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2007

December

• Birmingham-Southern hires alumnus Daniel Seigel to teach in its Conservatory
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Vocalist Daniel Seigel, a 2002 Birmingham-Southern College graduate who completed graduate training at The Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, will return to the BSC Conservatory to teach voice.

• Birmingham-Southern College named a Beta Gamma Sigma exemplary chapter
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Beta Gamma Sigma chapter at Birmingham-Southern College, led by Dr. Bert Morrow, a BSC associate professor of business administration, has been recognized as an Exemplary Chapter for the 2007-08 academic year.

• Birmingham-Southern College student awarded international art scholarship through local church
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern College freshman Jasmine Higbee was recently awarded a scholarship from the International Art Grant program at the Church of Brook Hills in Birmingham.

• Birmingham-Southern receives green bikes from Regions Bank
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has received 100 green bicycles donated by Regions Bank to support sustainable transportation efforts.

November

• Holocaust survivor, famous author Elie Wiesel to speak at Birmingham-Southern
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Elie Wiesel, a human rights activist, Holocaust survivor, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, will speak at Birmingham-Southern College Nov. 28.

• Birmingham-Southern College to present 71st Annual Service of Lessons and Carols
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will present its 71st consecutive annual Service of Lessons and Carols on Friday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 2, at 4:30 p.m.

• Birmingham-Southern College sports fields project wins state construction award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Phase I of the Birmingham-Southern College sports fields project has won the Associated Builders & Contractors Excellence in Construction award for the state of Alabama.

• Birmingham-Southern College announces 2007-08 fall fraternity pledges
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A number of Birmingham-Southern College students pledged fraternities at the start of the 2007-08 academic year.

• Nov. 10 concert to feature work, guest performance by Birmingham-Southern faculty
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham Art Music Alliance will present a concert by guitarist Paul Bowman on Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the BSC Hill Recital Hall.

• Birmingham-Southern College theatre to perform colorful, eccentric Shakespeare production set in the 1960s
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Department of Theatre and Dance will perform “Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare on campus Nov. 8-11.

• Birmingham-Southern professor recognized as exemplary teacher by United Methodist Church
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Edward LaMonte, the Howell Heflin Professor of Political Science and Director of the Office of International Programs at Birmingham-Southern College, has been presented with the Exemplary Teaching Award by the Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry of the United Methodist Church.

• Birmingham-Southern alumnus returns to campus to exhibit paintings
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Artist John Lytle Wilson, a 1999 graduate of Birmingham-Southern College, will present his exhibit “Sweet Calamity!” in the Durbin Gallery, Kennedy Art Center/Azar Art Studios from Nov. 2-30.

October

• Darfur refugees bring stories of survival to Birmingham-Southern
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Survivors of the genocide in Sudan’s western region of Darfur will tell their stories Nov. 1 in the Norton Campus Center Theater on the campus of Birmingham-Southern College at 3:30 p.m.

• Birmingham-Southern faculty member’s art to be included in Czech Republic exhibit
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The work of Steve Cole, professor of art at Birmingham-Southern College, will be presented in an art exhibit opening in Prague, Czech Republic, Oct. 30

• Birmingham-Southern Concert Choir to perform Oct. 25
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Concert Choir will perform “The Full Monte,” Madrigal Settings by 17th century Italian poet Claudio Monteverdi and contemporary American composer Morten Lauridsen on Oct. 25 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.

• Birmingham-Southern College announces 2007-08 fall sorority pledges
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—More than 100 Birmingham-Southern College first-year students pledged sororities at the start of the 2007-08 academic year.

• ’Southern Diversity Delegate selected at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern sophomore Tanesha Williams of Hattiesburg, Miss., will represent student opinions on issues of multiculturalism after being recently selected as the college’s 2007-08 ’Southern Diversity Delegate.

• Birmingham-Southern College student receives UPS scholarship
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Katie Clingan, a junior biology major at Birmingham-Southern College, has been selected to receive a UPS Scholarship.

