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2006
December
November
- Birmingham-Southern College student takes first place at regional computer science conference
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Jason Gruber, a senior computer science major at Birmingham-Southern College, won first place in the annual Student Paper Contest for four-year college student presentations at the Association for Computing Machinery MidSoutheast Chapter fall conference held recently in Gatlinburg, Tenn.
- Birmingham-Southern College to present 70th Annual Service of Lessons and Carols
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will present its 70th consecutive annual Service of Lessons and Carols on Friday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 3 at 4:30 p.m. The services will be at Canterbury United Methodist Church in Mountain Brook.
- Birmingham-Southern music professor to present holiday concert “under the stars”
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College music professor and soprano Jacqueline Leary-Warsaw will perform a holiday concert along with Birmingham's early music consort “Sine Nomine.”
- Huntsville's Meredith Ervin crowned Miss Birmingham-Southern College 2007
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Meredith Ervin of Huntsville is Miss Birmingham-Southern College 2007.
- Birmingham-Southern students place at state MTNA competition
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Two Birmingham-Southern College students entered and placed at the state level of the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition held recently.
- Birmingham-Southern College education program receives continued accreditation
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education has continued accreditation of the professional education program at Birmingham-Southern College.
- Birmingham-Southern's Dr. Byron Chew to present at AACU conference
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Byron Chew, Bernard A. Monaghan Professor of Management at Birmingham-Southern College, will make a presentation at the upcoming conference of the Association of American Colleges and Universities to be held Nov. 11 in Chicago.
- Birmingham-Southern First Lady wins Just Plain Folks Music Award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College First Lady and violinist Karen Bentley Pollick was awarded first prize at the Just Plain Folks 2006 Music Awards for an instrumental album recorded with pianist Bruce Hanifan.
- “America's Most Wanted” host John Walsh to speak at Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—John Walsh, host of the television show “America's Most Wanted,” will speak at Birmingham-Southern College Nov. 16.
- Birmingham-Southern College president to be heard locally on NPR program
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—BSC President Dr. David Pollick can be heard on “America Abroad,” which will air this Saturday, Nov. 4, at noon CST on local public radio station WBHM.
- Birmingham-Southern College men's Ultimate Frisbee team ranked among top in nation
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College men's Ultimate Frisbee team is currently ranked 10th in the nation based on the Ultimate Players Association RRI ranking's index.
- Birmingham-Southern College English professor elected Phi Beta Kappa senator
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Susan Hagen, Mary Collett Munger Professor of English at Birmingham-Southern College, was recently elected a senator of the South Central District of Phi Beta Kappa Forty-First Triennial Council.
- PBS' DragonflyTV to hold casting call at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The PBS national program DragonflyTV is currently seeking “real kids doing real science!” in the Birmingham area for an episode taping in December.
- Birmingham-Southern College student receives French travel award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College student Cal Woodruff of Abbeville, La., has received the 2007 Alliance Francaise Travel Award.
October
September
- Gov. Riley, Artur Davis to attend Birmingham-Southern College dinner to honor burned churches this Sunday
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will host a Church Restoration Celebration Dinner Oct. 1 in the BSC Norton Campus Center Bruno Great Hall at 6 p.m.
- Birmingham-Southern College Chancellor Neal Berte announces plans to retire
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College Chancellor Dr. Neal R. Berte has announced that he will retire from the institution effective Dec. 31, 2006.
- Birmingham-Southern Fine Arts Society serves up another Starlight Supper
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Arts Council welcomed about 250 current and prospective members to its annual Fine Arts Society Starlight Supper Sept. 17 in the BSC Norton Campus Center Bruno Great Hall.
- Birmingham-Southern First Lady nominee for Just Plain Folks Music Award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College First Lady and violinist Karen Bentley Pollick has been nominated for a Just Plain Folks Music Award for an instrumental album recorded with pianist Bruce Hanifan.
- Birmingham-Southern College student receives UPS scholarship
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Katie Clingan, a sophomore biology major at Birmingham-Southern College, has been selected to receive a UPS Scholarship.
- Writer for “Sesame Street” to speak at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Luis Santeiro, an Emmy Award-winning writer for “Sesame Street,” comes to the Birmingham-Southern campus Sept. 28 as part of the college's Hispanic Heritage Celebration.
