ACCESS Programs

Raise funds to provide textbooks for veterans.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Start date:

2016-01-07

End date:

2017-03-07

Status:

Completed

Address:

7th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

City:

Tuscaloosa

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

UA Veterans

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Alex K. Bynum

Title:

Assistant Director of Logistics

College:

Division of Student Life

Department:

Veterans Affairs

E-Mail:

akbynum@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

David Blair

Title 2:

Director

College 2:

Division of Student Life

Department 2:

Veteran and Military Affairs

E-Mail 2:

drblair1@sa.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Lt. Gen. Randy Gelwix

Title:

Chairman

Organization:

West Alabama Chamber of Commerce

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$9,000.00

Five Horizons offers HIV/AIDS prevention education services to all individuals and entities in West Alabama. Specific target groups: 1) students in West Alabama colleges, universities, and public schools, 2) those who are at high risk for HIV infection due to multiple sex partners and needle use, 3) those residing in areas in which HIV infection rates are high.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

http://www.fivehorizons.org/

Program Video:

https://www.facebook.com/tuscnews/videos/10156117820283029

Status:

Active

Address:

2720 6th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Safiya George

Title:

Associate Professor, and Assistant Dean for Research

College:

Capstone College of Nursing

Department:

Nursing

Phone:

205-348-1033

E-Mail:

sfgeorge@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Billy Kilpatrick

Title:

Executive Director

Organization:

Five Horizons Health Services

Phone:

205-759-8470

Email:

bkirkpatrick@fivehorizons.org

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$390,000.00

Provide professional learning experiences that will foster experiential learning for K-12 STEM educators.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Start date:

2016-01-07

End date:

2017-03-07

Status:

Completed

Address:

103 1st Ave NW, Fayette, AL, USA

County:

FAYETTE

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Fayette County School System: K-12 Teachers

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Terri Boman

Title:

Director

Department:

In-Service Education Center

Phone:

205-348-6951

E-Mail:

tboman@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Rosianna Gray

E-Mail 2:

rosianna.r.gray@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Vic Herren

Title:

Director of Federal Programs

Organization:

Department of Education

Phone:

205-932-4611

Email:

vherren@fayette.k12.al.us

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$4,200.00

To plan, implement and evaluate programs to combat disease and health disparities in Alabama’s Black Belt.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Start date:

2016-01-07

End date:

2017-03-07

Status:

Completed

Address:

751 Derby Dr, York, AL, USA

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Hill Hospital of Sumter County & Community Members

University Partner:

Pamela Foster-Payne

Title:

Deputy Director/Associate Professor

College:

Community Health Sciences

Department:

Institute for Rural Health Research

Phone:

205-348-5148

E-Mail:

ppayne-foster@cchs.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Dr. Rebecca Allen, Dr. JoAnn S. Oliver, and Christopher H. Spencer

Title 2:

UA Staff and Faculty

Community Partner:

Loretta Webb Wilson

Organization:

Greene County

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$300,000.00

Assessment of degree of acculturation of parents and children in peer victimization and creation of acculturation strategy and anti-bully program for second-generation Chinese.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Start date:

2016-01-07

End date:

2017-03-07

Status:

Completed

Address:

670 Magnolia Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Chinese American Youth

Age Group:

Young Adult

University Partner:

Laura Hobson

Title:

Associate Professor and Director of BSW Program

College:

School of Social Work

Department:

BSW Advising

Phone:

205-348-5270

E-Mail:

lmhopson@sw.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Fan Yang

Title:

Social Work Graduate Student

Organization:

Chinese Sisterhood

Email:

stillwaterlly@gmail.com

Financing:

Grant

Developing an educational protocol to ensure math and science literacy of all students upon graduation.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Start date:

2016-01-07

End date:

2017-03-07

Status:

Completed

Address:

2010 1st Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

City:

Tuscaloosa

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

University Place Elementary & Middle School

Age Group:

K-12

University Partner:

Marcus Ashford

Title:

Associate Professor

College:

Engineering

Department:

Mechanical Engineering

Phone:

205-348-4703

E-Mail:

marcus.ashford@eng.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Adriane Sheffield

Title:

STEAM Coordinator

Email:

ansheffield1@crimson.ua.edu

To improve the quality of life for students attending public schools in the Black Belt Region by addressing opportunities and greater exposure to increase the number of students that will go on to college, trade school, university, Armed Forces, or the workforce.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Start date:

2016-01-07

End date:

2017-03-07

Status:

Completed

Address:

609 Lauderdale Street, Selma, AL, USA

City:

Selma

Age Group:

K-12

University Partner:

Chris Spencer

Title:

Director of Resource Development for Community Engagement

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-7374

E-Mail:

chspencer01@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Felicia Lucky

Title:

President of BBCF

Organization:

Black Belt Community Foundation

Phone:

334-874-1126

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$6,785,731.00

JCES is cosponsored by UA Community Affairs and the Engagement Scholarship Consortium. It has become the most prestigious journal in the field over the last 10 years. JCES invites the submission of manuscripts that relate to its mission: To provide a mechanism through which faculty, staff, and students of academic institutions and their community partners may disseminate scholarly works from all academic disciplines. A goal of the publication is to integrate teaching, research, and community engagement. All forms of writing, analysis, creative approaches, and methodologies are acceptable for the journal.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://jces.ua.edu/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFg5pzCySLo

Start date:

2008-09-01

Status:

Active

Address:

270 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Edward Mullins

Title:

Director of Research and Communication

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-246-3334

Community Partner:

Academic Community

Financing:

University/Other

Source:

UA & ESC

Publication:

Academic Publication

Using telehealth, this project will foster partnerships with Alabama’s Early Intervention System to provide early intervention and support for families with infants and toddlers with or at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Telehealth-based early intervention trainers enable university-based research and community-based intervention to reach families without formal ASD diagnosis and to deliver services in the child’s natural environment, as the field shifts from clinician-implemented to caregiver-implemented approaches. Thirty early interventionists recruited through Alabama’s Early Intervention System will identify children under 3 years old with or at risk for ASD and their caregivers for the project. Three phases with cohorts of 10 early interventionists will follow and compare two methods of remote-coaching delivery using (1) in-the-moment coaching with bug-in-ear technology and (2) web-based coaching meetings with video review. This project will incorporate undergraduate and graduate students majoring in early childhood special education, who would not normally get this kind of experience. They will help with data collection and analysis, as well as planning and implementation of the project.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

http://www.rehab.alabama.gov/individuals-and-families/early-intervention

Status:

Active

Address:

236 Goodwin Crest Drive, Birmingham, AL, USA

University Partner:

Robin A. McWilliam

Title:

Professor and Department Head

College:

Education

Department:

Special Education and Multiple Abilities

Phone:

205-348-6527

E-Mail:

ramcwilliam@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Alabama’s Early Intervention System

Phone:

205-290-4552

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$4,902

Details:

SEED Fund

Source:

UA

Awards:

 http://ccbp.ua.edu/category/excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

DiET strives to facilitate student-led discussions about healthy lifestyles within underserved communities in Alabama. We hope to address the growing concern of diabetes in our state primarily through education including topics such as nutrition, exercise, and stress management counseling. DiET is comprised of almost 100 volunteer student health facilitators. Our goal is to start a discussion about healthy living within underserved communities in the state of Alabama in Greene, Hale, Perry and Marengo counties as well as the greater Tuscaloosa area. 

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

http://www.alabamadiet.org/about-us.html

Program Video:

http://www.alabamadiet.org/in-the-news.html

Status:

Active

Address:

533 6th Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

GREENE/HALE/MARENGO
PERRY

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Underserved communities in Alabama

University Partner:

Pamela Payne-Foster

Title:

Associate Professor

College:

Community Health Sciences

Department:

Community Medicine and Population Health Institute for Rural Health Research

Phone:

205-348-5148

E-Mail:

ppayne-foster@cchs.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Lauren Martin

Title 2:

Student President of DiET

Department 2:

Honors College

Phone 2:

205-614-3438

E-Mail 2:

uadiabetesedu@gmail.com

Financing:

Other

Funding:

$2,000

Details:

The stipend is to help the scholars continue their work.