• Birmingham-Southern College elects first football Homecoming Queen and King since 1939
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Kadie Ann Duren of Hoover and Jeff Tullis of Gadsden were crowned the 2007 Birmingham-Southern College Homecoming Queen and King during halftime ceremonies of the Homecoming football game against conference foe DePauw University Oct. 6.

• Award Recognition Concert to honor Birmingham-Southern professor of music
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Music by Birmingham-Southern College Professor of Music Charles Norman Mason and Ed Robertson, professor emeritus at the University of Montevallo, will be presented at a Birmingham Art Music Alliance concert Oct. 11 at Brock Recital Hall at Samford University at 7:30 p.m.

• Birmingham-Southern celebrates Hispanic heritage
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has designated a week to celebrate Hispanic heritage.

• BSC alumna to open art exhibit with live iron pour
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College alumna Lisa Michitti will launch her exhibit with an opening night reception on Friday, Oct. 5, outside the Durbin Gallery, Kennedy Art Center/Azar Art Studios, from 5 to 8 p.m.

• Birmingham-Southern piano professor and Steinway artist to present faculty recital
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Internationally acclaimed pianist and Birmingham-Southern College Artist-in-Residence William DeVan will present a faculty recital Oct. 7 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 2:30 p.m.

• Book by two Birmingham-Southern students nominated for award by historical association
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— “Panthers on the Gridiron: Football at Birmingham-Southern,” a book co-authored by Birmingham-Southern College students Ben Lewellyn and Peter Starr, has been nominated for the 2008 Clinton Jackson Coley Award given by the Alabama Historical Association.

• Birmingham-Southern College student awarded Gilman International Scholarship
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Claire Anderson, a junior pre-health major at Birmingham-Southern College, has been awarded a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.

• Birmingham-Southern College kicks off Homecoming week
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Homecoming on the Hilltop begins today with a week-long parade of activities as Birmingham-Southern College honors “Old Traditions . . . New Beginnings,” the theme of this year’s event.

• Birmingham-Southern College student awarded scholarship for foreign study
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Benjamin Miller of Hoover, a junior undecided major at Birmingham-Southern College, has been awarded a scholarship by the Freeman-ASIA (Awards for Study in Asia) Foundation and the Institute of International Education to study abroad in China for one academic year.

September

• Birmingham-Southern president to receive award at reception by Congressman Artur Davis
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College President Dr. David Pollick will be honored tonight in Washington, D.C., with the Trailblazer Award in recognition as an outstanding Alabamian.

• Birmingham-Southern recognizes 2007-08 Vail teaching and research fellows
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Twelve Birmingham-Southern College students have been awarded fellowships that allow them to collaborate with their professors on teaching or research projects during the 2007-08 academic year.

• Birmingham-Southern vocalist to present faculty recital
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College professor of music and vocalist Mildred Allen will present a faculty recital Sept. 30 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 2:30 p.m.

• Birmingham-Southern Fine Arts Society dishes up annual Starlight Supper
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Arts Council welcomed nearly 300 current and prospective members to its annual Fine Arts Society Starlight Supper Sept. 16 at the B&A Warehouse in downtown Birmingham.

• Birmingham-Southern College to take part in national effort to promote service-learning
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will join thousands of institutions of higher education across the country Sept. 17-23 to participate in Learn and Serve Challenge Week to raise awareness of the benefits of service-learning.

• Birmingham-Southern College theatre to perform collaborative production taken to famous festival in Scotland
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Department of Theatre and Dance will perform its world premiere of an updated telling of August Strindberg’s classic 1888 play “Miss Julie” which it performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland this summer.

August

• Birmingham-Southern College announces five faculty appointments
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has announced the addition of five faculty members beginning with the 2007-08 academic year.

• Fraternal twins from Kentucky earn scholarships to study at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Katherine Sack of Goshen, Ky., is the recipient of the McWane Honors Award to attend Birmingham-Southern College in fall 2007.

• National printmaking exhibit to open at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will display “Plot Influential: A National Invitational Printmaking Exhibition” September 7-28 on the college’s campus in the Durbin Gallery, Kennedy Art Center/Azar Art Studios.

