Class Notes: April 2024
This collection includes news from April 2024. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
Class Notes: March 2024
This collection includes news from March 2024. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
Use Your Noodle Camp — Run By Two BSC Alumnae — Returns This Summer
Use Your Noodle, a four-week creative and educational enrichment camp, returns this summer to Avondale Samaritan Place. This program is the brainchild of two Birmingham area professors, who are also…
Class Notes: February 2024
This collection includes news from February 2024. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
Class Notes: April 2024
This collection includes news from April 2024. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
Class Notes: March 2024
This collection includes news from March 2024. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
Use Your Noodle Camp — Run By Two BSC Alumnae — Returns This Summer
Use Your Noodle, a four-week creative and educational enrichment camp, returns this summer to Avondale Samaritan Place. This program is the brainchild of two Birmingham area professors, who are also…
Class Notes: February 2024
This collection includes news from February 2024. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
Class Notes: January 2024
This collection includes news from January 2024. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
Howell Raines ’64 Signing His New Book at Alabama Booksmith
This Wednesday, January 24 at 5 p.m., Howell Raines ’64, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former executive editor of The New York Times, will be discussing and signing copies of his…
Remembering the Life of Anne Liles Berte (1942-2023)
Some remember the beautiful Christmas wreaths she made for the President’s Home. Many remember her homemade peanut butter cookies. Everyone remembers the way she made them feel. Anne Liles Berte,…
Class Notes: December 2023
This collection includes news from December 2023. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
BUZZ in Birmingham Premieres on Friday – and it Has Many Connections to Birmingham-Southern College
This Friday night at 8:30 on Alabama Public Television, the television show BUZZ in Birmingham will air its first of four episodes – and it has many connections to Birmingham-Southern…
Class Notes: November 2023
This collection includes news from November 2023. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
Concert and Alumni Choirs to Perform ‘Hodie’ for Service of Lessons and Carols on December 3
Birmingham-Southern College’s holiday service of lessons and carols has been a Hilltop tradition – except for a couple of years during WWII and one year during the pandemic – for…
Class Notes: October 2023
This collection includes news from October 2023. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
An Update From President Coleman
The first hearing in our lawsuit against State Treasurer Young J. Boozer III took place today in Montgomery County Circuit Court. It was clear to our legal team that Judge…
BSC Gives Out 2023 Student Development Leadership Awards
On Saturday, October 14, at halftime of the Homecoming football game, twelve BSC students received a Student Development Leadership Award in recognition of their outstanding and significant impact on campus. …
BSC Film Club to Host Harris Josey ’20 for Special Screening and Q&A
This Thursday, October 19, the BSC Film Club will host filmmaker and alum, Harris Josey ’20, for a double feature screening of two short films: The Seal of Death Parts…
Lizbeth Ceron Gomez ’22 Returns to the Hilltop, Speaks Highly of the Spanish for the Workplace Program
In September, recent BSC graduate Lizbeth Ceron Gomez ’22 returned to the Hilltop to speak to Dr. Barbara Domcekova’s Business Spanish class. A Benefits Advocate at Brasfield and Gorie, a…
Class Notes: September 2023
This collection includes news from September 2023. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
Birmingham-Southern College Launches Master of Science in Data Science Program
Birmingham, AL (09/27/2023) — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Birmingham-Southern College announces that a new Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS) Program has begun for the Fall 2023 Term. Designed with…
Choirs to Combine for Williams’ ‘Hodie’ on December 3
The BSC Alumni Choir, BSC Concert Choir, and the Canterbury United Methodist Church Choir will combine for a performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ magnificent “Hodie,” with 39-piece orchestra on Sunday,…
Class Notes: August 2023
This collection includes news from August 2023. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
BSC is Sponsoring Sidewalk Film Festival
Birmingham-Southern College is a sponsor of the 2023 Sidewalk Film Festival, taking place from Monday, August 21 through Sunday, August 27. The College is specifically the sponsor for the Teen…
Class Notes: July 2023
This collection includes news from July 2023. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
Terry Sims ’74 on his friendship with Mary Tyler Moore, and being an Emmy-nominated producer
By Tucker Carden Terry Sims ’74 is a busy man. Or as he puts it, “I’m a workaholic.” That tends to happen when you work as a hospital administrator in…
Dr. Meg Seibert Cherry ’04: Finding Connections on the Hilltop
By Tucker Carden For Dr. Meg Seibert Cherry ’04, Mobile native and co-founder of Renew Dermatology in Birmingham, the decision to attend Birmingham-Southern was a simple one. She “loved the…
Class Notes: June 2023
This collection includes news from June 2023. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
The Bill is Now Law
To the BSC Community: Gov. Kay Ivey has signed SB278 into law, creating the Distressed Institutions of Higher Learning Revolving Loan Program. We are grateful for Gov. Ivey’s thoughtful action…
