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2009

December

Birmingham-Southern actively involved in holiday giving
BIRMINGHAM, Ala –Birmingham Southern College students, staff and faculty generously gave bicycles, dolls, books, money and new clothing items to neighbors during this holiday season.

Birmingham-Southern announces 2010 winter/spring calendar of events
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College announces its schedule of 2010 winter/spring major events.

November

Birmingham-Southern College professor awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarship for international research
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Randall Law, associate professor of history at Birmingham-Southern, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research at Odessa National University in Odessa, Ukraine.

Birmingham-Southern College students take top two poetry prizes in state contest
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Two Birmingham-Southern students won the top two poetry prizes in the second annual Fairhope Center for the Writing Arts Writing Contest.

Birmingham-Southern's new Panther Pride Marching Band to take field in 2010
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College brought football back to its Hilltop campus in 2007 after a 68-year hiatus. Now, the college is bringing back the marching band.

Birmingham-Southern physics professor Duane Pontius named Alabama Professor of the Year
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Duane H. Pontius Jr., the T. Morris Hackney Professor of Physics at Birmingham-Southern College, has been named the 2009 Alabama Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

Birmingham-Southern recognizes six with top alumni awards
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College honored its 2009 Distinguished and Outstanding Young Alumni at an Alumni Awards Luncheon on Friday, Nov. 6, in conjunction with the college's combined Homecoming/Alumni Reunion weekend.

Birmingham-Southern crowns Homecoming Queen and King at inaugural Wesley Cup football game against Huntingdon College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Julie Johnson of Huntsville and Buddy Permenter of Gautier, Miss., were crowned the 2009 Birmingham-Southern College Homecoming Queen and King during halftime ceremonies of the inaugural Wesley Cup Homecoming football game against Huntingdon College Nov. 7.

Birmingham-Southern president to serve as advisor on new CIC series of seminars on teaching pre-modern European art
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern College President Dr. David Pollick will serve on the advisory committee to oversee a new series of seminars on “Teaching Pre-modern European Art in Context” recently announced by The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and made possible through the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

October

Birmingham-Southern to host Alumni Reunion, Homecoming weekend Nov. 6-7
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern College will host its Alumni Reunion and Homecoming weekend Nov. 6-7.

Fidel Castro's daughter to speak at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Alina Fernandez, the daughter of Fidel Castro, will speak at Birmingham-Southern on Oct. 27 in the BSC Norton Campus Center Bruno Great Hall at 7 p.m.

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

Birmingham-Southern to host state-wide 350 Climate Rally and green fair
Birmingham-Southern College's enAct (Students Engaged Actively in Environmental Issues) will partner with C.A.S.E. (the Coalition of Alabama Students for the Environment) to host a state-wide 350 Climate Rally at the college on Oct. 24.

Twenty students selected to serve on the Honor Council at Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Honor Council serves as a conduct board to uphold the college's Honor Code among its students

Birmingham-Southern professor of music work featured at Cranbrook Institute of Science
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Pioneering work of Birmingham-Southern College Professor of Music Charles Norman Mason is showcased at the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield, Mich.

September

Birmingham-Southern College announces 2009 fall fraternity pledges
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A number of Birmingham-Southern students pledged fraternities at the start of the 2009-10 academic year.

Birmingham-Southern College announces 2009 fall sorority pledges
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—More than 120 Birmingham-Southern College students pledged sororities at the start of the 2009-10 academic year.

Decatur resident elected 2009-10 SGA president at Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Student Government Association has elected officers and representatives to lead the campus governing body during the 2009-10 academic year

Composer Paul Lansky speaks to Birmingham-Southern music students
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Paul Lansky, composer and professor of music at Princeton University, was on the campus of Birmingham-Southern College recently to speak to BSC music students.

Dialogue on Food at Birmingham-Southern to feature the Kitchen Sisters, among others
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will host a Dialogue on Food with a series of presentations and events Sept. 22-24 on its campus.

Birmingham-Southern College announces fall 2009 calendar of events
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has announced its schedule of major events for fall 2009.

