant that will provide for a week of festivities next year focusing on the challenges facing the environment and the college’s commitment toward sustainable living and environmental awareness.
  
  
• Miss ’Southern Diversity crowned at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern junior Kristian Collins of Montgomery will represent student opinions on issues of multiculturalism after recently accepting the crown as the college’s Miss ’Southern Diversity 2003-04 at a coronation ceremony on campus.
  
  
• Cullman’s Morgan Smith crowned Miss Birmingham-Southern College 2004
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Morgan Smith of Cullman is Miss Birmingham-Southern College 2004.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern professor recognized as exemplary teacher by United Methodist Church
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. John D. Tatter, professor of English and chair of the Division of Humanities at Birmingham-Southern College, has been presented with an Exemplary Teaching Award by the Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry of the United Methodist Church.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College professor publishes companion books about Confederate Greensboro Guards
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Guy Hubbs, assistant professor of library science at Birmingham-Southern College, has published two books about the Confederate company Greensboro Guards of Greensboro, Ala.

October

• Birmingham-Southern professor recognized for outstanding manuscript for third straight year
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Ron Stunda, associate professor of accounting at Birmingham-Southern College, recently received for the third straight year the Outstanding Research Award at the Academy of Accounting and Finance Conference, held this year in Las Vegas.
  
  
• The late George Plimpton to be posthumously honored at Writing Today 2004
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The late author, editor, and actor George Plimpton will be posthumously honored as Grand Master of the 24th Writing Today conference at Birmingham-Southern College March 12-13.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern to present classical music concert by New York ensemble
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Goliard Ensemble, featuring some of New York’s most talented musicians, will perform in two concerts at Birmingham-Southern College on Tuesday, Oct. 14.
  
  
• President of The Population Institute to speak at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Werner Fornos, president of The Population Institute, will speak at Birmingham-Southern College on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 4:30 p.m. in the Norton Campus Center Theatre.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern Panhellenic Council wins highest award for excellence
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The governing body of Birmingham-Southern College’s seven national sororities has been named the nation’s best by the National Panhellenic Council.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College announces committee, national firm to guide search process for new president
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A group consisting of Birmingham-Southern faculty, staff, students, alumni, and trustees has been chosen to serve as a search committee to select a successor to retiring President Dr. Neal R. Berte.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College dedicates new Humanities Center; names facility after longtime president and his wife
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A completely renovated building on the Birmingham-Southern campus now devoted entirely to the college’s humanities academic programs was dedicated during Noon ceremonies Thursday, Oct. 2, and subsequently named after the institution’s longtime president and his wife.
  
  
• Longtime Birmingham-Southern President Neal Berte announces plans to retire; named chancellor and president
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College President Dr. Neal R. Berte, whose leadership and vision propelled the liberal arts institution to national stature in academics, the arts, and athletics during his 28-year tenure, announced his retirement today, effective when a new president is introduced next year.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College Concert Choir to perform in Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College’s Concert Choir will be featured in the first United Methodist Mission Celebration Telethon to be taped in Ryman Auditorium in Nashville Oct. 12.

September

• Birmingham-Southern College to host annual Family Day
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will host its annual Family Day Saturday, Oct. 4, on campus.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College set to dedicate new Humanities Center Oct. 2
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A completely renovated building on the Birmingham-Southern campus now devoted entirely to the college’s humanities academic programs will be dedicated during ceremonies Thursday, Oct. 2.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern student, 2003 graduate receive Rotary Scholarships for overseas study
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A Birmingham-Southern College senior and a recent graduate have been selected by the national Rotary Foundation to receive its prestigious 2003-04 Rotary Scholarship for overseas cultural study.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern to host graduate and professional school fair
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The ninth annual Graduate and Professional School Fair will be held at Birmingham-Southern College Tuesday, Oct. 7, from 3-6 p.m. in the Norton Campus Center.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College announces five faculty appointments
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has announced the addition of five faculty members beginning with the 2003-04 academic year.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern Woodlawn service program recognized by national leader institute
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College’s Interim at Woodlawn program has been selected as Innovation of the Week by the Leader to Leader Institute for the week of Sept. 10-16.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College professor named to regional accounting post
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. George Klersey, EBSCO Professor of Accounting at Birmingham-Southern College, has been named regional coordinator for the Accounting Behavior and Organizations section of the American Accounting Association.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College professor publishes textbook on Western civilization
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Paul Cleveland, associate professor of economics at Birmingham-Southern College, has published a book entitled Understanding the Modern Culture Wars: The Essentials of Western Civilization.

