Learning from the Community in Alabama’s Black Belt
March 26th, 2018
Listening to the community is the key to effective engagement, according to 57 Miles intern Patrick Flanagan.
March 26th, 2018
Listening to the community is the key to effective engagement, according to 57 Miles intern Patrick Flanagan.
January 31st, 2018
Nelle Thomas knows how scary it can be to jump into new things, but personal experience has demonstrated that it’s worth it to try the new and unexpected, whether it’s going to college 500 miles from home or halfway around the world to study abroad.
October 20th, 2017
Claire Stebbins has always loved the classroom. As the daughter of a physical education teacher and Title I reading specialist, she grew up understanding the importance of education.
January 4th, 2017
Before starting his freshman year at UA, Jeff Rogers took part in Alabama Action, a week-long service project for incoming freshmen in the Honors College, and as a result, “I saw what civic engagement could be.”
December 15th, 2016
Plants change lives. At least, that’s what sophomore Olivia Howell believes. The biology and biochemistry double-major spends her free time finding her roots (literally) by volunteering for the Druid City Garden Project.
November 29th, 2016
Rachel Stewart became involved in mentoring “by accident. I signed up for a class as a freshman, and it turned out to be a mentoring class. I was hooked.”