Hilltop Photo of the Week

Welcome to Birmingham-Southern's “Hilltop Photo of the Week” webpage 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 pcole@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.

Commencement day—Dr. Susan Hagen (pictured above), Mary Collett Munger Professor of English and director of the Harrison Honors Program at Birmingham-Southern, called on the graduating seniors and graduate students to "make the choices they are called upon to make with wisdom, good conscience, and humane intention" during the college's 152nd Commencement exercises, which were held on the campus May 14. Referencing the April 27 twisters, she remarked "Due to circumstances beyond your control, you may not be able to do anything you want to do. Your family, your community, your state or nation may someday call upon you with an urgency far more compelling than the personal ambitions you hold today." Among the down-to-earth wisdom she offered was this statement: "Don't be so full of yourself that you don't leave room for anyone else." The college conferred 324 bachelor's and 31 master's degrees during the ceremony. Below, the BSC Concert Choir, directed by Joseph Hugh Thomas Professor of Music Lester Seigel '79, performs at graduation. Click here for links to a video of the Commencement Ceremony; text remarks by Dr. Hagen; and a slide show featuring photographs from Capping, Commencement, and the President's Reception, which followed Commencement.

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