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Campus Life 2022-2023 SGA OFFICERS Elections for 2022-2023 Student Government Association positions were held in September. The executive board, an all-female team for the third consecutive year, includes: President Lauren Barnett, a senior double majoring in history and economics with a Distinction in Poverty Studies. She is involved in Orientation Team, the Bonner Leader program, the Harrison Honors program, ’Southern Ambassadors, Religious Life, Greek Life, ARC tutoring, and Cross Cultural Committee. She was 2021-2022 SGA treasurer. Vice President Madison Blair, a senior English major. She is involved in Greek Life, the Orientation Team, and ’Southern Ambassadors, and is a writing center tutor. She was the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 SGA secretary. Treasurer Kenye’ Underwood, a senior psychology major with a Distinction in Leadership Studies. She is involved in First-Generation College Students, the Black Student Union, and Panther Peer Mentor program. Secretary Paige Washington, a senior biology major. She is involved in Greek Life and is on the BSC Women’s Track and Field team. REPRESENTATIVES Senior Representatives Annamarie Armstrong Martha Louise Waters Junior Representatives Honey Green Anna Withers Wellingham Sophomore Representatives Daniel Johnson Lauren Overton Freshman Representatives Nadia Fokkens Houston Hartley Pyunn Ntwari Bill and Lyndra Daniel Hall Representative Elisabeth Seage Bruno Residence Hall Representative Mollybeth Wilkinson Lakeview Residence Hall Representative Malcolm Hogan Pierce Residence Hall Representative Mary Blake Zeron Hilltop Apartment Representatives Jamie Archer Wheeler Coleman Commuter Representatives Xuan Huynh Lilia Lopez Fraternity Row Representative Thomas Curlee Sorority Row Representative Sadie Bekurs BSC RECEIVES $1.25 MILLION TO DEVELOP CURRICULUM IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE CHANGE In spring 2022, Birmingham-Southern College was awarded a $1.25 million from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Gulf Coast Research Program to develop a curriculum focused on environmental justice and climate change for schools in Mobile, Alabama. The grant effort, led by Roald Hazelhoff, executive director of the Southern Environmental Center at BSC, includes BSC faculty members Dr. Vincent T. Gawronski, professor of political science; Dr. Kate Hayden, assistant professor of chemistry at University of Montevallo; Dr Desireé Melonas, assistant professor of political science and director of the BSC Black Studies Program; and Dr. Kelly Russell, associate professor of education. BSC education, chemistry, and political science students are also part of the multi-year initiative. The team is partnering with community agencies and educators in Africatown, a historic community north of downtown Mobile, to develop a locally relevant middle 8 / ’southern 2022 HESS FELLOWS For summer 2022, eight Hess Fellow Interns completed eight-week internships at nonprofits across the country. As with all programs in the Krulak Institute for Leadership, Experiential Learning, and Civic Engagement, the Hess Fellow Internship Program integrates classroom knowledge with real-world experiences, in this case prompting students to reflect on the role nonprofits play in improving people’s lives and addressing social challenges. Through this experience, students gain insight into their own values and their career and professional aspirations. Each Hess Fellow serves with an advocacy or anti-poverty organization located in Alabama and elsewhere. The College maintains partnerships
Dr. Desireé Melonas, Roald Hazelhoff, Dr. Kelly Russell, Dr. Vincent T. Gawronski, and Dr. Kate Hayden school curriculum focused on environmental justice that aligns directly with the Alabama State science and social studies standards. The curriculum incorporates the disciplines known as STEM — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — along with service learning to make connections between local environment, the community, and individual health. The project initially targets middle school students at Mobile County Training School in Africatown and will expand to include nearby Vigor High School. Students from Africatown – founded by 32 formerly enslaved West Africans who had been brought illegally to the Mobile Bay area in 1860 as captives on the Clotilda, the last known U.S. slave ship – and surrounding communities will explore the impact of years of environmental injustice and pollution in their neighborhoods. Specifically, they will learn how the local environment affects human and community health and how public policies, climate change, and industrial pollution impact schools and neighborhoods. Students will partner with community leaders and organizations such as CHESS (Clean, Healthy, Educated, Safe & Sustainable) and the Alabama Coastal Foundation to develop and participate in service projects aimed at revitalizing and restoring neighborhoods, parks, and ecosystems. Project leaders are creating learning opportunities that allow students to achieve the state science and social studies standards while also becoming change agents in their home communities. Findings and outcomes will be shared at an environmental justice and climate change conference. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine endeavors to provide independent, objective advice to inform policy with evidence, spark progress and innovation, and confront challenging issues for the benefit of society. The goal of the Gulf Research Program is to use science, engineering, and medical knowledge to empower its citizens and to enhance areas, including education and engagement, health and resilience, offshore energy safety, and environmental protection and stewardship. Read the Stemming the Tide 2022 Annual Report. with Alabama and Washington, D.C., organizations, and, as a member of the Shepard Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP), places students with anti-poverty organizations throughout the country. Hess Fellows work with senior members of the organization to conduct research, facilitate coalitions, organize lobbying and other efforts, and provide direct services to clients and the community. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2022 HESS FELLOW INTERNS: Manasa Chintala, a sophomore from Hoover, Ala. YWCA in Birmingham. Ashtyn Daniel, a junior religion major from Prattville, Ala. General Board of Church and Society in Washington, D.C. David El Masri, a junior psychology major from Birmingham. Center for New North Carolinians (SHECP) in Greensboro, N.C. Lydia Estes, a junior Spanish for the workplace major from Birmingham Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama in Birmingham. Pearce Kross, a junior from Huntsville, Ala. Collat Jewish Family Services in Birmingham. Zionne McCrear, a senior biology major from Mount Olive, Ala. Lutheran Hospital/Cleveland Clinic (SHECP) in Cleveland, Ohio Jake Ogle, a junior urban environmental studies major from Fairhope, Ala. AL Coastal Foundation in Mobile, Ala. Holden Snyder, a junior from Bessemer, Ala. Vermont Garden Network (SHECP) in Burlington, Vt.
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