Hilltop Photo of the Week

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.

Real-life hero of Hotel Rwanda—Paul Rusesabagina (pictured at center), the man whose heroism inspired the riveting film Hotel Rwanda, delivered this year's Alex P. Stirling Lecture Nov. 11 to a packed Bruno Great Hall on the Birmingham-Southern campus. Rusesabagina risked his life and the lives of his family when he used his influence as manager of a luxury hotel in Rwanda to save more than 1,000 Tutsis from death at the hands of Hutu militia during the 100-day genocide in 1994. “He shared his personal story of the tragic genocide, lessons to be learned from the events, and his current work with a foundation to care for the children left behind,” one audience member summarized. “I think his central message was that words are very powerful and can be used for good or for evil, and that the more we work to use them for good, the more we can avoid conflicts and tragedies such as what occurred in Rwanda.” The Stirling Lecture is sponsored by the college's Student Government Association in memory of a BSC student who died of cancer in 1995. SGA representatives pictured with Rusesabagina after his speech are (from left) Charisma Shah, second vice president; Trey Cotney, president; Brad Robinson, first vice president; and Will Breland, secretary.

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