Source:

UA

Awards:

Excelle Outstanding Engagement Effort - http://ccbp.ua.edu/category/excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

This project will assess interest and preparedness of Alabama’s emergency medical service (EMS) agencies and hospitals for community paramedicine (CP) or mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) interventions. It will involve UA faculty and a student partnering with Dr. Crawford to survey EMS agencies and hospitals. The survey process will be guided by the Understanding User Context Framework, and intends to identify communities where both EMS agencies and hospitals are ready to engage in starting a CP-MIH intervention. Data collected from the surveys will inform future system-level changes, including state policy, that would be supportive of CP-MIH interventions in Alabama. Findings will be shared with Alabama EMS stakeholders and policymakers. The project includes evaluations of both process and outcomes.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Start date:

2018-08-16

End date:

2019-08-01

Status:

Active

Address:

211 Peter Bryce Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Impact Area:

Alabama

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Alabama's EMS Agencies

University Partner:

Dr. Abbey Gregg

Title:

Assistant Professor

College:

Community Health Sciences (CCHS)

Department:

Community Medicine and Population Health and the Institute for Rural Health Research

Phone:

205-348-6847

E-Mail:

algregg1@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Elwin Crawford

Title:

Medical Director

Organization:

Alabama Department of Public Health & Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue Services

Email:

rn911md@bellsouth.net

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$3,520

Details:

SEED Fund

Source:

UA

Awards:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/category/excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

"The Literacy Lab" at Mathews Elementary school (MES) is a program that involves undergraduate students enrolled in an elementary literacy methods course engage in literacy teaching activities with 2nd–5th graders. The UA students are supervised throughout the program, and the MES students receive whole- and small-group instruction that utilizes evidence-based literacy practices for African American and Hispanic students living in low-income communities. Instruction includes an emphasis on building and maintaining literacy-learning communities, culturally relevant studies, multicultural texts and critical literacy, collaboration and conversation, engaging and student-centered reading activities, and ethnographic research.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Status:

Active

Address:

1225 Rice Mine Rd N, Northport, AL, USA

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

2nd–5th graders at MES

Age Group:

Early Childhood

University Partner:

Melanie Acosta

Title:

Assistant Professor of Elementary Education & Literacy

College:

Education

Department:

Department of Curriculum & Instruction

Phone:

205-348-5920

E-Mail:

macosta@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Amanda Lightsey

Title:

Executive Director

Organization:

Tuscaloosa's One Place

Phone:

205-462-1000

Community Partner 2:

Mathews Elementary School

Phone 2:

205-342-2654

Financing:

Other

Funding:

$2,000

Details:

The stipend is to help the scholars continue their work.

Awards:

Outstanding Engagement Effort - http://ccbp.ua.edu/category/excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

This community engaged project focuses on raising awareness, preparedness, and improving communication during severe weather for the Deaf and hard of hearing community in Alabama. It involves a partnership with the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and other partners across the state such as the National Weather Service. In addition, the Center for Advanced Public Safety (CAPS) at UA is working closely on this project to facilitate and administer technologies, products, and research for improving forecast and warning weather during emergency weather for this community population.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Start date:

2018-10-01

End date:

2019-05-01

Status:

Active

Address:

220 34th Street South, Birmingham, AL, USA

Impact Area:

Alabama

University Partner:

Darrin J. Griffin

Title:

Assistant Professor

College:

Communication Information Sciences

Department:

Communication Studies

Phone:

205-632-0777

E-Mail:

djgriffin1@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind

Organization:

AIDB Birmingham Regional Center

Phone:

205-761-3530

Community Partner 2:

Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) & National Weather Service-Alabama

Financing:

Other

Funding:

$2,000

Details:

The stipend is to help the scholars continue their work.

Source:

UA

Awards:

Outstanding Engagement Effort - http://ccbp.ua.edu/category/excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

In Greene County, the UA team visited Greene County Hospital, the hub for the Greene County Health System, where their mission is to provide optimal medical care to the residents of Greene and surrounding counties. The group also learned about initiatives from members of the county’s Children’s Policy Council (CPC). The mission of CPC is to support children’s services in the areas of economic security, health, safety, education, parental involvement and early care. The panelists were: Phyllis Belcher, Executive Director of the Greene County Industrial Development Board; Carol Zippert, Greene County School System Board Member and Co-Publisher of the Greene County Democrat; Mildred Morgan, Facilitator of the CPC Strengthening Family Grant; The Honorable Julia Spree, Greene County Probate Judge; Tennyson Smith, Chairman of the Greene County Commission; and Elmore Patterson III, Director of Greene County Hospital.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/new-faculty-community-engagement-tours/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7tGmiRqzUs

Start date:

2017-05-10

End date:

2017-05-11

Status:

Completed

Address:

400 Morrow Avenue, Eutaw, Greene County, AL, USA

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Samory Pruitt

Title:

Vice President

Department:

Division of Community Affairs

Phone:

205-348-8376

E-Mail:

samory.pruitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Lillie Jones-Osborne

Title:

District Court Judge

Organization:

Green County

Phone:

205-372-3143

Email:

lillie.jones-osborne@alacourt.gov

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

In Pickens County, the UA group learned about the town's needs and current partnership. Panelists noted that Pickens County is a Medically Underserved Area, as the county ranks 45th in health outcomes among Alabama’s 67 counties. To address health issues in Pickens county, in 2015 approximately $600,000 was obtained from the Alabama Legislature to initiate the UA Pickens County Partnership. Through this partnership, eight projects have been created that include UA faculty and students and Pickens County community organizations. The grant also provides four one-year-long fellowships for recent UA graduates to provide an opportunity for students to serve in health-related capacities while expanding their experience and education. The UA team also stopped by the Pickens County Courthouse, where legend states that Henry Wells, a former a slave, was accused of burning down the courthouse. It is said that a nearby lightning strike etched his image in the window pane of the attic as he peered down at an angry mob. The panelists were: Michele Montgomery, School of Nursing; Paige Johnson, School of Nursing; Jim Marshall, CEO of Pickens County Medical Center; Craig Patterson, Mayor of Gordo; Frances Lewis, Aliceville Public Library; and Jamie Chapman, Superintendent of Pickens County Schools.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/new-faculty-community-engagement-tours/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7tGmiRqzUs

Start date:

2017-05-10

End date:

2017-05-12

Status:

Completed

Address:

241 Robert K Wilson Dr, Carrollton, Pickens County, AL, USA

University Partner:

Samory Pruitt

Title:

Vice President

Department:

Division of Community Affairs

Phone:

205-348-8376

E-Mail:

samory.pruitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Susan Page

Title:

Grant Writer and Proposal Development Administrator

Organization:

College of Community Heath Sciences

Phone:

205-348-5570

Email:

spage@ua.edu

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

To plan, implement and evaluate one or more programs to promote this historic city (Hobson).