• Birmingham-Southern professor awarded faculty development award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Tricia Witte, assistant professor of psychology at Birmingham-Southern College, has received the 2007 Bob Whetstone Faculty Development Award.

• Birmingham-Southern College to welcome largest freshman class in history
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Plans are under way at Birmingham-Southern College to welcome the largest freshman class in school history.

• Spratling appointed executive assistant to the president at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Camille Spratling, associate director of admission for the Master of Arts and Private Management at BSC, has been appointed executive assistant to the president of Birmingham-Southern College.

• Birmingham-Southern First Lady to perform in Sept. 5 concert with Russian pianist and Louisiana State University cello professor
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College First Lady and violinist/violist Karen Bentley Pollick will perform with Russian pianist and composer Ivan Sokolov at a Sept. 5 concert along with guest performer Cellist and LSU Professor Dennis Parker in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.

• Shelbyville, Tenn., native awarded inaugural accounting scholarship at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College junior John Amos Boutwell of Shelbyville, Tenn., has been awarded the Donaldson, Holman & West, P.C. Scholarship in Accounting for the 2007-08 academic year.

• Birmingham-Southern College announces fall 2007 calendar of events
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has announced its schedule of major events for fall 2007.

• Birmingham-Southern president appointed to serve on National Association of Schools and Colleges of the United Methodist Church board
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College President G. David Pollick has been appointed to the board for the National Association of Schools and Colleges of the United Methodist Church which is a group of presidents from colleges and universities affiliated with the United Methodist Church.

• Birmingham-Southern piano professor to offer conservatory for gifted musicians
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Internationally acclaimed pianist and Birmingham-Southern College Artist-in-Residence William DeVan will conduct a 12-week Conservatory Program for Gifted Musicians beginning this fall

• Birmingham-Southern student choir concludes Central Europe tour to further foster connection with Czech Republic
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Concert Choir, conducted by Lester Seigel, who is the Joseph Hugh Thomas Professor of Music at BSC, has recently returned from its first European tour in more than 20 years. The 26 singers performed in the Czech Republic and Austria earlier this summer.

July

• Estes appointed vice president for administration at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Lane Estes, executive assistant to the president of Birmingham-Southern College since 1998, has been appointed the institution’s vice president for administration.

• Birmingham-Southern College named one of America’s “Best Buys”
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is one of 26 private institutions in the nation chosen to qualify as a Best Buy in the latest edition of the “Fiske Guide to Colleges 2008.” According to the recently released guidebook, the college’s selection is based on the quality of academic offerings in relation to the cost of attendance.

• Birmingham-Southern First Lady to welcome Just Plain Folks music organization
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College First Lady and violinist Karen Bentley Pollick will host a showcase event with the grassroots music organization Just Plain Folks in Birmingham July 31.

• Birmingham-Southern College theatre program gets grant to take collaborative production to famous festival in Scotland
  The Birmingham-Southern College Department of Theatre and Dance will take the world premiere of an updated telling of August Strindberg’s classic 1888 play “Miss Julie” to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland.

• Birmingham-Southern College’s graduate business program named outstanding business school
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Master of Arts in Public and Private Management program has been named an outstanding business school by The Princeton Review.

• Birmingham-Southern College’s graduate business program reaches out to employees of nonprofit agencies, offers limited-time discounted tuition
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Master of Arts in Public and Private Management program is now offering a 50 percent tuition discount to all qualified, full-time employees of nonprofit agencies with a 501c3 designation.

• Birmingham-Southern president appointed to serve with Commission on International Initiatives
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College President G. David Pollick has been appointed to the Commission on International Initiatives which serves as an advisory and strategic planning body for the American Council on Education’s Board of Directors in the field of international and global education.

June

• Birmingham-Southern student wins top honors in national music competition
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern sophomore Timothy Beenken has been named the national winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs Biennial Student/Collegiate Awards competition in the men’s voice category.