Serena Ivery ’23 discusses her award-winning work to stop human trafficking in Alabama
Recent Birmingham-Southern College graduate Serena Ivery ’23 has received special recognition from the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Aspirations in Computing Program for her innovative work to…
Pam Venz’s Commencement Address
Professor Pamela Venz from the Department of Art and Art History, BSC’s 2022 Outstanding Educator of the Year, delivered the 2023 commencement address to 279 graduates at ceremonies on Friday,…
In Tribute: Dorothy “Dot” Griffis Jones ’47
By David Christopher Jones I never went to Birmingham Southern, but I feel like I did. My mother, Dorothy “Dot” Griffis Jones, graduated from BSC in 1947, and soon after…
Rev. Brian Erickson’s Remarks from Baccalaureate
BSC Trustee Rev. Brian Erickson ’97, senior minister at Trinity United Methodist Church, spoke at BSC’s baccalaureate service for the Class of 2023. His remarks have been gently edited for…
Parent Perspective: We Chose the Right School
Vikki and Anthony Daniel’s daughter Ashtyn Aaliyah Daniel was among 279 seniors receiving diplomas at Commencement on Friday, May 19. They wrote the following letter to President Daniel Coleman the…
Parent Perspective: Prepared for What Comes Next
Just over 22 years ago, John and I had very premature triplets. Hannah is a true miracle, as her birthweight was a mere 600 grams – that’s 1.3 pounds. Due…
Great News from the Hilltop: A Message from President Coleman
We received news today that SB278 — which creates the Distressed Institutions of Higher Learning Revolving Loan Program — has become law after the approval of both chambers of the Alabama Legislature…
Coach Jan Weisberg’s Remarks from Capping
Head Baseball Coach Jan Weisberg addressed the Class of 2023 at Capping, an annual tradition preceding commencement exercises, on May 18. His remarks have been gently edited for length. Congratulations!…
Ansley Collins Browns ’01 reflects on confidence, curiosity, and her career at NASA
Ansley Collins Browns ’01 was recently promoted to be the manager of the International Space Station Payloads and Commercial Facilities Branch at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. She’s leading…
Class Notes: May 2023
This collection includes news from May 2023. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
BSC alum William Meredith helps with groundbreaking Beethoven research
Birmingham-Southern College alum Dr. William Meredith has helped with groundbreaking DNA research about legendary composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The research has garnered national and international media attention since a study…
In Tribute: Chervis Isom ’62
Deeply thoughtful, unswervingly honest, frankly confessional, inherently caring, and compassionate – those are the words that writer Mark Kelly used to describe Chervis Isom ’62 when he interviewed him…
Commencement Ceremony 2023
Birmingham-Southern College’s spring commencement ceremony celebrated 279 members of the Class of 2023 on Friday, May 19, in Bill Battle Coliseum. Of the 279 degrees conferred, 66 were Bachelor of…
Capping Ceremony 2023
On Thursday, May 18, the Birmingham-Southern College Class of 2023 participated in one of the College’s most beloved traditions: The annual Capping Ceremony that precedes commencement. At BSC, Capping marks…
BSC’s Dr. Louanne Jacobs on what it truly means to promote diversity in the classroom
Dr. Louanne Jacobs, Associate Professor of Education at Birmingham-Southern College, received the Diversity in the Classroom Award at this year’s Honors Day ceremony. This award is a special new addition…
BSC’s Ream Shoreibah on what it takes to be an excellent educator
Dr. Ream Shoreibah, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Birmingham-Southern College, received the Omicron Delta Kappa Excellence in Teaching Award at this year’s Honors Day ceremony, We caught up with Dr….
Aaron Parr ’10: How community and challenge build confidence
Aaron Parr ’10, the newly named president of St. Pius X Catholic High School in Atlanta, credits the BSC community for preparing him to lead with confidence. A history major,…
Class Notes: April 2023
This collection includes news from April 2023. Class Notes are published monthly on The BSC Blog to provide timely updates for friends and alumni of the College. Submit career updates,…
Top students, faculty, and staff recognized on Honors Day 2023
At BSC’s annual Honors Day on May 4, the College’s highest achievers and servant leaders were recognized for their accomplishments. The annual convocation included remarks by Rachel Buchan ’15, currently…
Rachel Buchan ’15: Cherish the Paradoxes
Each year on Honors Day, a young BSC graduate is asked to speak to the students whose accomplishments are recognized and celebrated. Here is the text of the 2023 remarks…
Confidence: Finding a Way to Stay and to Move Forward
It was fall term 1975, shortly before Christmas break, and things weren’t going so well for Bill Dowell. A sophomore from Tampa, Dowell had come to BSC with high hopes…
BSC alum and avid supporter Dr. Charles Vail turns 100
If you want to know the secret to a long life, Dr. Charles Vail might be the perfect person to ask. On April 29, Dr. Vail celebrates his 100th birthday….
‘Totally Present:’ Theatre Professor Earns Black Belt in Martial Arts
Not long after his 60th birthday, BSC Professor of Theatre Dr. Alan Litsey began his practice in martial arts. In a decision that felt antithetical to his academic training, Litsey…
Gentle nudge to ‘lighten up’ leads to storied career writing for children
By Ana Good Homewood-based author Charles Ghigna credits his wife, children’s author Debra Holmes Ghigna ’77, for redirecting his career path toward writing for children. Ghigna said that while he…