August

• Birmingham-Southern in top tier of national liberal arts colleges in newest ‘U.S. News’ rankings
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is included in the top tier of the best national liberal arts colleges in the country in the annual “U.S. News & World Report” rankings released on the magazine’s Web site today (Aug. 22).
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern President Neal Berte receives inaugural Girls Inc. award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Neal R. Berte received the first “Helping Girls Get There” award from Girls Inc. of Central Alabama at the group’s 11th annual celebration luncheon August 20.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern preparing for another large freshman class, 148th academic year
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern is anticipating 361 freshman and 41 transfer students from 21 states and nine foreign countries to attend classes for the first time when the college’s 148th academic year begins Wednesday, Aug. 27.
  
  
• American Dental Association president, alumnus to deliver Birmingham-Southern's opening of school address
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. T. Howard Jones, a 1965 graduate of Birmingham-Southern and current president of the American Dental Association, will deliver the keynote address at the college’s Opening of School Convocation August 28.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College announces fall 2003 calendar of events
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has announced its schedule of major events for fall 2003

July

• BSC graduate Howell Heflin honored with ABA’s John Marshall Award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Retired U.S. Sen. Howell Heflin of Tuscumbia, a 1942 graduate of Birmingham-Southern College, has been selected to receive the John Marshall Award, a national honor created by the American Bar Association Justice Center to recognize individuals responsible for extraordinary improvement in the administration of justice.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern professor chosen for national teacher accreditation board
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Rusty Kirkpatrick, associate professor of education at Birmingham-Southern College, recently was nominated to serve on the Board of Examiners for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
  
  
• Five elected to Birmingham-Southern College Board of Trustees
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College elected five new members to its Board of Trustees during the group’s recent annual spring meeting on campus.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College recognized by Washington Post
  BIRMINGHAM, ALA.—Birmingham-Southern College was recently included among the 100 “Colleges Worth Considering” as compiled by Washington Post staff writer Jay Mathews.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern music professor’s work performed at Aspen festival
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College Professor of Music Charles Mason’s composition Hradcanska was performed July 7 at the Aspen Summer Music Festival
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College student publishes study of local waterways
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern student Libby Yost of Trussville has written and published a booklet Up a Creek without a Paddle about her research on two of Birmingham’s urban waterways thanks to a $1,200 grant from the Associated Colleges of the South.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College student chosen for national teaching fellowship
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern graduate Catherine Godbey of Decatur has been selected as a 2003 New York City Teaching Fellow for participation in a national two-year program that trains recent college graduate
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern mourns passing of longtime faculty member
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Natwarlal Bosmia, a longtime Birmingham-Southern mathematics professor, died earlier today at his home of an apparent heart attack.

June

• Summer academic and camp activities begin next week at Birmingham-Southern
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern begins its 2003 summer academic terms Wednesday, June 11, when classes begin on the Hilltop campus.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College president elected to board of Alabama Center for Law and Civic Education
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College President Dr. Neal R. Berte has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Alabama Center for Law and Civic Education.

May

• Birmingham-Southern professor to publish two-volume art film study
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College Professor of Art Bob Shelton has written a two-volume book A Cultural Study of the Art Film that is slated for publication by the Mellen Press of Lewiston, N.Y., in late summer.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern Latin American Studies Program awarded grant
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Latin American Studies Program at Birmingham-Southern College has been awarded a $120,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program.
  
  
• BSC student places second in music composition competition
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College student Robby Simpson of Vestavia Hills was second-place winner in the second annual student composition competition sponsored by The Orpheus Alliance
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College announces 2003 summer events calendar
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has announced its schedule of major events for June and July.
  
  
• Gardendale resident receives major awards at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College senior Jennifer Compton of Gardendale received several major awards during the college’s 2003 Honors Day Convocation.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College to present four with honorary degrees
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern is presenting four individuals with honorary degrees in May and June in recognition of distinguished careers and service to the college.
  
  
• U.S. District Judge U.W. Clemon to deliver Birmingham-Southern Commencement address
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—U.S. District Judge U.W. Clemon, chief judge of the Northern District of Alabama, will address the Birmingham-Southern class of 2003 during the college’s 144th Commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 24.

April

• Birmingham-Southern College Southern Chorale to perform Mass for Peace
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College’s Southern Chorale will perform Jonathan Willcocks’ work “Lux Perpetua: Peace and Unity” on campus Monday, April 28.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern professor recognized as exemplary teacher
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Wayne Shew, Ada Rittenhouse Snavely Professor of Biology at Birmingham-Southern College, has been presented with an Exemplary Teaching Award by the Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry of the United Methodist Church.
  