- Birmingham-Southern student selected as British Council USA Student Ambassador
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Lucia White, a senior music major at Birmingham-Southern College, has been chosen a 2006-07 British Council USA Student Ambassador.
- Birmingham-Southern College professor to exhibit recent works
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College Professor of Art Pamela Venz will display some of her recent works Sept. 8 through Sept. 29 on the college's campus in the Durbin Gallery, Kennedy Art Center/Azar Art Studios.
- Birmingham-Southern piano professor to present faculty recital
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Internationally acclaimed pianist and Birmingham-Southern College Artist-in-Residence William DeVan will present a faculty recital Sept. 24 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 2:30 p.m.
- Birmingham-Southern College announces 10 faculty appointments
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has announced the addition of 10 faculty members beginning with the 2006-07 academic year.
August
- Three elected to Birmingham-Southern College Board of Trustees
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has elected three new members to its Board of Trustees.
- Area residents selected to Birmingham-Southern Order of Omega academic honor society
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is pleased to announce its new inductees into Order of Omega honor society.
- Area residents selected to Birmingham-Southern Alpha Lambda Delta academic honor society
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is pleased to announce its new inductees of the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society.
- Birmingham-Southern president to serve on national committee of Methodist college presidents
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern President Dr. David Pollick will serve on the United Methodist Higher Education Foundation planning committee for its upcoming global ethics seminar.
- Birmingham-Southern professor awarded faculty development award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Randall Law, assistant professor of history at Birmingham-Southern College, has received the 2006 Bob Whetstone Faculty Development Award.
- Birmingham-Southern College's Alumni Association to host downtown business luncheon
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Alumni Association will host its next Downtown Birmingham Alumni Business Luncheon Sept. 19 at the Harbert Center in downtown Birmingham from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
- Birmingham-Southern College's ranking climbs in newest U.S. News publication
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College climbed 14 places within the top tier of the Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the country in the annual U.S.News & World Report rankings released on the magazine's Web site today (Aug. 18).
- Birmingham-Southern student wins 2006 Miss New York Chinese Beauty Pageant
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College student Sirena Wang won the 2006 Miss New York Chinese Beauty Pageant Aug. 13.
- Birmingham-Southern receives CASE gold medal for innovative commercial spots
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Council for Advancement and Support of Education has named Birmingham-Southern College a gold medal winner of its 2006 Circle of Excellence awards program.
- Madison County student earns top scholarship to study at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Rebecca Renfroe of Big Cove is the recipient of the McWane Honors Award to attend Birmingham-Southern College in fall 2006.
- Birmingham-Southern College's Alumni Association announces new executive board
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Alumni Association is pleased to announce its executive board for 2006-07.
July
- Birmingham-Southern College again included in “Colleges That Change Lives”
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is once again included in the “Colleges that Change Lives.”
- Birmingham-Southern First Lady to participate in Magic City Chamber Music Festival
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College First Lady and violinist Karen Bentley Pollick will perform at the inaugural concert of the Magic City Chamber Music Festival Aug. 4 - Aug. 6.
- Birmingham-Southern College's church rebuilding, restoration fund tops $350,000; checks being distributed to 10 churches
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Teams of Birmingham-Southern students, faculty, and staff have begun delivering checks to the 10 rural Alabama churches damaged or destroyed by fire in early February from the more than $350,000 donated to the college's Alabama Churches Rebuilding and Restoration Fund.
- Birmingham-Southern College professor receives education award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Bill Nicholas, a professor of history at Birmingham-Southern College, was presented with the second annual Outstanding Educator Award during the college's 2006 graduation ceremonies in May.
- Birmingham-Southern professor chosen to present work at annual NATS conference
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Jacqueline Leary-Warsaw, assistant professor of music at Birmingham-Southern College, recently presented her research and writing on the French-language art songs and operas composed and published in New Orleans between 1838 and 1911.
- Birmingham-Southern College announces spring 2006 graduates
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College conferred 305 bachelor's and 15 master's degrees during its 147th Commencement ceremonies in May.
June
- Birmingham-Southern president addresses human rights forum in France
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College President Dr. David Pollick was an invited speaker at the Council of Europe's Higher Education and Democratic Culture: Citizenship, Human Rights, and Civic Responsibility forum held June 22-23 in Strasbourg, France.