Birmingham-Southern first-year students to engage in day of service
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Many new students at Birmingham-Southern College will spend their first weekend away from home serving and learning from their neighbors in the West End community. The BSC Bunting Center for Engaged Study and Community Action hosts Fall Outreach Day Saturday, Sept. 5, beginning at 10 a.m. at various non-profits and schools in the College Hills and Bush Hills neighborhoods, adjacent to the BSC campus.

Birmingham-Southern professors awarded faculty development award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Amy Cottrill, assistant professor of religion at Birmingham-Southern College, and Dr. Heather Meggers-Wright, assistant professor of psychology, have received the 2009 Bob Whetstone Faculty Development Award.

August

Birmingham-Southern to welcome largest traditional undergraduate enrollment in college history
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern College will open the 2009-10 academic year on Sept. 2 with the largest traditional undergraduate enrollment in the college's more than 153 year history. It will welcome the third largest freshman class in as many years.

Birmingham-Southern international students' orientation includes two-day retreat to Selma and Montgomery
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern College's new and returning international students arrived on campus this week for orientation, which this year includes a look at American culture starting with the historic civil rights movement in Selma.

July

Birmingham-Southern named to Honor Roll in Chronicle of Higher Education Great Colleges Program
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham-Southern College is one of only 39 colleges named to the Honor Roll in recognition of its workplace policies by The Chronicle of Higher Education in its 2009 Great Colleges to Work For program.

June

Birmingham-Southern College national writers competition under way
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Hackney Literary Awards competition is accepting entries June 1 – Nov. 30.

Two elected to Birmingham-Southern College board of trustees
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has elected Clay Long of Atlanta, Ga., and Kevin Stump Sr. of Mountain Brook to its board of trustees.

Birmingham-Southern College announces 2009 spring Dean's List
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Some 328 students were named to the Dean's List for academic excellence for the 2009 spring semester at Birmingham-Southern College.

Birmingham-Southern College announces spring 2009 graduates
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College conferred 239 bachelor's and 7 master's degrees during its 150th Commencement ceremonies in May.

Rising high school seniors to engage in week of leadership training at Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will host 25 high school students from six states in a week-long residential program called Student Leaders in Service June 14-19.

Birmingham-Southern names International Programs Office in honor of Sklenar family
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern is naming its Office of International Programs in honor of Birmingham businessman and civic leader Herb Sklenar and his wife, Ellie, for their longtime support of study abroad at the college, including a major gift to BSC's Destiny: Delivered comprehensive campaign.

Birmingham-Southern alumnus and Conservatory faculty member Daniel Seigel wins young artists competition
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College Conservatory voice faculty member and baritone Daniel Seigel, a 2002 BSC graduate, was a winner in the National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Competition.

Birmingham-Southern Bunting Center greets four AmeriCorps volunteers
BIRMINGHAM, Ala – The Birmingham-Southern College Bunting Center for Engaged Study and Community Action welcomes four new staff members as a part of the AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program.

Malone Family Foundation gift to Birmingham-Southern campaign supports Greater Birmingham Mathematics Partnership
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A $235,860 donation from the Malone Family Foundation to Birmingham-Southern College's Destiny: Delivered comprehensive campaign is expanding the efforts of the Greater Birmingham Mathematics Partnership (GBMP) to include elementary school teachers.

Birmingham-Southern student is the new Miss Alabama 2009
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern senior dance/pre-med major Liz Cochran of Helena is the new Miss Alabama 2009.

Birmingham-Southern winner of “best bathrooms” contest
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is the winner of the TargetX Bowl bathroom contest for the Best Small College bathrooms in its campus Admission Welcome Center.

Birmingham-Southern College to host inaugural alumni art exhibit
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern is hosting its first-ever BSC Visual Arts Open: An Alumni Art Exhibition June 12-July 3. The exhibit will feature alumni who are artists by vocation and by avocation and will include works from BSC alumni who craft, paint, carve, weld, weave, or throw.