Primary Focus Area:

Economic Development

Start date:

2016-01-07

End date:

2017-03-07

Status:

Completed

Address:

610 Martin Luther King Dr, Hobson City, AL, USA

University Partner:

Michelle Robinson

College:

Art and Sciences

Department:

English

Phone:

205-348-4177

E-Mail:

mrobinson@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Alberta McCrory

Title:

Mayor

Organization:

Hobson City

Phone:

256-831-4940

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$26,715.00

This program prepares prisoners in the often difficult task of transitioning from prison to the workforce. With assistance from local employers such as Mercedes-Benz and Phifer Wire, along with several service providers and representatives from the Alabama Department of Corrections, the program follows a curriculum of current employment practices that improve the likelihood of former prisoners getting good jobs. The program follows a model called Core Life Link, widely used to help individuals attain, maintain and advance in their employment. Some 8–10% of prisoners are also veterans and the program takes their needs into consideration.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

https://www.tuscaloosaoneplace.org/

Status:

Active

Address:

867 Redmont Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Ex-convicts

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Nicole Prewitt

Title:

Director of Programs and Partnerships for Community Engagement

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9819

E-Mail:

nbprewitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Amanda Lightsey

Title:

Executive Director

Organization:

Tuscaloosa's One Place

Phone:

205-462-1000

Email:

alightsey@tuscaloosaoneplace.org

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$2,000

Source:

UA

Awards:

 Outstanding Engagement Effort - http://ccbp.ua.edu/category/excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

At Holt High School the members of the panel, reflecting community partners, UA faculty and local educators, shared their work on many projects in the Tuscaloosa and Holt communities. During the panel, members discussed an overview of Holt Community Partnerships. Included is the Health Lab, an experiment in engaged scholarship for community-based health promotion through research, teaching, and service. Also included in the Community Partnerships is Parenting Education, in which several programs address the needs of Holt parents and families. The UA group also learned about Alabama TOPS, which is a university-community-school partnership which directs its efforts in developing and researching strategies for supporting children’s optimal learning and development while children are out of school. The panelists were: Jeffery Parker, On All Fours; Tania Alameda Lawson, Alabama TOPS; Rebecca Allen, SOAR; Jen Nickelson, Holt Community Partnerships Health Lab; Debbie Crawford, Principal of Holt Elementary School; J. McNealy, Principal of Holt High School; Ben Horton, Chair of Holt in Action; and Aundrea Thomas, President of Holt Community Partnership.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/new-faculty-community-engagement-tours/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7tGmiRqzUs

Start date:

2017-05-07

End date:

2017-05-12

Status:

Completed

Address:

3801 Alabama Avenue Northeast, Holt, AL, USA

University Partner:

Samory Pruitt

Title:

Vice President

Department:

Community Affairs

Phone:

205-348-8376

E-Mail:

samory.pruitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Tania Alameda-Lawson

Title:

Associate Professor

Organization:

School of Social Work at University of Alabama

Phone:

205-348-4396

Email:

talamedalawson@sw.ua.edu

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

In Perry County, UA scholars and students made a brief visit to the Judson College campus, a school with a legacy of producing women who worked to improve society. Now Judson serves as an undergraduate college for both men and women, and is associated with the Alabama Baptist Convention. The UA team also learned about UA’s 57 Miles Program, an initiative that works to close the gap between today’s challenges and tomorrow’s promises in the Alabama Black Belt region through service trips and mentoring programs. Finally, the group convened at Marion Military Institute for the panel discussion. The panelists were: Amy Butler, Coordinator of Faith-Based Service Learning, Judson College; Cooper Holmes, Executive Director of the Alabama Black Belt Foundation; Col. Ed Passmore, Acting Commandant and Director of the Center for Service and Leadership, Marion Institute; Chris Joiner, Executive Director, Renaissance Marion; and Davis Jackson, Coordinator, 57 Miles Program.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/new-faculty-community-engagement-tours/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7tGmiRqzUs

Start date:

2017-05-10

End date:

2017-05-12

Status:

Completed

Address:

302 Bibb Street, Marion, Perry, AL, USA

University Partner:

Samory Pruitt

Title:

Vice President

Department:

Community Affairs

Phone:

205-348-8376

E-Mail:

samory.pruitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Davis Jackson

Title:

Program Coordinator

Organization:

57 Miles

Phone:

205-348-4648

Email:

davis.jackson@ua.edu

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

At the Marengo County History and Archives Museum, UA scholars and students attended a panel discussion led by Thomas Moore Sr. The museum tells the story of the county’s history which includes the original Native Americans along with the French, African American, Jewish, and other European groups that comprised the foundation of the area. The museum also provides support for local school systems, the 4-H Club, and other youth organizations. The UA group also visited the Bryan Whitfield Memorial Hospital in Demopolis, which provides the region with health services such as physical and mental care with a focus on preventative services. The panelists were: Kyle Kallhoff, Superintendent of Demopolis City Schools; Luther Hallmark, Superintendent of Marengo Country Schools; Arthur Evans, Administrator of Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital; Timothy Thurman, Superintendent of Linden City Schools; and Candace Dorriety, Executive Director of the Demopolis Area Chamber of Commerce.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/new-faculty-community-engagement-tours/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7tGmiRqzUs

Start date:

2017-05-10

End date:

2017-05-12

Status:

Completed

Address:

101 N Walnut Ave, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL, USA

University Partner:

Samory Pruitt

Title:

Vice President

Department:

Community Affairs

Phone:

205-348-8376

E-Mail:

samory.pruitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Thomas Moore, Sr.

Title:

Community Leader

Organization:

Demopolis City

Email:

thomassrmoore@bellsouth.net

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

At St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greensboro, the UA team attended a panel discussion, where panelists gave an overview of current projects and partnerships including Horseshoe Farm, a multifaceted community, service, and leadership development organization taking approaches to support independence and quality of life among seniors and adults living with mental illness. Horseshoe Farm also seeks to improve educational opportunities for at-risk children, and prepare future service leaders in community health and education. Also included on the tour was a visit to the Greensboro Opera House, a revival of the old Opera House that closed due to the effects of the Great Depression, where it is now repurposed as a cultural center. Lastly, the UA team gathered at The Safe House Museum where Martin Luther King Jr. reached for safety from the Ku Klux Klan in 1968. The panelists were: Shay Fondren, Administrator of Hale County Hospital; The Rev. Laramie Long, Boys and Girls Club; John Dorsey, Horseshoe Farm; Osie Pickens, Superintendent of Hale County Schools; Winnie Cobbs, Opera House; and Evelyn Chambers, Greensboro City Council.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/new-faculty-community-engagement-tours/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7tGmiRqzUs

Start date:

2017-05-10

End date:

2017-05-12

Status:

Completed

Address:

518 Martin Luther King Dr, Greensboro, Hale County, AL, USA

University Partner:

Samory Pruitt

Title:

Vice President

Department:

Division of Community Affairs

Phone:

205-348-8376

E-Mail:

samory.pruitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Meg Rankin-Byrd

Title:

Math Specialist

Organization:

AMSTI 

Email:

AMSTI 

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

Saving Lives is a community-university faith-based partnership, established in 2012 to support Alabama residents in attaining higher levels of health and wellness. Saving Lives uses a unique approach to healthy living and wellness, using scripture or text from theologically sound doctrine to support health care information and recommendations coming forward from health care providers and policymakers.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/saving-lives/

Start date:

2012-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

2822 Fosters Ferry Rd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Community Members

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Dr. Nicole B. Prewitt

Title:

Director of Programs and Partnerships for Community Engagement

College:

Division of Community Affairs

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9819

E-Mail:

nbprewitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Reverend Tyshawn Gardner

Title:

Pastor

Organization:

Plum Grove Baptist Church

Phone:

205-752-2762

Community Partner 2:

Phyllis P. Rogers

Title 2:

Advocate

Organization 2:

Plum Grove Baptist Church

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

Saving Lives is a community-university faith-based partnership, established in 2012 to support Alabama residents in attaining higher levels of health and wellness. Saving Lives uses a unique approach to healthy living and wellness, using scripture or text from theologically sound doctrine to support health care information and recommendations coming forward from health care providers and policymakers.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/saving-lives/

Start date:

2012-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

3211 McGee Rd, Cottondale, Alabama 35453, USA

Number Served:

Community Members

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Dr. Nicole B. Prewitt

Title:

Director of Programs and Partnerships for Community Engagement

College:

Division of Community Affairs

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9819

E-Mail:

nbprewitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Reverend Simon Hunter

Title:

Pastor

Organization:

Benville Missionary Baptist Church

Phone:

205-553-1777

Community Partner 2:

Annette Harris

Title 2:

Advocate

Organization 2:

Benville Missionary Baptist Church

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

Saving Lives is a community-university faith-based partnership, established in 2012 to support Alabama residents in attaining higher levels of health and wellness. Saving Lives uses a unique approach to healthy living and wellness, using scripture or text from theologically sound doctrine to support health care information and recommendations coming forward from health care providers and policymakers.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/saving-lives/

Start date:

2012-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

600 24th Ave E, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404, USA

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Community Members

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Dr. Nicole B. Prewitt

Title:

Director of Programs and Partnerships for Community Engagement

College:

Division of Community Affairs

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9819

Community Partner:

Reverend Kelvin Croom

Title:

Pastor

Organization:

College Hill Baptist Church

Phone:

205-523-5266

Email:

collegehilltuscaloosa@gmail.com​

Community Partner 2:

Regina Hughes

Title 2:

Advocate

Organization 2:

College Hill Baptist Church

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

Saving Lives is a community-university faith-based partnership, established in 2012 to support Alabama residents in attaining higher levels of health and wellness. Saving Lives uses a unique approach to healthy living and wellness, using scripture or text from theologically sound doctrine to support health care information and recommendations coming forward from health care providers and policymakers.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/saving-lives/

Start date:

2012-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

2621 Stillman Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA

University Partner:

Dr. Nicole B. Prewitt

Title:

Director of Programs and Partnerships for Community Engagement

College:

Division of Community Affairs

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9819

E-Mail:

nbprewitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Reverend Frederick Blackburn

Title:

Interim Pastor

Organization:

First African Baptist Church

Phone:

205-758-2833

Email:

firstafricanchurchsecretary@gmail.com

Community Partner 2:

Kara Jemison

Title 2:

Advocate

Organization 2:

First African Baptist Church

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

Saving Lives is a community-university faith-based partnership, established in 2012 to support Alabama residents in attaining higher levels of health and wellness. Saving Lives uses a unique approach to healthy living and wellness, using scripture or text from theologically sound doctrine to support health care information and recommendations coming forward from health care providers and policymakers.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Start date:

2012-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

128 39th St E, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405, USA

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Community Members

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Dr. Nicole B. Prewitt

Title:

Director of Programs and Partnerships for Community Engagement

College:

Division of Community Affairs

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9819

E-Mail:

nbprewitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Reverend Frank Kennedy, Sr.

Title:

Pastor

Organization:

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church

Phone:

205-391-0029

Community Partner 2:

Sheila Lee

Title 2:

Advocate

Organization 2:

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

Saving Lives is a community-university faith-based partnership, established in 2012 to support Alabama residents in attaining higher levels of health and wellness. Saving Lives uses a unique approach to healthy living and wellness, using scripture or text from theologically sound doctrine to support health care information and recommendations coming forward from health care providers and policymakers.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Start date:

2012-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

1317 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Northport, Alabama 35476, USA

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Community Members

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Dr. Nicole B. Prewitt

Title:

Director of Programs and Partnerships for Community Engagement

College:

Division of Community Affairs

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9819

E-Mail:

nbprewitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Reverend Gregory L. Morris

Title:

Pastor

Organization:

New Zion Missionary Baptist Church

Phone:

205-752-8790

Email:

contact@newzionbc.com

Community Partner 2:

Letrell Peoples

Title 2:

Advocate

Organization 2:

New Zion Missionary Baptist Church

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

Saving Lives is a community-university faith-based partnership, established in 2012 to support Alabama residents in attaining higher levels of health and wellness. Saving Lives uses a unique approach to healthy living and wellness, using scripture or text from theologically sound doctrine to support health care information and recommendations coming forward from health care providers and policymakers.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/saving-lives/

Start date:

2012-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

1701 10th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401, USA

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Community Members

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Dr. Nicole B. Prewitt

Title:

Director of Programs and Partnerships for Community Engagement

College:

Division of Community Affairs

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9819

E-Mail:

nbprewitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Reverend Roy L. Ferguson

Title:

Pastor

Organization:

Saint John Baptist Church

Phone:

205-759-2861

Email:

sjbc69@aol.com

Community Partner 2:

Dr. Shelvy Crockett

Title 2:

Advocate

Organization 2:

Saint John Baptist Church

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

Working with Whatley Health Services, a non-profit corporation administering a network of federally qualified health clinics, we will explore health care utilization and prescriptions of pain medications among patients with chronic pain. Many patients find themselves in a cycle of visits to health care providers that frequently do not result in increased comfort or better long-term functioning. This study will examine whether behavioral treatments for chronic pain reduce the inefficient utilization of health care services and decrease the need for prescription for pain medications in comparison to a treatment-as-usual control group.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Start date:

2016-01-01

End date:

2017-12-31

Status:

Active

Address:

2731 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Patients with chronic pain

University Partner:

Dr. Beverly E. Thorn

Title:

Professor

College:

Arts & Sciences

Department:

Psychology

Phone:

205-348-5024

E-Mail:

bthorn@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Andrea Newman

Title 2:

Doctoral Student

Department 2:

Psychology

E-Mail 2:

anewman@crimson.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Deborah Tucker

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

Organization:

Whatley Health Services

Phone:

205-758-6647

Financing:

University

Details:

Graduate Fellowship

Source:

UA Graduate Council

Awards:

Graduate Fellowship Award - http://ccbp.ua.edu/10th-annual-excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

This project combines the water expertise of Dr. Davis and her master’s student, Ms. Megan Briggs, with the interests of a local environmental, non-profit group, the Sassafras Center for Arts and Environment, to collect information needed for the development of a watershed management plan and the restoration of a watershed located in Tuscaloosa blighted by urbanization. The project will combine water, UA expertise in water, social, and physical science with that of Sassafras Center for Arts and Environment to help improve water governance in the community.

Primary Focus Area:

Economic Development

Start date:

2016-01-01

End date:

2017-12-31

Status:

Active

Address:

3228 Loop Rd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404, USA

University Partner:

Dr. Lisa Davis

Title:

Associate Professor

Department:

Geography

Phone:

205-348-4992

E-Mail:

lisa.davis@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Megan Briggs

Title 2:

Graduate Student

Department 2:

Geography

Community Partner:

Eric Courchesne

Title:

Interim Executive Director

Organization:

Sassafras Center for Arts and Environment

Phone:

205-623-6655

Financing:

University

Details:

Graduate Fellowship

Source:

UA Graduate Council

Awards:

Graduate Fellowship Award - http://ccbp.ua.edu/10th-annual-excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

The project is an extension of the South Alabama Veterans Needs Assessment of veterans and their families. The purpose of the project is to work with community members to identify the unmet needs and perceived gaps in available services of veterans and their families located in Dallas and Marengo counties. The project will contribute to the development of a comprehensive strategy to address the needs of local veterans and their families.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Start date:

2016-01-01

End date:

2017-12-31

Status:

Completed

Address:

107 Broad Street, Camden, AL, USA

County:

DALLAS/MARENGO

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Veterans and their families

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Dr. David L. Albright

Title:

Associate Professor and Hill Crest Foundation Endowed Chair in Mental Health

Department:

Social Work

Phone:

205-348-4416

E-Mail:

dlalbright@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Jessica M. Bertram

Title 2:

Doctoral Student

Department 2:

Social Work

E-Mail 2:

jmbertram@crimson.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Mr. John Clyde Riggs

Title:

Executive Director

Organization:

Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission

Phone:

334-682-4234

Email:

jcriggs50@gmail.com

Financing:

University

Details:

Graduate Fellowship

Source:

UA Graduate Council

Awards:

Graduate Fellowship Award - http://ccbp.ua.edu/10th-annual-excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

Digitally preserve Tuscaloosa African American Memorabilia and History

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Start date:

0017-06-12

End date:

0017-08-12

Status:

Completed

Address:

1311 T.Y. Rogers Jr Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Community Partner:

Thomas Linton

Phone:

205-759-9177

Financing:

Grant

College Anti-Binge Drinking Campaign

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Program Website:

https://www.ltut.org

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-TGEGTLT1w

Start date:

2010-01-01

End date:

2019-05-01

Status:

Active

Address:

751 Campus Dr W, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Number Served:

14 College Campuses

Age Group:

Young Adult

University Partner:

Teri Henley

Title:

Instructor

College:

College of Communication and Information Sciences

Department:

Department of Advertising and Public Relations

Phone:

205-348-0365

E-Mail:

henley@apr.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Delynne Wilcox

Title 2:

CHES Assistant Director, Health Planning and Prevention

Department 2:

Student Health Center

Phone 2:

205-348-0859

E-Mail 2:

delynne@ua.edu

Organization:

14 different College Campuses

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$220,000

Details:

Each campus that implements the campaign pays a grant for the partnership.