- Local natives receive annual awards at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A number of Birmingham-Southern faculty, staff, and students were presented awards during the college's 2006 Awards Day convocation.
- Anniston Methodist church to host event to benefit Birmingham-Southern College Alabama church fund
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The congregation of Harkey's Chapel United Methodist Church in the Anniston District of the United Methodist Church will host a special show June 24 in support of the Alabama Church Rebuilding and Restoration Fund established at Birmingham-Southern.
- Birmingham-Southern College professor receives ODK teaching excellence award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Kathleen Rossmann, associate professor of economics at Birmingham-Southern, is the recipient of the Omicron Delta Kappa Excellence in Teaching Award presented during the college's 2006 Honors Day Convocation.
- Birmingham-Southern College professor receives faculty award at honors ceremony
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Peter Donahue, associate professor of English at Birmingham-Southern, is the recipient of the Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams Faculty Scholarship Award presented during the college's 2006 Honors Day Convocation.
- Birmingham-Southern College presents medal of service
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern presented a Medal of Service to alumnus Donald A. Brown of Tuscaloosa at its Sesquicentennial year Commencement ceremony May 27 in recognition of his significant commitment to the college's mission, quality, and character.
- Birmingham-Southern names new vice president for administration, research, and planning
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Terry J. van der Werff, doctor of philosophy and certified management consultant, has become the new vice president for administration, research, and planning at Birmingham-Southern College.
- Birmingham-Southern becomes 12th member of the SCAC
SUWANEE, Ga. – Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) College was unanimously confirmed as the 12th member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) in a vote of the league's presidents yesterday.
- Local resident receives Birmingham-Southern College achievement award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern graduate student Patrick Michael Higgins of Hoover is the recipient of the Dyson-Wagnon Masters Academic Honor Award presented during the college's 2006 Honors Day Convocation.
May
- Birmingham-Southern College trustees vote to seek reclassification of intercollegiate athletics program from NCAA Division I to Division III
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Board of Trustees voted today to seek permission from the NCAA to reclassify its intercollegiate athletics program from Division I to non-scholarship Division III beginning with the 2007-08 academic year.
- Birmingham-Southern music students selected to study this summer in Prague
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Four Birmingham-Southern College students will spend three weeks this summer in Prague studying composition at the Czech-American Summer Music Institute.
- Birmingham-Southern music student places in national choral composition contest
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Mary Elizabeth Neal, a graduating senior music major at Birmingham-Southern College, recently won third place in the fifth annual student NITLE composition competition for choral music.
- Birmingham-Southern announces fraternities' philanthropy, community service success
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is pleased to announce the 2005-06 community service and philanthropy success for its fraternity community.
- Birmingham-Southern College to present five with honorary degrees
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern is presenting five individuals with honorary degrees at its Sesquicentennial year Commencement ceremony May 27 in recognition of distinguished careers and service to the college.
- Birmingham-Southern First Lady to perform in spring concert at the American Academy in Rome, featuring works by BSC faculty
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College First Lady and violinist Karen Bentley Pollick will perform at an annual spring concert May 27 and May 31 in Rome, Italy, with world renowned pianist Ivan Sokolov and Craig Hultgren, BSC adjunct professor of music, on cello.
- Award-winning faculty member to deliver Birmingham-Southern's Commencement address
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Professor of English John D. Tatter will address the Birmingham-Southern College class of 2006 during the college's Sesquicentennial Commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 27 at 3:30 p.m.
- Birmingham-Southern College to host national juried art show
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will host the 65th Annual National Exhibition of the Watercolor Society of Alabama May 28-June 27 on the college's campus in the Durbin Gallery, Kennedy Art Center/Azar Art Studios.
- Birmingham-Southern College Concert Choir in concert again to benefit restoration of burned Alabama churches
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Concert Choir of Birmingham-Southern College, under the direction of Joseph Hugh Thomas Professor of Music Lester Seigel, will present a concert May 21 at the First Presbyterian Church in Livingston at 5 p.m. to benefit the 10 Alabama churches burned or destroyed by arson in February.
- Birmingham-Southern College student awarded competitive internship at Carter Center
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Maria Presley, a junior international business major at Birmingham-Southern College, has been chosen as one of four to six interns this summer at the Carter Center in Atlanta.