May

Local students receive Birmingham-Southern College award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College seniors Peter Starr of Atlanta, Ga., and Clark Weber of Wetumpka are the recipients of the Phi Eta Sigma Senior Award presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Cleveland, Tenn., native receives Birmingham-Southern College theatre scholarship
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College junior Abigail Gatlin of Cleveland, Tenn., received the Mary Jean Parson Scholarship during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Hixson, Tenn., native receives Birmingham-Southern College award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern junior Allison Bovell of Hixson, Tenn., is the recipient of the endowed T. Bradley Fulkerson Award presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Birmingham-Southern students receive top academic awards
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College seniors Kathleen Smith of Hixson, Tenn., Peter Starr of Atlanta, Ga., and Clark Weber of Wetumpka are the recipients of the Alpha Lambda Delta Book Award.

Birmingham-Southern student receives education scholarship
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College senior Mary Elizabeth Hallman is the recipient of the annual Alabama Consortium Scholarship presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Thorsby resident receives Birmingham-Southern College scholarship award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College student Lacey Genard of Thorsby is the recipient of the Alpha Lambda Delta Scholarship Award presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Vestavia resident receives Birmingham-Southern College student-athlete award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern student Evan Wilson of Vestavia is the recipient of the William Legg Award presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Student awarded math achievement award at Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College student Loree Killebrew of College Hills is the recipient of the Ouida Blackerby Kinzey Scholarship Award presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Local students receive Birmingham-Southern College accounting awards
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Four Birmingham-Southern College students are the recipients of the J.G.H. Morris Scholarship for academic excellence in accounting.

British Studies scholarship awarded at Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College student Evan Jones of College Park, Ga., is the recipient of the J. Stephen Noser Jr. Scholarship Award presented during the college's 2009 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 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Pinson native receives Birmingham-Southern College humanities award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College senior Ashlee Vinyard of Pinson received the Bert Meadow McTyeire Scholarship during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Birmingham-Southern College students receive honors program, leadership award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern students Carson Land of Decatur and Benjamin Miller of Hoover are the recipients of the Honors Program Senior Award presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Talladega native receives Birmingham-Southern College award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern student Claire Davis of Talladega is the recipient of the endowed Hubbs Award presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Two Birmingham-Southern students receive academic achievement award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College seniors Anna-Laura Bergmann of Ozark and Nicholas Olson of Durango, Colo., are the recipients of the John Marshall Gersting Economics and Business Administration Prize presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Local residents receive scholarship award at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern students Kristin Hendricks of Hueytown, Loree Killebrew of College Hills, John Norris of Anniston, and Amy Schumacher of Collierville, Tenn., are the recipients of the Turnipseed-Ikenberry Scholarship presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Local student receives teaching award at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern senior Janira Santiago of Enterprise is the recipient of the Rutherford Ray Black Teaching Award presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Northern Shelby resident receives scholarship award at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—For the second consecutive year, Mary Foster of Northern Shelby is the recipient of the Ursula Clark Parson Scholarship award presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Birmingham-Southern College student selected for Harvard summer science program
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —Birmingham-Southern junior Dana Bryant of Fairfield has been selected to participate in the 2009 Summer Program in Quantitative Science at Harvard University.

Area residents receive math and science awards from Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern math and science students were presented awards by the college's departments of biology, chemistry and physics, and math and computer science during the 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Area residents receive humanities awards from Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A number of Birmingham-Southern students were presented humanities awards by the college during the 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Area residents receive business and accounting awards from Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A number of Birmingham-Southern College students were presented awards by the college's Department of Business and Accounting during the 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Birmingham-Southern College students receive arts awards
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A number of Birmingham-Southern students received fine and performing arts awards presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Area residents receive education awards from Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A number of Birmingham-Southern students were presented awards by the college's Department of Education during the 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Area residents receive behavioral sciences, social sciences and economics awards from Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Six Birmingham-Southern students were presented awards by the college's areas of behavioral sciences, social sciences and economics during the 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Birmingham-Southern graduate student selected for special military assignment
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College student Capt. Will Cambardella has been selected to advertise, market and communicate the mission of the Air Force Culture and Language Center located at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery overseas in the United Kingdom.

Birmingham-Southern music professor selected a master teacher for singer's convention
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College music professor and soprano Jacqueline Leary-Warsaw will be featured as a master teacher at the upcoming Classical Singer Convention in Chicago May 29-31.

