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.

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Justice seeker—John Walsh (third from left), well-known victims rights advocate, crime fighter, and host of the television show America’s Most Wanted, delivered the 2006 Alex P. Stirling Lecture Nov. 16 at Birmingham-Southern. Walsh is the leading lobbyist who fought for the passage of the Missing Children’s Act, which then resulted in the founding of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. His dedication to this cause is rooted in the cruel experience of the abduction and murder of his six-year-old son Adam Walsh in 1981. Recently, Walsh was instrumental in the passing of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, which will expand the national sex offender registry and strengthen federal penalties for crimes against children. The Stirling Lecture is sponsored annually by the BSC Student Government Association in memory of the Birmingham-Southern student who died of cancer in 1995. Pictured above with Walsh are (from left) Cal NeSmith, SGA president; Peter Starr, SGA secretary; Molly Cowley, SGA second vice president; Raj Patel, SGA treasurer; and Jared Beam, SGA first vice president.