- Birmingham-Southern College announces 2006-07 Honor Council
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Student Government Association recently selected 15 students to serve on the Honor Council for the 2006-07 academic year.
April
- Birmingham-Southern College Juried Student Art Exhibition to open May 2
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Juried Student Art Exhibition will be on display May 2-19 on the college's campus in the Durbin Gallery, Kennedy Art Center/Azar Art Studios.
- Birmingham-Southern College's Reunion Weekend to celebrate Sesquicentennial
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A Sesquicentennial festival, a combined class dinner, and a band party under the stars are among the events available to alumni when they return to the Birmingham-Southern College campus May 5-7 for Alumni Reunion Weekend 2006
- Birmingham-Southern College Southern Chorale to present program dedicated to advancement of human dignity
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Southern Chorale of Birmingham-Southern College, under the direction of BSC Professor of Music Dr. David J. Smith, will perform “Change My Name” Monday, May 1, in Hill Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
- Birmingham-Southern announces 2006-07 'Southern Stars dance team
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has announced the members of its 'Southern Stars dance team for the 2006-07 academic year.
- 'Southern Diversity Delegate selected at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern junior Victoria Myers of Vestavia will represent student opinions on issues of multiculturalism after being recently selected as the college's 2006-07 'Southern Diversity Delegate.
- New musical “Marley, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas” created by Birmingham-Southern senior theatre major to open April 28
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A new musical “Marley, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas” created by Birmingham-Southern College senior theatre major Trey Tatum will be on stage in the BSC College Theatre, Theatre One, April 28 and 29 at 7:30 p.m. and April 30 at 2:30 p.m.
- Birmingham-Southern College to honor distinguished alumni at college's Honors Day
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will honor its 2006 Distinguished Alumni at a Legacy Luncheon in conjunction with the college's annual Honors Day Thursday, April 27.
- Birmingham-Southern College student a 2006 Udall Scholar
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College junior Cori Anderson has been announced as one of 80 national scholars chosen to receive a Morris K. Udall Scholarship.
- Birmingham-Southern alumnus and Monroeville native to deliver keynote address at college's Honors Day
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College alumnus Dr. Kevin Tucker, a physician and professor of medicine at Harvard University's Medical School in Boston, Mass., will deliver the keynote address at the college's annual Honors Day Convocation Thursday, April 27.
- Birmingham-Southern College student awarded local AGO scholarship
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Patrick Scott, a sophomore at Birmingham-Southern College, was recently awarded the Myrtle Jones Steele Scholarship by the Birmingham chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
- Congressman Artur Davis to speak at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Congressman Artur Davis will speak Tuesday, April 18, at Birmingham-Southern College in the Norton Campus Center Theatre at 6:30 p.m. His topic will be “The Future of the Democratic Party.”
- Birmingham-Southern's 8th Annual Livable Cities Conference to focus on regional greenway development
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Regional greenway development with an emphasis on Red Mountain Park, the Railroad Park, Ruffner Mountain, and Turkey Creek Preserve will be the focus of the 8th Annual Livable Cities Conference Friday, April 21, in the Hill Recital Hall at Birmingham-Southern College from 8 a.m. to noon.
- Holocaust and Jewish studies expert to present the Miles Judaic Studies and Middle Eastern Culture Lecture at Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University, will deliver the Dr. N.E. Miles Judaic Studies and Middle Eastern Culture Lecture April 25 in Munger Hall Auditorium at Birmingham-Southern College at 7 p.m.
- Birmingham-Southern College students to perform “Hansel and Gretel” opera with Alabama Symphony Orchestra
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern College music students will bring Engelbert Humperdinck's opera “Hansel and Gretel” to the stage April 21 at 7:30 p.m. and April 23 at 4:30 p.m. in the College Theatre, Mainstage.
- Birmingham-Southern College environmental center utilizes grant to open another ecoscape
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Southern Environmental Center will publicly dedicate its newest ecoscape garden April 8 at 10 a.m. in the Brown Springs neighborhood of Birmingham.
- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nick Kotz to lecture at Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Nick Kotz, who won a 1968 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting of unsanitary conditions in many meatpacking plants, will speak at Birmingham-Southern College April 12 in the Norton Campus Center Theatre at 4 p.m.