  
• Kappa Delta sorority at Birmingham-Southern raises $24,000 to prevent child abuse
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Alpha Upsilon chapter of the Kappa Delta sorority at Birmingham-Southern College has raised $24,000 through its Shamrock Project to prevent child abuse.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College to honor Women of Distinction at GALA XVI
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Award-winning actress Eartha Kitt, University of Tennessee Head Women’s Basketball Coach Pat Summitt, former Miss America and sportscaster Phyllis George, entertainer Kathie Lee Gifford, and Southwest Airlines President Colleen Barrett are among the women of distinction who will be honored at Birmingham-Southern College’s GALA XVI celebration May 2, 2003..
  
  
• Alumna, Washington, D.C., attorney to keynote Birmingham-Southern’s annual Honors Day
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Natalie K. Meyer, an attorney with the National Association of Securities Dealers in Washington, D.C., is the keynote speaker for Birmingham-Southern’s Honors Day April 22.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern to present Medal of Service to retired Southern Living editor
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham freelance writer, lecturer, and retired Southern Progress executive Philip A. Morris will receive Birmingham-Southern College’s Medal of Service during its annual Honors Day Convocation April 22 at 10:30 a.m. in Munger Hall Auditorium on campus.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern professor pens article in award-winning encyclopedia
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The newly released Women and Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia, containing the article “Composer” contributed by Birmingham-Southern Assistant Professor of Music Dr. Dorothy Hindman, recently was honored as one of Library Journal’s top 2002 reference books.
  
  
• Mountain Brook student earns top scholarship to study at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—John Wilson Nash of Mountain Brook is the recipient of the McWane Honors Award to attend Birmingham-Southern College in the fall.
  
  
• Three to receive Birmingham-Southern College’s top alumni award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Three Birmingham-Southern College alumni will receive the college’s Distinguished Alumni Award at annual Alumni Reunion Weekend festivities April 12.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern professor contributes to Mexico’s most widely read newspaper
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—An article by Dr. Vincent Gawronski, assistant political science professor at Birmingham-Southern College, was recently published in Mexico’s most widely read newspaper La Reforma.

March

• Birmingham-Southern professor awarded Merck, AAAS grant for undergraduate research
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Merck Company Foundation and the American Association for the Advancement of Science have awarded a three-year grant of up to $60,000 to Dr. David Schedler, Birmingham-Southern College associate professor of chemistry, to fund student research and related activities in the college’s biology and chemistry departments.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern’s Hackney Writing Awards winners announced
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Hackney Literary Awards were presented March 7 during the 23rd annual Writing Today conference at Birmingham-Southern College.
  
  
• Summer educational programs for youth offered at Birmingham-Southern
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Youth programs in leadership and service and college life experiences will be offered this summer at Birmingham-Southern College.
  
  
• Summer sports, performing arts camps for youth offered at Birmingham-Southern
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Youth sports and performing arts programs will be offered this summer at Birmingham-Southern College.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College students spending spring semester studying abroad
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Eight Birmingham-Southern students eager to explore different cultures and enrich their educational experiences are studying modern history and culture overseas this spring term as part of the college’s Semester Abroad Program.
  
  
• Dedication ceremonies planned for Birmingham-Southern’s new Fraternity Row
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Open house tours and dedication ceremonies for Birmingham-Southern’s new Fraternity Row will be held in conjunction with the college’s annual Alumni Reunion Weekend festivities Saturday, April 12.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern’s 4th Annual Livable Cities Conference to focus on transit alternatives
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The growing challenge of providing mass transit alternatives to the automobile will be the focus of the 4th Annual Livable Cities Conference at Birmingham-Southern College April 11.
  
  
• Latin American culture, literature expert to keynote annual BSC symposium
  Dr. Charles A. Perrone, professor of Portuguese & Luso-Brazilian culture and literature at the University of Florida, will speak at Birmingham-Southern College’s 11th Annual Latin American Studies Symposium April 4-5.
  
  
• Alumni speakers, activities highlight Birmingham-Southern College’s Reunion Weekend
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Managing editor of Fortune magazine Richard Kirkland, former surgeon and director of the University of Alabama Burn Center Dr. Alan Dimick, and retired Alabama circuit judge James Garrett are among the Birmingham-Southern graduates who will entertain alumni returning to the Hilltop campus April 11-13 for the college’s Alumni Reunion Weekend 2003.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern to present Medal of Service to retired Southern Living editor
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham freelance writer, lecturer, and retired Southern Progress executive Philip A. Morris will receive Birmingham-Southern College’s Medal of Service during its annual Honors Day Convocation April 22 at 10:30 a.m. in Munger Hall Auditorium on campus.
  