Source:

Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility

Presentation:

Academic Meeting

Presentation Cite:

"It Takes LessThanUThink: Implementation of an Anti-Binge Drinking Campaign Targeting Expectancy", Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, August 2017; "A Student-Led Integrated Communications Campaign to Address College Alcohol Consumption through Expectancy" National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media, Atlanta, August 2017

Awards:

https://www.ltut.org/about1-c1l4n?lightbox=dataItem-iy7sk5o5

Black Belt Bamboost is a creative educational interactive bamboo project building strong sustainable bonds between environment and community one shoot at a time.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://blackbeltbamboost.org/

Start date:

2009-10-18

End date:

2017-12-31

Status:

Completed

Address:

2315 9th Street, Northport, AL, USA

Number Served:

Over 100

Age Group:

All Ages

Community Partner:

doLAB

Title:

501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization

Email:

dolabalabama@gmail.com

Financing:

Other

Source:

A Variety of Fundraising & Donations

Publication Cite:

Koontz, M. L. (October, 2017). Bamboo reach and teach: Creating an effective participatory strategy for local citizen engagement. Seventh Annual International Conference on Food Studies. Rome, Italy, October 26-27, 2017. Koontz, M. L., Cicatiello, J. (May, 2017). Bamboo in Alabama. Innovative Engineering Using Renewable Resources Program. The University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, AL. Koontz, M. L. (August, 2016). Environmental art as a participatory strategy for catalyzing social change. Eleventh Annual International Conference on the Arts in Society. Los Angeles, CA, August 10-12, 2016. Koontz, M. L., Cicatiello, J. (May, 2016). Bamboo in Alabama. Innovative Engineering Using Renewable Resources Program. The University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, AL. Koontz, M. L., & Cicatiello, J. (April, 2016). Bamboo reach & teach: Creating an effective participatory strategy for local citizen engagement. Center for Community Based Partnerships Tenth Annual Awards Meeting. The University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, AL. Koontz, M. L., Cicatiello, J. (April, 2016). Bamboo in Alabama. Earth Day 2016. Woodland Forrest Elementary. Tuscaloosa, AL. Koontz, M. L., Cicatiello, J., & Rayfield, H. (July, 2015). The Black Belt Bamboost Project. West Alabama Woodworkers Association. Tuscaloosa, AL. Koontz, M. L. & Cicatiello, J. (April, 2015). Bamboo in Alabama. Tuscaloosa County Master Gardeners Association. Tuscaloosa, AL. Koontz, M. L. & Rayfield, H. (October, 2014). Bamboo in Alabama. West Alabama Sierra Club. Tuscaloosa, AL. Koontz, M. L. & Cicatiello, J. (April, 2014). Bamboo. Earth Day 2014. Woodland Forrest Elementary School, Tuscaloosa, AL. Koontz, M. L., Cicatiello, J., & Rayfield, H. (June, 2013). Bamboo in Alabama. Alabama Boy’s State. The University of Alabama. Koontz, M. L., Lewis, R., & Cicatiello, J. ( August, 2013). Black Belt Bamboost. Hale County Industrial Development Board. Moundville, AL. Koontz, M. L. Lewis, R., & Cicatiello, J. (April, 2013). Black belt bamboost project: An agora for bamboo in Alabama. The University of Alabama Center for Community Based Partnerships Seventh Annual Awards Meeting. Tuscaloosa, AL Koontz, M. L. (November, 2012). The Black Belt Bamboost Project. Biannual meeting, CHES Leadership Board. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. Koontz, M. L. (October, 2012) Bamboo as catalysis for creative, educational, and economic engagement opportunities: Community building & outreach activities. National Outreach Scholarship Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL, September 30-October 3, 2012. Cicatiello, J. & Koontz, M. L. (October, 2012). Black belt bamboost: Social entrepreneurship. National Outreach Scholarship Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL, September 30-October 3, 2012. Lewis, R. & Koontz, M. L. (2012). Black belt bamboost: Bamboo park. National Outreach Scholarship Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL, September 30-October 3, 2012. Rayfield, H. & Koontz, M. L. (2012). Bamboo education: Community building & outreach activities. National Outreach Scholarship Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL, September 30-October 3, 2012. Koontz, M. L., & Cicatiello, J. (June, 2012). Bamboo in Alabama. Alabama Boy’s State. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. Koontz, M. L., Cicatiello, J., Lewis, R., & Rayfield, H. (April, 2012). Bamboo. Earth Day 2012. Woodland Forrest Elementary School, Tuscaloosa, AL. Thompson, A. & Koontz, M. L. (2012, April). The re-emergence of a formally maligned plant: A new perspective of bamboo in Alabama. Society of Ethnobiology 35th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

A children's community focused event to instill pride in community.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Start date:

2017-08-01

End date:

2017-11-01

Status:

Completed

Address:

3101 Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Number Served:

75

Age Group:

All Ages

Community Partner:

Tuscaloosa Neighbors Together

Community Partner 2:

Raeven Howard

Organization 2:

Tuscaloosa City Council

Financing:

Other

Funding:

$400

Source:

Tuscaloosa Neighbors Together

As part of the UA Pickens Partnership, our project aims to improve the health and well-being of the residents of Pickens County. The project’s primary focus is improving the knowledge of cardiovascular and diabetic risk factors. Through health clinics held in schools and in the community, the Pickens Health Improvement Program (PHIP) has helped to screen over 300 individuals for these risk factors so far this year. This project introduces undergraduate nursing students to rural health care as they run the health clinics and provide health coaching on things such as how to improve cholesterol levels or decrease blood pressure. This project is one that has evolved over the years as a direct result of continued community based participatory research efforts in Pickens County. It has been a continuous effort to improve access to health screenings and to improve the health of those that live and work in Pickens County.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Start date:

2017-06-01

End date:

2019-05-31

Status:

Active

Address:

155 Reform Street, Carrollton, AL, USA

County:

PICKENS

Impact Area:

Carrollton, AL

Number Served:

Over 300

Age Group:

All Ages

University Partner:

Dr. Michele Montgomery

Title:

Associate Professor & Assistant Dean

College:

Nursing

Department:

Graduate Programs

Phone:

205.348.3071

E-Mail:

mmontgomery1@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Patti Presley Fuller

Organization:

Extension Office Pickens County

Email:

preslpa@aces.edu

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$250,000

Source:

UA Pickens Partnership Grant

Publication:

Academic Publication

Publication Cite:

Montgomery, M., Johnson, P., & Ewell, P. (2017). Cardiovascular risk factors and use of healthcare services in low-income, minority preschool children. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 28, 303-314. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2017.0024 Johnson, P., Montgomery, M., Ewell, P. (2018). Elevated blood pressure in low income, rural preschool children is associated with maternal hypertension during pregnancy. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 35. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07370016.2018.1404830. Johnson, P., Montgomery, M., Clark, M., & Taylor, C. (2017). Childhood obesity in a rural community: First steps to cultivating change. Submitted to Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 17(2). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14574/ojrnhc.v17i2.456

Presentation:

Academic Meeting

Presentation Cite:

Johnson, P & Montgomery M. The UA/Pickens County Partnership: An Innovative Teaching Model. The Engaged Scholarship Consortium, Birmingham, AL September, 2017 (Podium Presentation) Montgomery, M & Johnson, P. Panel Discussion. Center for Community-Based Partnership Community Engagement Tour, Pickens County, AL. INVITED SPEAKER. May, 2017.