March
- Birmingham-Southern College again included among Best 361 Colleges by The Princeton Review
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College is once again included in the annual edition of The Best 361 Colleges released this week by The Princeton Review.
- Annual Birmingham-Southern College symposium explores Latin American issues through student research
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Jeffrey Cohen, associate professor of Anthropology at Ohio State University, will deliver the keynote address at the 14th Annual Latin American Studies Symposium April 7-8 at Birmingham-Southern College.
- Birmingham-Southern College Concert Choir presents Homecoming Concert April 6 to benefit restoration of burned Alabama churches
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Concert Choir of Birmingham-Southern College, under the direction of Joseph Hugh Thomas Professor of Music Lester Seigel, will conclude its annual spring tour with a program April 6 in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
- Freshman students added to sorority at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Four first-year students recently pledged membership to the Pi Beta Phi Sorority at Birmingham-Southern College.
- Birmingham-Southern College students named to annual Who's Who
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The following Birmingham-Southern senior students were recently named to the 2005-06 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
- Oneonta resident elected 2006-07 SGA president at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Student Government Association recently held elections to select officers and representatives to lead the campus governing body during the 2006-07 academic year.
- Birmingham-Southern College Model Senate presents awards, scholarships
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College hosted its 30th annual Model Senate Feb. 24-26 on the BSC campus.
- Birmingham-Southern College students to engage in alternative spring break week of service
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern College students are engaging in an alternative spring break trip to Moss Point, Miss., from March 25 to 31.
- Birmingham-Southern College environmental center receives Legacy's 2005 organization of the year award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College Southern Environmental Center has been presented with the Legacy 2005 Environmental Education Organization of the Year award.
- Birmingham-Southern College English professor wins 2005 Langum Prize
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Peter Donahue, associate professor of English at Birmingham-Southern College, recently won the 2005 Langum Prize for Historical Fiction.
- Wayne Shew named associate provost at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. Wayne Shew of Hayden, a 28-year veteran of the Birmingham-Southern faculty, has been selected to serve as associate provost of the college.
- Member of World Bank's Development Research Group to speak at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A lead economist in the infrastructure/environment team of the World Bank's Development Research Group will be the guest lecturer at the 16th B.A. Monaghan Lecture in Economics at Birmingham-Southern March 16 in the Norton Campus Center Theatre at 11 a.m.
- Birmingham-Southern College Concert Choir to conduct annual choir tour
The Concert Choir of Birmingham-Southern College will present a program anchored around a variety of choral Psalm settings March 22-24 and March 26-27 at four churches in Athens, Ga., Atlanta, Ga., Charleston, S.C., Columbia, S.C. and Macon, Ga.
- Birmingham-Southern College responds to arrest of students in Alabama church fire cases
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern College President Dr. David Pollick and Campus Police Chief Randy Youngblood responded today (Wednesday, March 8) to the arrest of two BSC students for conspiracy and arson in the early February fires at nine Alabama churches.
- Birmingham-Southern College students selected as Hess Center Fellows
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Hess Center for Leadership and Service at Birmingham-Southern is pleased to announce the inaugural class of Hess Center Fellows.
- Birmingham-Southern students place at state NATS auditions
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A group of 13 Birmingham-Southern College students auditioned at the Alabama chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) annual competition held recently at Huntingdon College in Montgomery.
- Birmingham-Southern President David Pollick elected to national board
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College President G. David Pollick has been elected to the board of directors of The Council of Independent Colleges.
- Noted environmentalist E.O. Wilson to lecture on “The Future of Life” at Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. E.O. Wilson, known as “The Father of Biodiversity,” will share his views on the status of the biosphere and his plan to save the Earth's biological heritage based on his most recent book “The Future of Life” at Birmingham Southern College March 9 in Munger Hall Auditorium at 11 a.m.
- Birmingham-Southern College elects 2006 Homecoming Queen and court
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Kate Chandler of Daphne was crowned the 2006 Birmingham-Southern College Homecoming Queen during halftime ceremonies of the men's Homecoming basketball game against conference rival Winthrop Feb. 25.
February
- Chair of Women's Campaign International to lecture at Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, co-founder and chair of Women's Campaign International and a senior lecturer at The Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania, will lecture as a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow at Birmingham Southern College March 2 in Munger Hall Auditorium at 11 a.m.