Birmingham-Southern student affairs vice president to be presented regional student advocate award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Dudley Long, vice president for student affairs at Birmingham-Southern College, has been selected to receive the NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Region III Robert D. Bradshaw Small Colleges Student Advocate Award.

Ed LaMonte receives outstanding educator award at Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Edward LaMonte, Howell Heflin Professor of Political Science and director of the Office of International Programs at Birmingham-Southern College, was presented with the annual Outstanding Educator Award during the college's 150th Commencement ceremony on May 17.

Birmingham-Southern College to present honorary degrees to Artur Davis, David R. Baker
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern is presenting U.S. Rep. Artur Davis and alumnus and trustee David R. Baker with honorary degrees at its 150th Commencement ceremony May 17.

Birmingham-Southern College business graduate students receive achievement awards
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern graduate student James America of Hoover is the recipient of the Dyson-Wagnon Masters Academic Honor Award presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Birmingham-Southern history professor receives faculty award at honors ceremony
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Victoria Ott, assistant professor of history at Birmingham-Southern College, is the recipient of the Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams Faculty Scholarship Award presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Local student receives Birmingham-Southern College dance scholarship
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern student Gowoon Koo of College Hills is the recipient of the endowed Mira Popovich Scholarship in Dance presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

BSC student named outstanding international student
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern freshman Tianran Geng of College Hills is the recipient of the Genzan Chiba Outstanding International Student Award.

Daphne native receives award at Birmingham-Southern honors ceremony
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College student Mazheruddin Mulla of Daphne is the recipient of the Robert Hewlin Jackson Achievement Award presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Birmingham-Southern award-winning faculty member to deliver college's 150th Commencement address
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Professor of Political Science and pre-law advisor Dr. Natalie Davis will address the Birmingham-Southern College class of 2009 during the college's 150th Commencement ceremonies Sunday, May 17, at 2 p.m.

Birmingham-Southern students receive service-learning, volunteer awards
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern students Krysten Matthews of Florence and Will Jackson of Heflin received Bunting Center Volunteer of the Year Awards. Students Miriam Smith of Mountain Brook and Vishwanath Danthuluri of Madison received Bunting Center Servant Leader Awards.

Birmingham-Southern environmental center to dedicate Turkey Creek preserve
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Southern Environmental Center at Birmingham-Southern College will host a dedication ceremony at Turkey Creek Nature Preserve May 9 beginning at 9 a.m.

Birmingham-Southern College gospel choir to present concert
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College One-a-Chord Gospel Choir, under the direction of Antoine Andrews, will present its season finale titled “The Best is Yet to Come” May 5 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 7 p.m.

Birmingham-Southern College theatre to present student directed one acts
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Theatre will present two nights of student directed one acts May 6 and 7 in the BSC College Theatre One at 7:30 p.m.

April

Birmingham-Southern students receive juried exhibition awards
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— A number of Birmingham-Southern College students have received awards for their work entered in the Juried Student Art Exhibition.

Birmingham-Southern College professor receives ODK teaching excellence award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Jeannette Runquist, professor of biology at Birmingham-Southern, is the recipient of the Omicron Delta Kappa Excellence in Teaching Award presented during the college's 2009 Honors Day Convocation.

Birmingham-Southern College Hilltop Singers to present annual spring concert
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Hilltop Singers, under the direction of Dr. Lester Seigel, BSC Joseph Hugh Thomas Professor of Music, will present its season finale May 4 in Hill Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.

Birmingham-Southern piano professor to present inaugural faculty recital
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—New Birmingham-Southern College assistant professor of piano Lucerne DeSa will present her inaugural faculty performance May 3 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 2:30 p.m.

Birmingham-Southern student receives award for work in cancer research
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —Birmingham-Southern College junior Joanna Maya from Northern Shelby is one of 20 undergraduate students nationwide to be awarded the 11th Annual Thomas J. Bardos Science Education Award by the American Association for Cancer Research.

Birmingham-Southern College mixed chorale to present annual spring concert
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Southern Chorale of Birmingham-Southern College, under the direction of BSC Professor of Music Dr. David J. Smith, will present its annual spring concert Monday, April 27, in Hill Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.