• Birmingham-Southern College announces 2007 spring semester Dean’s List
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Nearly 300 students were named to the Dean’s List for academic excellence for the spring 2007 term at Birmingham-Southern College.

• Three elected to Birmingham-Southern College Board of Trustees
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has elected three new members to its Board of Trustees.

• Birmingham-Southern College president attends Annapolis Group meeting to endorse alternative to college rankings
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College President Dr. David Pollick was among the presidents of liberal arts colleges who earlier this week formally endorsed the development of an alternative common format to commercial college rankings.

• Birmingham-Southern president addresses crisis communication at national media conference
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College President Dr. David Pollick participated in a session on “Communicating in a Crisis” during the 2007 How Colleges Can Obtain National and Regional Publicity conference held recently in Baltimore.

• Birmingham-Southern College announces spring 2007 graduates
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College conferred 280 bachelor’s and 17 master’s degrees during its 148th Commencement ceremonies in May.  

• Area residents receive math and science awards from Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern math students were presented awards by the college’s Department of Math and Computer Science during the 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Area residents receive humanities awards from Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A number of Birmingham-Southern students were presented awards by the college during the 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Birmingham-Southern College students receive performing arts awards
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A number of Birmingham-Southern College students received fine and performing arts awards presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• June Jump Start set for June 30
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—June Jump Start, Birmingham-Southern’s traditional summer orientation day for incoming students and their families, is once again set for the last Saturday of June.

• Birmingham-Southern College environmental center works within own community to open another ecoscape
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Southern Environmental Center at Birmingham-Southern College will publicly dedicate its newest ecoscape garden June 9 at 9 a.m. in its own College Hills neighborhood of Birmingham.

May

• Two current students receive scholarship award at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Bryant Allen of Fairhope and Aaron Edwards of Ridgeland, Miss. are the recipients of the Turnipseed-Ikenberry Scholarship presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Fairhope resident receives history award at Birmingham-Southern College, writes paper on town’s Organic School
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern senior Brittany Winfree of Fairhope is the recipient of the J. David Fraley Scholarship Award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Homewood resident receives scholarship award at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Claire Burgess of Homewood is the recipient of the Ursula Clark Parson Scholarship award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Alabaster resident receives scholarship award at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Amanda Michelle Kramer of Alabaster is the recipient of the Mary Jean Parson Scholarship award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Mobile resident receives achievement award at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern senior Graham Ritchie of Mobile is the recipient of the Robert Hewlin Jackson Meritorious Scholarship Award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Local students receive Birmingham-Southern College accounting awards
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College students Shannon Kee of Madison and Andrew Morris of Hoover are the recipients of the J.G.H. Morris Scholarship for academic excellence in accounting.

• Birmingham-Southern College students selected for business honorary
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is pleased to announce top honors for students in the college’s Department of Business and Accounting.

• Hoover native receives Birmingham-Southern College humanities award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College senior Erin Ashley Montgomery of Hoover received the Bert Meadow McTyeire Scholarship during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Two Birmingham-Southern College students receive academic achievement award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College seniors Alana Jo Thaxton of Tarrant and Marcus Dillender of Rockwell, Texas, are the recipients of the John Marshall Gersting Economics and Business Administration Prize presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Birmingham-Southern student choir to tour Central Europe, further foster connection with Czech Republic
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Concert Choir, conducted by Lester Seigel, who is the Joseph Hugh Thomas Professor of Music at BSC, will make its first European tour in more than 20 years. The 28 singers will perform in the Czech Republic and Austria May 30-June 3. The choir will include 22 BSC students and six singers who are BSC faculty or alumni.