- Birmingham-Southern announces 2006 spring/summer calendar of events
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern College announces its schedule of 2006 spring/summer major events.
- Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove to be Grand Master at Birmingham-Southern's 26th annual Writing Today conference
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Rita Dove will serve as Grand Master for Writing Today 2006 on the Birmingham-Southern College campus. The event will be March 10 and 11, and is a part of the college's Sesquicentennial celebration.
- Birmingham-Southern College Model Senate to train future leaders
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College will host its 30th annual Model Senate Feb. 24-26 on the BSC campus.
- UCLA professor to deliver Phi Beta Kappa Lecture at Birmingham-Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Dr. N. Katherine Hayles, professor of English at UCLA and author of “How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics,” will lecture at Birmingham-Southern College Thursday, Feb. 23, in the Norton Campus Center Theatre at 11 a.m.
- Birmingham-Southern to celebrate its Sesquicentennial Homecoming with men's and women's basketball and other festivities
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern College is preparing to tip off its 2006 Homecoming celebration.
- Award-winning Birmingham-Southern students to perform with local orchestra
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Three student winners of the sixth annual Whittington Competition at Birmingham-Southern College will perform with the Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra Feb. 19 in the college's Hill Recital Hall at 3 p.m.
- National and international women leaders to address ‘Advancing Human Dignity' at Birmingham-Southern College Town Hall Meeting moderated by CNN's Judy Woodruff
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Women leaders who have made significant contributions across the U.S. and the world toward advancing human dignity will participate in a Town Hall Meeting at Birmingham-Southern College Feb. 27, moderated by CNN Correspondent Judy Woodruff.
- Birmingham-Southern College to welcome visitors from Chinese conservatory of music, explore possible exchange program
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—About 22 members of the faculty and administration of the Shenyang Conservatory of Music in Shenyang, China, will be on the Birmingham-Southern campus Feb. 14.
- “Carved in Bone” authors to speak at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM , Ala. —Birmingham-Southern alum Jon Jefferson and Dr. Bill Bass will be at BSC Feb. 16 to speak about their new book “Carved in Bone: A Body Farm Novel.”
January
- Birmingham-Southern First Lady to perform for Washington Composers Forum TRANSPORT series, featuring premieres by BSC faculty
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College First Lady and violinist Karen Bentley Pollick will perform a duet Feb. 12 with world renowned pianist Ivan Sokolov for the Washington Composers Forum TRANSPORT series
- Birmingham-Southern College professor to open print exhibit
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College Assistant Professor of Art Kevin Shook will display an array of prints Feb. 3 through March 3 on the college's campus in the Durbin Gallery, Kennedy Art Center/Azar Art Studios.
- Birmingham-Southern College announces 2005 fall semester Dean's List
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—More than 290 students were named to the Dean's List for academic excellence for the fall 2005 term at Birmingham-Southern.
- Birmingham-Southern opens Southeastern Regional High School Juried Art Exhibition
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College awarded prizes to 15 high school students and honorable mentions to 16 additional high school students at the Jan. 15 awards presentation of the annual Southeastern Regional High School Artist Competition.
- Birmingham-Southern College dedicates Sports Hall of Fame Room in memory of longtime Washington County education superintendent T.B. Pearson
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—During dedication ceremonies Jan. 11, the new Birmingham-Southern Sports Hall of Fame Room was named for the late Theodore B. “T.B.” Pearson, longtime superintendent of education in Washington County and a 1926 graduate and former student-athlete of the college.
- Birmingham-Southern to recognize high school artists, exhibit works of art
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Birmingham-Southern College will exhibit 140 pieces of original art, created by high school students from across the Southeast, Jan. 15-27 at the college's Durbin Gallery, Kennedy Art Center/Azar Art Studios.
- Birmingham-Southern College students to perform Gilman's “Dollhouse”
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College students will produce and perform acclaimed playwright and Trussville native Rebecca Gilman's “Dollhouse” in only three weeks during the college's January Interim term.
- Birmingham-Southern students engaged in January Interim term of learning, travel
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College students are once again engaging in a month-long term of non-traditional learning.
- Birmingham-Southern professor recognized as exemplary teacher by United Methodist Church
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Kent Andersen, instructor of English at Birmingham-Southern College, has been presented with an Exemplary Teaching Award by the Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry of the United Methodist Church.