This two-week summer camp for high school students focuses on java programing application development and robotics, followed by the annual Robotics Competition for K–12 students. Program is directed to all students considering computer science as a career, with special emphasis on economically at-risk students.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

http://outreach.cs.ua.edu/camps/

Start date:

2018-06-18

End date:

2018-06-29

Status:

Completed

Address:

401 7th Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Jeff Gray

Title:

Professor

College:

Engineering

Department:

Computer Science

E-Mail:

gray@cs.ua.edu

The Community Affairs Board of Advisors supports campus-wide initiatives that increase student success and retention, facilitate student involvement in entrepreneurship and innovative initiatives, and support the development of thoughtful global and community leaders. Comprised of individuals with a collective reputation of having distinguished themselves as student and now professional leaders, members share a commitment to community engagement and student success. Three committees — Entrepreneurship and Innovative Initiatives, Academic Success and Student Retention and Global and Community Leadership Development — define the group’s structure. Early focus has been on establishing endowed scholarships and seed-funds for innovative projects.

Primary Focus Area:

Economic Development

Program Website:

http://communityaffairs.ua.edu/board-of-advisors/

Start date:

2016-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

801 University Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Carol Agomo

Title:

Director of Community and Administrative Affairs

Department:

Division of Community Affairs

E-Mail:

community.affairs@ua.edu

This ongoing Crossroads Community Center project works to improve interfaith relations through its support of Better Together, a UA student organization. Better Together assembles students of different faiths and philosophies by engaging them in community service and civic engagement experiences.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://crossroads.ua.edu/the-interfaith-initiative/

Start date:

2013-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

751 Campus Dr W, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Lane McLelland

Title:

Director

Department:

Crossroads Community Center

E-Mail:

lane.mclelland@ua.edu

Since 2004, the Center for Community-Based Partnerships has been The mission of the Black Belt Community Foundation’s is to forge a collective stream of giving that transforms our 12-county region and connects those interested in having an impact in this region with nonprofits that are making a difference today. Founded in 2004 with the idea that those living and working in the Black Belt best knew the area’s challenges and opportunities, the Black Belt Community Foundation actively puts needed resources into the region that make a lasting impact.

Primary Focus Area:

Economic Development

Program Website:

http://blackbeltfound.org/

Start date:

2008-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

609 Lauderdale Street, Selma, AL, USA

County:

DALLAS/TUSCALOOSA

Impact Area:

Alabama's Black Belt Counties

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Christopher H. Spencer

Title:

Director of Resource Development

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

E-Mail:

chspencer01@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Felecia Lucky

Title:

President

Organization:

Black Belt Community Foundation

Phone:

334-874-1126

A Chinese New Year Celebration is held annually at the UA Ferguson Center. The 2017 program drew 400 attendees. The purpose is to introduce Chinese culture to the larger community and to educate children of all nationalities, and to help individuals become involved with the community and promote understanding.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://communityaffairs.ua.edu/chinese-new-year-celebration-draws-more-than-400-participants/

Start date:

2017-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

2828 6th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

Organization:

Chinese Sisterhood of Tuscaloosa

Email:

t.c.s.chineseschool1@gmail.com

GEAR UP provides six-year grants to states and partnerships to provide services to high-poverty middle and high schools. It enables grantees to serve an entire cohort of students beginning no later than the seventh grade and continuing through high school. The program also provides college scholarships for low-income students. Using multiple University partners, GEAR UP serves 10,000 students in 21 school systems in every Alabama Black Belt county and several surrounding counties.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Start date:

2017-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

901 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL, USA

Impact Area:

Alabama's Black Belt Counties

Category:

Community Development

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

School systems

Age Group:

Young Adult

University Partner:

Dr. James E. McLean

Title:

Executive Director

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

E-Mail:

jmclean@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Dr. George Daniels

Title 2:

Associate Professor & Assistant Dean of Administration

College 2:

Communication and Information Sciences

Department 2:

Journalism & Creative Media

Phone 2:

205-348-8618

E-Mail 2:

gdaniels@ua.edu

Community Partner:

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Organization:

School of Education

Phone:

205-934-5371

Global Café is a university organization under the leadership of the Center for Community-Based Partnerships where UA students and community members share traditions and cultures, learn about local opportunities, and meet new friends. A major responsibility of this office is to provide assistance for students applying for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for individually designed study and research projects or for English-teaching assistantships.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/global-cafe/news/

Start date:

2012-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

270 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Beverly Hawk

Title:

Director of Global and Community Engagement

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-7390

E-Mail:

beverly.hawk@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Local International Scholars and families

Heart Touch is a cultural enrichment program designed for students of all ages and diverse cultural backgrounds and communities. It touches people’s hearts and lives as they learn to understand their differences, while demonstrating the importance and effectiveness of collaboration within the Division of Community Affairs.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://crossroads.ua.edu/heart-touch/

Start date:

2013-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

867 Redmont Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Fan Yang

Title:

Graduate Student

College:

School of Social Work

E-Mail:

stillwaterlly@gmail.com

This photovoice research-based project exploring how the photovoice method can contribute to the town of Hobson City’s goals of historical preservation and youth empowerment and engagement, as well as the impact of the methodology on the participants (the middle school girls, the faculty and student mentors, and the town of Hobson City).

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://www.ua.edu/news/2016/08/uas-paul-jones-gallery-showcases-blackgirls4change-hobson-city-9-exhibit/

Start date:

2016-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

2308 6th St, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

CALHOUN

City:

Hobson

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Michelle Robinson

Title:

Assistant Professor of English

E-Mail:

mrobinson@ua.edu

UA faculty, staff and students gather for breakfast once a month at Crossroads Community Center to collaborate, network and design innovative intercultural engagement programming.

Primary Focus Area:

Economic Development

Program Website:

http://www.cw.ua.edu/article/2017/02/university-offers-inclusive-campus-breakfast

Start date:

2014-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

751 Campus Dr W, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Lane McLelland

Title:

Director

Department:

Crossroads Community Center

E-Mail:

lane.mclelland@ua.edu

Two-year partnership with purpose of strengthening students’ school, peer, family and community opportunities in low-income areas.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

https://www.ua.edu/news/2017/05/learning-life-skills-through-physical-education/

Start date:

2016-01-01

End date:

2017-12-31

Status:

Active

Address:

520 Colonial Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Michael Lawson

Title:

Assistant Professor

Department:

Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling

E-Mail:

malawson1@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Dr. K. Andrew R. Richards

Title 2:

Assistant Professor

Department 2:

Department of Kinesiology

Phone 2:

205-348-3298

E-Mail 2:

karichards2@ua.edu

PIE workshops provide a series of interactive experiences designed to increase cultural competency skills. They are tailored to meet goals, target audiences, and limited timeframes of a department or organization and are offered in one to four hour modules depending on focus area. Addressing concepts of social identity, intersectionality, inclusive language, and implicit bias, the workshops introduce practices that foster a more inclusive culture in the classroom, any organizational context on campus or in the broader community.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://crossroads.ua.edu/inclusive-engagement/

Start date:

2005-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

751 Campus Dr W, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Lane McLelland

Department:

Crossroads Community Center

Phone:

205-348-6930

E-Mail:

lane.mclelland@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Paige Bolden

Title 2:

Assistant Director

Department 2:

Crossroads Community Center

Phone 2:

205-348-6930

E-Mail 2:

pdbolden@ua.edu

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

The annual Realizing the Dream legacy banquet, concert, lecture and other activities pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. Begun in 1990, with the Legacy Awards added in 2009, the series celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. King while building unity within the community.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://www.ua.edu/news/2016/12/franklin-quinones-headline-realizing-the-dream-events-at-ua/

Start date:

1990-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

801 University Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Samory T. Pruitt

Title:

Vice President

Department:

Division of Community Affairs

Elementary and junior high school students worked with Ashford, along with graduate and undergraduate students, to create ways to demonstrate engineering principals by using rockets and race cars with young students as a means of introducing them to the field of engineering and other sciences.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Start date:

2011-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

270 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Marcus Ashford

Title:

Associate Professor

College:

Engineering

Department:

Mechanical Engineering

E-Mail:

marcus.ashford@eng.ua.edu

SCOPE is guided by experienced researchers who help both undergraduate and graduate students turn their research interests into such finished products as conference papers, workshop presentations, research posters and research articles in refereed journals.