• Birmingham-Southern College professor receives faculty award at honors ceremony
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Charles Mason, professor of music at Birmingham-Southern College, is the recipient of the Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams Faculty Scholarship Award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Birmingham-Southern College professor receives ODK teaching excellence award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Byron Chew, Monaghan Professor of Management at Birmingham-Southern, is the recipient of the Omicron Delta Kappa Excellence in Teaching Award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Dothan resident receives Birmingham-Southern College awards
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College student Eddie Lacour of Dothan is the recipient of the Alpha Lambda Delta Book Award and the Phi Eta Sigma Senior Award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Local student receives teaching award at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern student Amanda Milazzo of Hammond, La., is the recipient of the Rutherford Ray Black Teaching Award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Chattanooga resident receives Birmingham-Southern College student-athlete award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern student Blaes Marie Schmissrauter of Chattanooga, Tenn., is the recipient of the William Legg Award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Local student receives Birmingham-Southern College student math achievement award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern student Megan Rybolt of Hixson, Tenn., is the recipient of the Ouida Blackerby Kinzey Scholarship Award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Hoover native awarded British Studies scholarship at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College student Erin Ashley Montgomery of Hoover is the recipient of the J. Stephen Noser Jr. Scholarship Award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Chattanooga native receives Birmingham-Southern College award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern student Emma Corey, formerly of Chattanooga and now of Harrisburg, Pa., is the recipient of the endowed Hubbs Award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Montgomery native receives award at Birmingham-Southern College honors ceremony
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern student Allison Lee Geddie of Montgomery is the recipient of the Robert Hewlin Jackson Achievement Award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Several Birmingham-Southern College students awarded scholarships to study in England
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Thirteen Birmingham-Southern College students have been accepted for British Studies at Oxford, a summer school conducted annually at St. John’s College in Oxford, England.

• Birmingham-Southern College to present two honorary degrees
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern is presenting William and Catherine Cabaniss with honorary degrees at its Commencement ceremony May 26 in recognition of distinguished careers.

• Birmingham-Southern recognizes 2006-07 Vail teaching and research fellows
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Four Birmingham-Southern College students were recognized during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation for completing fellowships during the 2006-07 academic year that allowed them to collaborate with their professors on teaching or research projects.

• Top members of Birmingham-Southern Class of ’07 elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Twenty-five Birmingham-Southern College graduating seniors have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa membership this spring.

• Award-winning faculty member to deliver Birmingham-Southern’s Commencement address
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Professor of History Dr. Bill Nicholas will address the Birmingham-Southern College class of 2007 during the college’s 148th Commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 26, at 3:30 p.m.

• Birmingham-Southern College announces 2007-08 Honor Council
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Student Government Association recently selected 15 students to serve on the Honor Council for the 2007-08 academic year.

• Two Birmingham-Southern students receive education scholarship
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College students Laura Marie Baughman and Kathleen Leigh Coleman are the recipients of the annual Alabama Consortium Scholarship presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Gardendale resident receives Birmingham-Southern College scholarship award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College student Jenna Ann Webb of Gardendale is the recipient of the Alpha Lambda Delta Scholarship Award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Mountain Brook native presented with Birmingham-Southern College leadership award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern senior John Wilson Nash of Mountain Brook is the recipient of the Hess Award for Leadership and Service presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Local resident receives Birmingham-Southern College achievement award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern graduate student Camille Spratling of Birmingham (35203) is the recipient of the Dyson-Wagnon Masters Academic Honor Award presented during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Birmingham-Southern College students recognized for service-learning involvement
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Five Birmingham-Southern College students received the Christopher T. Morgan Scholarship Award during the college’s 2007 Honors Day Convocation.

• Birmingham-Southern College graduate students to be tapped for business honorary
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is pleased to announce top honors for graduate students in the college’s Master of Arts in Public and Private Management program.

April

• Birmingham-Southern College senior wins prestigious Fulbright Scholarship for international education exchange
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Benjamin Marsh, a graduating senior from Birmingham-Southern College, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship as an English teaching assistant in Hong Kong.

• Birmingham-Southern College Southern Chorale and Hilltop Singers to present annual spring concerts
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Southern Chorale of Birmingham-Southern College, under the direction of BSC Professor of Music Dr. David J. Smith, will presents its annual spring concert Monday, May 7, in Hill Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.

