Welcome to Birmingham-Southern’s “Hilltop Photo of the Week” web page and archives. Each week at this site, we’ll feature a photo that depicts some aspect of life on the Hilltop campus, along with brief information about what is taking place in the Photo of the Week.

The college welcomes submissions to be considered for the Hilltop Photo of the Week. Scanned or digital photos can be e-mailed to the Office of Communications at bwagnon@bsc.edu, or photographic prints may be sent through campus mail to Box 549004. Please limit photo submissions to those that depict some aspect of the BSC experience, and be sure to identify what is taking place in the photo, along with location and people involved.

View the Photo of the Week archive here.

Coming “home” to BSC—Birmingham television station NBC 13 brought its “Hometown Tour” to the Birmingham-Southern campus May 5 as the college prepared to kick off its big Alumni Reunion and Sesquicentennial Celebration weekend.  Jim Dunaway, co-anchor of the daily Today in Alabama morning show, and Brooke Smith, on-time traffic anchor for the show, broadcast live from the Striplin Fitness Center from 5 to 7 a.m.  Among those appearing on the show were BSC President David Pollick; alumnus Don Brown, who authored Forward Ever: Birmingham-Southern College at its Sesquicentennial; John Burton, national president of the Alumni Association; Chancellor Neal Berte; members of BSC’s Greek organizations; the One A-Chord Gospel Choir; Rowdy the Panther; and several students who displayed their academic, artistic, and athletic talents.  Below are some images from the two-hour production.

Brooke Smith urges Birmingham-Southern students to “make some noise” as the “Hometown Tour” on Today in Alabama goes live at 5 a.m.

New BSC Student Government Association President Cal NeSmith (second from left) shares a laugh with the two anchors prior to being interviewed on-air.

BSC student Victoria Myers is interviewed about her involvement with the Multicultural Awareness Organization, a student group she created earlier this academic year.

Panther softball pitcher Kristina Villavicencio demonstrates the art of her craft to Jim Dunaway and to her coach, Tyra Perry.

Students Melanie Lawrence (on flute) and Sirena Wang (on piano) show off their talents with the help of fellow student musician Anna Underwood.

Katie Barton (being interviewed) sang for the show with the help of accompanist and fellow student Martin Landry.

Sorority sisters get some early morning rest while Brooke Smith reports on traffic conditions on Birmingham roadways.

Anchors Jim Dunaway and Brooke Smith pose with the One A-Chord Gospel Choir just prior to the group’s second song of the morning, which ended the two-hour program.