Primary Focus Area:

Economic Development

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/scope-4/

Start date:

2011-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

270 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. James E. McLean

Title:

Executive Director

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

E-Mail:

jmclean@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

CeeCee Johnson

Title 2:

Graduate Assistant

Department 2:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone 2:

205-348-6709

E-Mail 2:

tejohnson2@crimson.ua.edu

The STEM Entrepreneurship Academy is a summer camp for high schoolers which presents science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in the context of entrepreneurship to encourage majors and careers in the STEM areas.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/stem-entrepreneurship-academy/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQC4AcyWli0

Start date:

2015-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

2614 University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Impact Area:

West Alabama

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Holly Morgan

Title:

Director of Community Education

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

E-Mail:

hgmorgan@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Marcus Ashford

Title 2:

Faculty

College 2:

Engineering

Department 2:

Mechanical Engineering

Phone 2:

205-348-4703

E-Mail 2:

marcus.ashford@eng.ua.edu

Organization:

The Tuscaloosa Gateway Innovation and Discovery Center

Phone:

205-248-4949

Student Engineers in Action (SEA) consists of a diverse group of 60-70 UA students that spans all disciplines of engineering as well as students from other majors. The goal of SEA is to provide solutions to construction-based problems in developing communities both locally and internationally, and also develop responsible students with a broad range of skills from engineering design to public relations to logistics planning.

Primary Focus Area:

Economic Development

Program Website:

http://sea.ua.edu/

Program Video:

https://vimeo.com/68542965

Start date:

2005-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

245 7th Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Impact Area:

AL & International

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Glenn Tootle

Title:

Associate Professor

College:

Engineering

Department:

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

E-Mail:

gatootle@eng.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Phillip Johnson

Title 2:

Associate Professor

College 2:

Engineering

Department 2:

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Phone 2:

205-348-2669

E-Mail 2:

pjohnson@eng.ua.edu

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

Sustained Dialogue’s five-stage dialogue-to-action model helps participants understand perspectives of individuals they would not otherwise meet, build relationships across traditional lines of difference on campus and gain the communication skills necessary for increasingly diverse academic, social and work environments. Crossroads offers the SD experience via a credit-earning course in the Honors College and New College.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://crossroads.ua.edu/sustained-dialogue/

Start date:

2006-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

751 Campus Dr W, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Lane McLelland

Title:

Director

Department:

Crossroads Community Center

E-Mail:

lane.mclelland@ua.edu

The goal of the Swim to the Top program is to provide effective swim instruction to make children proficient survival swimmers. Swim instructors from The University of Alabama will work with Barnes Branch summer attendees to provide quality swim instruction. 

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/category/swim-to-the-top/

Start date:

2015-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

2939 18th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

Age Group:

Young Adult

University Partner:

Dr. Holly Morgan

Title:

Director of Community Education

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9854

E-Mail:

hgmorgan@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Matthew Curtner-Smith

Title 2:

Faculty

College 2:

College of Education

Department 2:

Department of Kinesiology

Phone 2:

205-348-9209

E-Mail 2:

mdsmith@ua.edu

Community Partner:

LaKeda Smith

Title:

Executive Director of Benjamin Barnes Branch YMCA

Organization:

Benjamin Barnes Branch YMCA

Phone:

205-759-4284

Email:

205-759-4284

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

Each year the Division of Community Affairs coordinates UA’s annual United Way Campaign utilizing a structure that provides opportunities for colleges and administrative units to serve as campaign hosts. For 2016, the College of Continuing Studies hosted the campaign, which was launched Oct. 6 on the plaza in front of the Ferguson Student Center with a tailgate-themed kickoff event.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

http://communityaffairs.ua.edu/2017-ua-united-way-headquarters/

Start date:

2017-10-01

End date:

2017-12-31

Status:

Active

Address:

2720 6th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Samory T. Pruitt

Title:

Vice President

Department:

Division of Community Affairs

This ongoing program is designed to train University/Community teams to seek grant funding to build community programs and sustain them through professional fundraising methods. The program seeks to address community needs using a community-engagement research model with community and University personnel working as equal members of teams. The program’s third cohort begins in August 2018. Teams from the first two cohorts have raised over $40 million dollars in grant funds using techniques learned in the program. In addition to about eight teams a year that are involved, about 10 individuals per year also participate.

Primary Focus Area:

Economic Development

Start date:

2016-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

270 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

James E. McLean

Title:

Executive Director

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

E-Mail:

jmclean@ua.edu

Expansion of activities and hands-on experiences that increase awareness of and confidence in the areas of math and science.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/2013-seed-fund-awards/

Start date:

2013-01-01

End date:

2014-12-31

Status:

Completed

Address:

1150 Vestavia Circle, Northport, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

Age Group:

Early Childhood

University Partner:

Dr. Liza Wilson

Title:

Senior Associate Dean and Professor

College:

College of Education

Community Partner:

Genea Monroe

Title:

Principal

Organization:

Faucett-Vestavia Elementary School

Phone:

205-342-2646

Email:

gmonroe@tcss.net

To pair 15 sets of custodial grandparents with their grandchildren to work together to co-write a family history comic book to strengthen bonds and increase understanding between grandparents and grandchildren in the rising population of custodial grandparents.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/2013-seed-fund-awards/

Start date:

2016-01-07

End date:

2017-03-07

Status:

Completed

Address:

1210 21st Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Martha Crowther

Title:

Professor

College:

Clinical Psychology

Department:

Community Medicine & Population Health/Family, Internal & Rural Medcine

Phone:

205-348-7802

E-Mail:

mrcrowther@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Dr. Rebecca Allen

Title 2:

Professor

Department 2:

Alabama Research Institute on Aging/Psychology

Phone 2:

205-348-9891

E-Mail 2:

rsallen@ua.edu

Organization:

Tuscaloosa City Board of Education

Organization 2:

Grandparents United Support Group

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$9,000.00

To provide UA students in a sociology class with a service-learning opportunity by participation in a program designed to reduce stigma for community members who are living with HIV/AIDS.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/2013-seed-fund-awards/

Start date:

2013-01-01

End date:

2014-01-01

Status:

Completed

Address:

2720 6th St, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein

Title:

Professor

Department:

Criminal Justice/Sociology

Phone:

205-348-7782

E-Mail:

blichten@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Billy Kirkpatrick

Title:

Executive Director

Organization:

West Alabama AIDS Outreach

Phone:

205-759-8470

Email:

bkirkpatrick@fivehorizons.org

To establish the Holt Learning Center, an after-school learning facility, in the former Holt Elementary School.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/2013-seed-fund-awards/

Start date:

2013-01-01

End date:

2014-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

1001 Crescent Ridge Road Northeast, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Jeffrey Parker

Title:

Associate Professor of Psychology

Department:

Institute for Social Science Research

Phone:

205-348-2081

E-Mail:

J.G.Parker@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Kathryn M. Wheeler

Organization:

Literacy Council of West Alabama

To provide data regarding mechanical properties of bamboo grown in Alabama, which will benefit both growers and manufacturers. Students will prepare and perform testing and will also create a bicycle frame constructed of bamboo.