• Birmingham-Southern College’s graduate business school to host recruiting luncheons
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Master of Arts in Public and Private Management program will host two information luncheons in May.

• Birmingham-Southern faculty and students’ art to be exhibited in Czech Republic, First Lady to perform at opening ceremony
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College First Lady and violinist Karen Bentley Pollick will perform in the Czech Republic from May 6-13 alongside Louisiana State University professor of cello Dennis Parker.

• Launch party at Birmingham-Southern College to view premier of PBS’ DragonflyTV Deep South episode
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Southern Environmental Center at Birmingham-Southern College will host a reception May 6 from 2-4 p.m. in the center on the college’s campus to premier an upcoming episode of the PBS national program DragonflyTV: “Going Places in Science.”

• John D. Richardson named new Birmingham-Southern College Chaplain
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The associate pastor at First United Methodist Church in New Albany, Miss., will become the new Chaplain at Birmingham-Southern College.

• Birmingham-Southern College again featured among Best Value Colleges by The Princeton Review
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is one of the nation’s best value undergraduate institutions according to The Princeton Review.

• Former Ambassador to the Middle East to lecture at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Ambassador Dennis Ross, the current counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former U.S. Ambassador to the Middle East, will speak on the campus of Birmingham-Southern College May 2 in Munger Hall Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.

• Birmingham-Southern alumna and Huntsville native to deliver keynote address at college’s Honors Day
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College alumna Jill Balch Coon, current director of education and programs for Enact, Inc. in New York City, will deliver the keynote address at the college’s annual Honors Day Convocation Thursday, April 26.

• Birmingham-Southern piano professor concludes spring world tour
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Internationally acclaimed pianist and Birmingham-Southern College Artist-in-Residence William DeVan recently concluded his spring concert and lecture tour with his third trip to China in three years.

• Birmingham-Southern College to host Alumni Reunion weekend
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern’s Alumni Reunion 2007, celebrating the best of times while looking ahead to the future, will feature activities for the whole family April 27 and 28 on the college’s campus.

• Five to receive Birmingham-Southern College’s top alumni awards
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will honor its 2007 Distinguished and Outstanding Young Alumni at an Alumni Awards Luncheon in conjunction with the college’s annual Alumni Reunion Weekend, on Saturday, April 28.

• Birmingham-Southern College theatre to showcase its unique mechanical stage in spring production
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern student actors will perform the college’s first-ever production of Eugene O’Neill’s classic comedy “Ah, Wilderness!” April 26-29

• Birmingham-Southern College students selected as Hess Center Fellows
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Hess Center for Leadership and Service at Birmingham-Southern has announced the 2007 class of Hess Center Fellows.

• Birmingham-Southern College signs the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, announces Earth Week activities
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern President Dr. David Pollick has signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment as a charter signatory to the pledge to become climate neutral, making BSC the only institution of higher education in the state to join the effort.

• Birmingham-Southern Panhellenic Council receives awards
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Panhellenic Council was recognized at the Southeastern Panhellenic Conference held recently in Atlanta.

• Birmingham-Southern College students awarded scholarships while serving area churches
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Two Birmingham-Southern students were recently awarded the only scholarships given in a competition sponsored by the Birmingham Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

• Birmingham-Southern College Concert Choir to present Homecoming Concert
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Concert Choir of Birmingham-Southern College, under the direction of Joseph Hugh Thomas Professor of Music Lester Seigel, will present its annual Homecoming Concert April 15 at Canterbury United Methodist Church at 4 p.m.

• Birmingham-Southern College inaugural Bishop’s Lecture in Faith and Ethics to feature alumna and Birmingham native
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Carol Newsom, Charles Howard Candler Distinguished Professor at Emory University, will present “Three Ways of Imagining Good and Evil: The Bible’s Internal Conversation” on April 17 at 11 a.m. in the Norton Campus Center Theater at Birmingham-Southern.

March

• Birmingham-Southern College named to President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern was named to the first-ever President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

• Birmingham-Southern student awarded competitive internship with global human rights advocacy organization
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Carson Land, a sophomore history major at Birmingham-Southern College, has been awarded an internship this summer with Vital Voices Global Partnership at its location in New York City.