Birmingham-Southern dance students to present original choreography
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College dance department will present an evening of experimental and traditional works by student and guest choreographers May 2 in the College Theatre Mainstage at 7 p.m.

Ernest Hemingway's grandson to speak at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—John Hemingway, grandson of Ernest Hemingway, will speak at Birmingham-Southern on April 29 in the BSC Norton Campus Center Theatre at 7 p.m.

Birmingham-Southern College teams up with downtown churches for musical event
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will join Cathedral of St. Paul, First Presbyterian Church and Birmingham First United Methodist Church in concert at the Vespers service at Cathedral of St. Paul in downtown Birmingham on April 26 at 6 p.m.

World renowned pianist to present Master Class at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Phyllis Alpert Lehrer, professor of piano and director of graduate piano pedagogy at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, N.J., will present a 2009 Hugh and Barbara Thomas Master Class at Birmingham-Southern April 29 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall from 10 a.m. to noon.

Birmingham-Southern alumna and Birmingham native to deliver keynote address at college's Honors Day
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College alumna Susan C. Shelton, corporate counsel and assistant secretary at Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. in New York City, will deliver the keynote address at the college's annual Honors Day Convocation Thursday, April 23.

Birmingham-Southern Juried Student Art Exhibit to open April 23
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Juried Student Art Exhibition will be on display April 23-May 1 on the college's campus in the Durbin Gallery, Kennedy Art Center/Azar Art Studios.

Birmingham-Southern biology students win competitions
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —Birmingham-Southern College senior English major Kimmie Farris of Morris won the Association of the Southeastern Biologists poster competition at its annual spring meeting.

Birmingham-Southern music students to be recognized with Honors Day Recital
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Twelve Birmingham-Southern College music students will present an Honors Day Recital April 23 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 1:30 p.m.

Birmingham-Southern sophomore awarded summer environmental research position
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College sophomore Katie Gregory from Marietta, Ga., has been awarded a summer position at the Academy for Environment and Great Basin Institute Research Experience for Undergraduates program at the University of Nevada, Reno, sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Birmingham-Southern announces Earth Day Festival
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern sophomore and president of the BSC Community Garden Ben Tracy has announced plans for an Earth Day Festival at the college.

Birmingham-Southern organ professor to present farewell faculty recital
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College retiring professor of music and organist James Cook will present a final faculty performance April 19 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 2:30 p.m.

Birmingham-Southern College theatre to perform seldom produced Kaufman and Hart comedy
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College students, faculty and staff will produce and perform the ensemble show “You Can't Take It With You.”

Annual Latin American Studies Symposium at Birmingham-Southern offers unique opportunity to showcase undergraduate research
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Diane Soles, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, Wis., and an expert on the Cuban Film Institute, will deliver the keynote address at the 17th Annual Latin American Studies Symposium April 17-18 at Birmingham-Southern College.

Birmingham-Southern College announces Diversity Week activities
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —Student organizations at Birmingham-Southern College will host a number of activities for Diversity Week 2009, April 14-17. Sponsored by the BSC Multicultural Advisory Committee

Birmingham-Southern students selected as summer environmental interns
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —Birmingham-Southern College has awarded six students paid environmental internships for this summer. The internships, a part of the new urban environmental studies major at BSC, are full-time positions with local environmental agencies and will provide substantive work beneficial to the students' educational experience.

Yale choral professor Simon Carrington to present Master Class at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Simon Carrington, professor of choral conducting at the Yale University School of Music and founding musical director of The King's Singers, will present a 2009 Hugh and Barbara Thomas Master Class at Birmingham-Southern April 16 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.

Three Birmingham-Southern biology students participate in regional Yeast Meeting
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —Birmingham-Southern College senior biology majors Sarah Gammons, Kaleigh Hussey-Tomich, and Lisa Speake presented their research at the Southeastern Regional Yeast Meeting recently hosted by Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

March

U.S. national security expert Loch Johnson to lecture at Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Loch Johnson, a Phi Beta Kappa scholar and an expert in U.S. national security, will lecture as a visiting professor at Birmingham-Southern College April 7 in the Norton Campus Center Theatre at 11 a.m.