  
• Former U.S. Chief of Mission to Iraq to speak at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Ambassador Edward L. Peck, former U.S. chief of mission to Iraq, will be the guest speaker at a Provost’s Forum scheduled for Monday, April 7, at Birmingham-Southern College. The lecture will be at 4 p.m. in Hill Recital Hall.
  
  
• Top members of Birmingham-Southern Class of ’03 elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Twenty-eight Birmingham-Southern College graduating seniors have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa membership this spring
  
  
• New business honorary chapter installed at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College President Dr. Neal R. Berte was among the first group of four faculty members and 13 students installed into a new chapter of the business honorary society Beta Gamma Sigma by the college’s Division of Business and Graduate Programs March 19.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College elects 2003-04 SGA officers, representatives
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Bernard Mays of Forestdale is the new president of the Student Government Association at Birmingham-Southern College for the upcoming 2003-04 academic year.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College announces spring 2003 events calendar
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has announced its major events for March, April, and May 2003. Seasonal sports schedules for baseball, softball, and other NCAA Division I sports can be viewed by clicking on the athletics link at www.bsc.edu.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern professor awarded grant, contributes to encyclopedia
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Dorothy Hindman, assistant professor of music at Birmingham-Southern College, was awarded a grant through the Meet the Composer/South program to support a recent composer’s visit to the college.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College Concert Choir to perform in Alabama, Tennessee
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Concert Choir will travel through Alabama and into Tennessee to perform its 2003 Spring Tour March 19-24.
  
  
• Southern Environmental Center at Birmingham-Southern receives Legacy award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Southern Environmental Center at Birmingham-Southern College has been named Environmental Organization of the Year 2002 by Legacy Inc.

February

• Birmingham-Southern receives grant for international education symposium
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has received a $16,500 grant from the Global Partners Project to host a two-day symposium in June 2004 focusing on best practices in pre-departure and re-orientation programs for students who study abroad.
  
  
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lecture on environmental destiny at Birmingham-Southern
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Internationally recognized environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will lecture at Birmingham-Southern College March 12.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College elects 2003 Homecoming Queen and courts
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Anna Donaldson of Jasper was crowned the 2003 Birmingham-Southern College Homecoming Queen during halftime ceremonies of the men’s Homecoming basketball game against Elon University Feb. 15.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College student wins Metropolitan Opera competition
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College student Nat Gunter, a senior voice performance major from Tuscaloosa, was one of three Alabama winners of the New York Metropolitan Opera District Auditions.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College announces additional GALA XVI honorees
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A Tony, Grammy, and Emmy-nominated performer, the leader of the nation’s most customer-friendly airline, and an award-winning CNN News anchor make up the second group of honorees announced this week for Birmingham-Southern College’s GALA XVI celebration.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern professor to introduce local youth to piano, classics
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—An internationally acclaimed pianist and Birmingham-Southern College’s artist-in-residence is continuing in February a concert series aimed at introducing local youth to the piano and the classics.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College Homecoming one big ‘Panther Party’
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College’s 2003 Homecoming celebration, “One Great Big Panther Party,” is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 15, on campus.
  
  
• Award-winning Birmingham-Southern students to perform with Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Four student winners of the third annual Whittington Competition at Birmingham-Southern College will perform with the Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 3 p.m. in BSC’s Hill Recital Hall.
  
  
• Internationally known pianist to conduct master class at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—John Perry, distinguished professor of music at the University of Southern California, will conduct a master class on the Birmingham-Southern College campus Saturday, Feb. 8.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern piano professor, Birmingham physician to give wellness recital
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College Professor of Music and Artist-in-Residence William DeVan, along with Dr. Robert Poczatek, Spinal Chord Injury Medicine Fellow at Spain Rehabilitation Center, will hold a special wellness recital Sunday, Feb. 9.

January

• Birmingham-Southern College announces winter 2003 calendar
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has announced its major events for January, February, and March 2003
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College grant will increase support of area schoolteachers to improve math test scores
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has received a major grant as part of the national No Child Left Behind Act to initiate a professional development program for local schoolteachers that will strengthen student test scores.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern students spending January serving, studying
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—More than 200 Birmingham-Southern College students are spending the January Interim term involved in service-learning projects locally and around the country, while studying specific areas of interest.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College receives grant to increase environmental awareness among students
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has received a grant to encourage student-initiated projects and educational programs that preserve and enhance the natural resources of the state.