• Birmingham-Southern Greek organizations stay up all night for charity
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—About 300 Birmingham-Southern College students stayed up all night recently to celebrate a successful fundraiser through the Up ‘til Dawn® program dedicated to the life-saving work of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

• Birmingham-Southern students to present work at regional honors’ conference
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Thirteen students, the largest number to date from Birmingham-Southern College, have been selected to take part in the 35th annual conference of the Southern Regional Honors Council.

• Birmingham-Southern president to take part in human rights Action Agenda
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College President Dr. David Pollick will take part in the “Symposium on Universities, Democratic Culture, and Human Rights: An Action Agenda” March 29-30 at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Birmingham-Southern College to sponsor dinner to benefit Adopt-A-Minefield project
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The United Nations Association chapter at Birmingham-Southern College will sponsor “A Night of a Thousand Dinners” April 4 at 6:30 p.m. in Bruno Great Hall of the BSC Norton Campus Center.

• Atlanta resident elected 2007-08 SGA president at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Student Government Association recently held elections to select officers and representatives to lead the campus governing body during the 2007-08 academic year.

• Annual Birmingham-Southern College Latin American Studies Symposium to provide community an opportunity to learn about the tango
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Sergio A. Pujol, professor of history at Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, will deliver the keynote address at the 15th Annual Latin American Studies Symposium March 30-31 at Birmingham-Southern College.

• Birmingham-Southern student honored by Points of Light Foundation
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College senior Jessica Headley of Hoover has been selected for a national Daily Points of Light Award for her volunteer work in educating young people about the importance of character.

• Students join sororities at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A number of women recently joined sororities during spring open recruitment at Birmingham-Southern College.

• Birmingham-Southern students place in two state music competitions
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Five Birmingham-Southern College students placed at the Alabama chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing annual competition hosted on the BSC campus recently.

• Birmingham-Southern to recognize nine senior art majors, exhibit works
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will exhibit pieces of original art created by nine BSC seniors in its annual BFA Exhibition I and II art shows.

• Birmingham-Southern to present annual Spring Dance Performance
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Department of Theatre and Dance will present its 2007 Spring Dance Performance on campus March 8-10 at 7:30 p.m. in the BSC College Theatre, Mainstage.

• Birmingham-Southern’s faculty ensemble to perform March 4
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Chagall Trio, ensemble in residence at Birmingham-Southern College, and friends will be in concert March 4 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 2:30 p.m.

• March 1 concert featuring Birmingham-Southern First Lady re-scheduled to March 6
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham Art Music Alliance presentation of a concert featuring Birmingham-Southern College First Lady and violinist Karen Bentley Pollick and Moscow pianist/composer Ivan Sokolov is rescheduled for March 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the BSC Hill Recital Hall.

• Noted champion of environmental justice Jerome Ringo to lecture at Birmingham-Southern College
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Jerome Ringo, current chair of the National Wildlife Federation Board of Directors, will present “A Changing Environment, A Sense of Urgency” at Birmingham Southern College March 15 in the BSC Norton Theater at 4 p.m.

February

• Birmingham-Southern vocalist to present faculty recital
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College professor of music and vocalist Mildred Allen will present a faculty recital March 11 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 2:30 p.m.

• Birmingham-Southern College elects 2007 Homecoming Queen
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Sarah Glidewell of Marietta, Ga., was crowned the 2007 Birmingham-Southern College Homecoming Queen during halftime ceremonies of the women’s Homecoming basketball game against conference foe Radford Feb. 24.

• Birmingham-Southern announces winners of high school art competition
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is pleased to recognize art created by high school students during its annual Southeastern Regional High School Artist Competition and Exhibition held recently at the college.

• Birmingham-Southern to host state students’ singing auditions
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will host the Alabama chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) annual competition on its campus Feb. 23-24.

• Birmingham-Southern announces Greek society honors
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is pleased to announce three top honors for members of its Greek society.