Mezzo-soprano Lorraine Manz to present Master Class at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Lorraine Manz, mezzo-soprano and director of the Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, will present a 2009 Hugh and Barbara Thomas Master Class in voice at Birmingham-Southern April 4 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 10 a.m.

Birmingham-Southern College Concert Choir to perform across five Southeastern states during annual spring tour
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Concert Choir will perform in five churches and selected schools across five Southeastern states during its annual Spring Tour March 20 through April 5.

Former Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman to lecture at Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—David J. Dunford, the former Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, will lecture as a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow at Birmingham-Southern College April 1 in the Norton Campus Center Theatre at 6 p.m.

Birmingham-Southern alumna awarded top academic graduate scholarship
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College recent graduate Mary Page Wilson has been awarded one of five Robert W. Woodruff Scholarships for graduate study at Emory University.

Birmingham-Southern College student among Clinton Global Initiative University commitment-makers
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College senior Kathleen Smith was recognized at the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) annual meeting held recently at the University of Texas, Austin.

Birmingham-Southern College announces Hackney Literary winners
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has announced winners of the 2009 Hackney Literary Awards.

Birmingham-Southern receives regional and national Greek organization honor roll awards
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern College fraternities and sororities recently received Gamma Sigma Alpha National Academic Greek Honor Society honor roll and grade-point average awards for the spring and fall 2008 semesters.

Alumnus Joshua South in recital, master class at Birmingham-Southern March 12-13
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern alumnus and baritone Joshua South returns from New York City on March 12 to perform Schubert's last and best-known song cycle “Winterreise.”

Birmingham-Southern College voice students win state competition awards
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Five Birmingham-Southern students participated and earned awards in the vocal auditions and competition at the annual state chapter meeting of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Dr. Paul Clinton Bailey Sr., scientist and former educator at Birmingham-Southern, passes away
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Paul Clinton Bailey Sr., a former chairman of the department of biology and the division of math and sciences at Birmingham-Southern College, died Feb. 27 at the age of 87.

February

Virtuoso duo “Prophet Birds” to perform a world premiere of composition by Samuel Adams at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The world premiere of “Aves Nostradamus” by young composer Samuel Adams will be offered in the first-ever joint concert alongside the music of his father, Pulitzer Prize winner John Adams.

Longtime BSC professor Dan Holliman passes away
Dr. Dan Holliman, professor emeritus at Birmingham-Southern, passed away Feb. 19 at his daughter's residence in Valdosta, Ga. He was 76.

Birmingham native Thom Gossom Jr. among presenters at 2009 Writing Today conference at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Thom Gossom Jr., actor, writer, and communications professional, is among 14 presenters for Writing Today 2009 at Birmingham-Southern College.

Birmingham-Southern named to President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has been named to the 2008 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

Birmingham-Southern plans activities to celebrate Black History Month
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is hosting a number of activities on campus in recognition of Black History Month.

Award-winning Birmingham-Southern students to perform with local orchestra
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Five student winners of the ninth annual Whittington Competition at Birmingham-Southern College will perform with the Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra Feb. 15 in the college's Hill Recital Hall at 3 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public.

January

Birmingham-Southern College once again named one of America's “Best Buys”
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is one of 26 private institutions in the nation named as a Best Buy in the 2009 edition of the “Fiske Guide to Colleges.”

Birmingham-Southern College announces 2008 fall Dean's List
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Some 285 students were named to the Dean's List for academic excellence for the 2008 fall semester at Birmingham-Southern College.

BSC alumnus to present lecture on capital punishment Jan. 26
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern alumnus Dr. Robert L. Baldwin will lecture on "Certain Truths About Life, Death and Capital Punishment" on Monday, Jan. 26, at 4 p.m. in the Norton Theater on the BSC campus.

Birmingham-Southern president to serve on national independent colleges committee
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College President G. David Pollick was recently appointed to serve on the Committee on Policy Analysis and Public Relations of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

Birmingham-Southern College student places in regional science competition
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College senior Natalie Ausborn won third place in the Meeting in Miniature Undergraduate Poster Competition at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society held in Nashville last November.

Birmingham-Southern announces 2009 winter/spring calendar of events
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College announces its schedule of 2009 winter/spring major events.