• American nonfiction writer Gay Talese to be Grand Master at Birmingham-Southern’s 27th annual Writing Today conference
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Gay Talese will serve as Grand Master for Writing Today 2007, at Birmingham-Southern College. The annual event will be March 9 and 10, 2007, on the BSC campus.

• Birmingham-Southern organist professor to present faculty recital
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College Organist Professor James Cook will present a faculty recital Feb. 25 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 2:30 p.m.

• Birmingham-Southern president to take part in Council of Independent Colleges' conference
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern President Dr. David Pollick will take part in the “Uncovering the Heart of Education: Integrative Learning for Compassionate Action in an Interconnected World” Conference sponsored by The Council of Independent Colleges Feb. 22-25 in San Francisco.

• Birmingham-Southern College student wins Best in the South award
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Jeremy Burgess of Homewood, a junior English major and journalism/creative writing minor at Birmingham-Southern College, has been awarded a Best Feature Writer award in the 2006 Best in the South competition at the 21st annual Southeastern Journalism Conference.

• Award-winning Birmingham-Southern students to perform with local orchestra
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Three student winners of the seventh annual Whittington Competition at Birmingham-Southern College will perform with the Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra Feb. 18 in the college’s Hill Recital Hall at 3 p.m.

• Birmingham-Southern names new members to Norton Board
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has announced five new members of its Edward Lee Norton Board of Advisors.

• Birmingham-Southern College students selected as Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Two Birmingham-Southern College students have been chosen by The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International to receive its prestigious Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship for international cultural study.

• Birmingham-Southern College’s Alumni Association to host downtown business luncheon
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Alumni Association will host its next Downtown Birmingham Alumni Business Luncheon Feb. 6 at the Harbert Center in downtown Birmingham from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. 

                 

January

• Birmingham-Southern president addresses human dignity at student leadership conference
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern President Dr. David Pollick was a guest speaker at the Inaugural Ethical Student Leadership Conference which was held recently at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College student awarded scholarship for foreign study
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Kirk Hooten of Vestavia, a sophomore at Birmingham-Southern College, has been awarded a scholarship by the Freeman-ASIA (Awards for Study in Asia) Foundation to study business at Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern student is finalist in Miss Chinese International 2007 Pageant
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College student Sirena Wang was a top five finalist in the Miss Chinese International 2007 Pageant held last weekend in Hong Kong.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College announces 2006 fall semester Dean’s List
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—More than 300 students were named to the Dean’s List for academic excellence for the fall 2006 term at Birmingham-Southern.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern student places at regional composition competition
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern College student Jenna Lyle won Honorable Mention at the Southern Division of the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition held recently at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College students to perform Shakespeare’s “As You Like It”
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College students will produce and perform William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” in only three weeks during the college’s January Interim term.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College theatre once again extended Kennedy Center Festival invitation
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College production of “Urinetown” has been selected for the Region IV Festival of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern College student awarded competitive state department scholarship
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Brandie Felice of Pell City, a sophomore Asian studies major at Birmingham-Southern College, has been awarded the National Security Education Program scholarship through the U.S. State Department.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern president to lead session at AAC&U annual meeting
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern President Dr. David Pollick will lead a session entitled “The Council of Europe’s Transnational Project: A Leverage Point or Educating for Social Responsibility” at the Association of American Colleges and Universities annual meeting Jan. 18 in New Orleans.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern students engaged in January Interim term of learning, travel
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College students are once again engaging in a month-long term of non-traditional learning.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern announces 2007 winter/spring calendar of events
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern president elected to Boy Scouts executive board
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College President G. David Pollick has been elected to the executive board of the Greater Alabama Council, Boy Scouts of America.
  
  
• Birmingham-Southern president to co-lead crises session at CIC presidents’ institute
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern President Dr. David Pollick will co-lead a session entitled “Preparing for and Reacting to Crises” at the upcoming Presidents’ Institute of the Council of Independent Colleges Jan. 4-7 in Tucson, A

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