Primary Focus Area:

Economic Development

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/2013-seed-fund-awards/

Status:

Active

Address:

1310 Main Street, Greensboro, AL, USA

County:

HALE

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Eric Giannini

College:

Engineering

Department:

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Community Partner:

Pamela Dorr

Organization:

Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization (HERO)

Phone:

334-624-0842

To create a program for Tuscaloosa’s foster-care youth enrolled in the 6th through 12th grades in which UA students serve as mentors.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

https://reach.ua.edu/reach-back.html

Start date:

2013-01-01

End date:

2014-12-31

Status:

Completed

Address:

3716 12th Avenue East, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Jameka Hartley

Phone:

205-348-5782

E-Mail:

jyallen@crimson.ua.edu

Organization:

Tuscaloosa County Department of Human Resources

Phone:

205-562-6100

To develop a training curriculum to assist college students who are involved in community engagement activities. Modules include collaboration with community partners, issues related to culture, identity and power, and integrating meaningful reflection into engagement.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/2013-seed-fund-awards/

Start date:

2013-01-01

End date:

2014-12-31

Status:

Completed

Address:

867 Redmont Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Anna-Margaret Yarbrough

Title:

Graduate Assistant

Department:

Higher Education Administration

Community Partner:

Teresa Costanzo

Organization:

Tuscaloosa’s One Place

To design and install a system that will include a 1,700-gallon plastic cistern to collect rainwater from the rooftop of the University Place Elementary School gymnasium to supply water to the school’s garden.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/2013-seed-fund-awards/

Status:

Active

Address:

616 Lurleen B Wallace Boulevard South, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Michael Steinberg

Title:

Associate Professor

Department:

Geography and New College

Community Partner:

Lindsay Turner

Title:

Executive Director

Organization:

Druid City Garden Project

Detained adolescents struggle with reentry to school and the community. To train 10 educational advocates to provide mentoring and support for transitioning youth, in partnership with Tuscaloosa City Schools, Tuscaloosa’s One Place, and Tuscaloosa Youth Detention Center.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/2013-seed-fund-awards/

Start date:

2013-01-01

End date:

2014-12-31

Status:

Completed

Address:

1210 21st Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Sara McDaniel

Title:

Associate Professor

Department:

Special Education and Multiple Abilities

Community Partner:

Vicky Brown

Organization:

Tuscaloosa City Schools

This project depicts ways to better educate health professionals about the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, to increase the awareness of the vaccine, information, resources and tools, and to increase vaccination rates for 11–12 year-olds.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Status:

Active

Address:

105 US Highway 80 E Ste 225, Demopolis, AL 36732

Impact Area:

West Central Alabama

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

11-12 year olds

Age Group:

Early Childhood

University Partner:

Dr. Lori Turner

Title:

Professor

College:

Human Enviromental Science

Department:

Health Science

Phone:

205-348-1292

E-Mail:

lwturner@ches.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Maranda Burns

Title 2:

Undergraduate Student

College 2:

Human Enviromental Science

Department 2:

Health Science

Community Partner:

West Central Alabama Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)

Phone:

334-287-2821

Presentation:

Academic Meeting

Presentation URL:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/10th-annual-excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

To gather evidence to support the premise that failing septic systems in Hale County are contaminating drinking water wells.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/2013-seed-fund-awards/

Start date:

2013-08-16

End date:

2015-08-15

Status:

Completed

Address:

1120 Main St, Greensboro, AL, USA

County:

HALE

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Mark Elliott

Title:

Assistant Professor

College:

Engineering

Department:

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Phone:

205-348-5469

E-Mail:

mark.elliott@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Pam Dorr

Title:

Executive Director

Organization:

Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization

Phone:

334-624-0842

This project depicts how the clinic responds to challenges of the growing demand for diabetes and hypertension care. The role of the health care coach in providing education and enhancing motivation of the difficult-to-treat patient is stressed. For each patient, the program aims to increase health literacy, introduce healthy behaviors, and increase motivations to improve.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Status:

Active

Address:

850 Peter Bryce Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

University Partner:

Dr. Lori Turner

Title:

Professor

College:

Human Enviromental Science

Department:

Health Science

Phone:

205-348-1292

E-Mail:

lwturner@ches.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Kyle Jimerson, Malcolm Webb and Andrew Moss

Title 2:

Undergraduate Students

College 2:

Human Enviromental Science

Department 2:

Health Science

Community Partner:

University Medical Center

Organization:

UMC's Center’s Diabetes and Hypertension Clinical Health Coaching Program

Phone:

205-348-1770

Financing:

Grant

Source:

Alabama Department of Public Health

Presentation:

Academic Meeting

Presentation URL:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/10th-annual-excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

Success of health promotion and disease prevention programs relies on the collaborative efforts of partner organizations, communities, and individuals. Feedback from Belinda Craig indicates there is a need for health promotion programs. However, there is limited understanding of community members’ readiness for or attitudes toward specific health promotion interventions. The purpose of this project is to determine Pickens County’s attitudes toward health promotion campaigns and stage of readiness to prevent obesity. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time this type of research has been undertaken in the Black Belt region of Alabama. The project will contribute to the scholarship of engagement in the following ways: 1) data collection for the project will provide senior UA nursing students with a service-learning opportunity designed to gain a better understanding of the importance of community engagement for health promotion; 2) data will serve as a foundation for a longitudinal program of community-based participatory research in Pickens County; and 3) results will enable the investigators to develop tailored interventions to improve the health of the community.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Program Website:

http://communityaffairs.ua.edu/seed-fund-recipients-2014/

Start date:

2014-01-01

End date:

2015-12-31

Status:

Completed

Address:

101 Commerce Ave, Carrollton, AL, USA

County:

PICKENS

Category:

Community Development

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Community Members

University Partner:

Dr. Michele Montgomery

Title:

Associate Professor

Department:

Capstone College of Nursing

Phone:

205-348-6798

E-Mail:

mmontgomery1@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Dr. Paige Johnson

Title 2:

Assistant Professor

College 2:

Capstone College of Nursing

Phone 2:

205-348-2084

E-Mail 2:

ptjohnso@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Belinda Craig

Organization:

Pickens County Early Childhood Learning Center

Phone:

205-367-8152

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$3,520

Details:

To assess community needs related to mobile integrated healthcare intervention.

This project will provide additional support to two elementary schools and one middle school by providing human resources and expertise to address the needs of students not meeting their potential in school, including those with mild behavioral issues that hinder them from being successful both academically and socially. The goal is to identify and focus on students’ strengths and facilitate their use of these strengths to enhance their engagement with school, set and accomplish goals, and expand their beliefs about their future. This project will also create a space for college students who have a desire to connect with students through individual and small group interactions, providing a valuable resource to the schools, while giving UA students practical, hands-on experience.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

http://communityaffairs.ua.edu/seed-fund-recipients-2014/

Start date:

2014-01-01

End date:

2015-12-31

Status:

Active

Address:

2010 1st Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Adriane Sheffield

Title:

SCOPE fellow, Graduate Student

Department:

Psychology, Research Methods and Counseling

Organization:

University Place Elementary School, University Place Middle School, Westlawn Middle School, and Stillman College

Research shows Hispanics are more likely to report pain but less likely to receive appropriate pain management compared to other ethnic minorities. Hispanic patients face additional medical barriers due to language and cultural differences. The Department of Psychology, in partnership with Whatley Health Services (WHS), seeks to improve our understanding of the pain needs of Hispanic patients. WHS serves medically underserved residents with a mission of increasing the breadth of services and improving the care of chronic pain patients. In our efforts to examine cultural differences in pain management among Spanish-speaking patients, our research group has been conducting focus groups and key informative interviews to assess the pain needs and likelihood of incorporating pain management as a treatment option among this population. Our preliminary findings provide evidence to continue our collaboration with WHS and start working toward ensuring that cultural adaptations are part of the established pain management treatment of Spanish-speaking patients.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

http://communityaffairs.ua.edu/seed-fund-recipients-2014/

Start date:

2014-01-01

End date:

2015-12-31

Status:

Active

Address:

2731 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Calia A. Torres

Title:

SCOPE fellow and graduate student

Department:

Psychology

E-Mail:

catorres@crimson.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Dr. Beverly Thorn

Title 2:

Professor

Department 2:

Psychology

Phone 2:

205-348-8024

E-Mail 2:

bthorn@ua.edu

This project will conduct exploratory research that focuses on cognitive interventions for African American older diabetics. Specifically, in this preliminary study, the team is interested in developing materials for study and assessing the feasibility of cognitive intervention. This research will contribute to community engagement in that the community partners will be intricately involved with every aspect of this project including the development of materials and the training of graduate students. It will also be a learning experience for students, because they will be involved with each aspect of the project and will gain first-hand experience with many of the concepts that they learn in the classroom. Our ultimate goal is to use the results of this pilot study to apply for a R01 through NIH. The resources from a R01 will allow us to further ascertain the effectiveness of cognitive interventions in improving glycemic control among diabetics.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Start date:

2015-01-01

End date:

2016-12-31

Status:

Completed

Address:

2350 Hargrove Road East, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Category:

Community Development

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

African American older diabetics

University Partner:

Dr. Sheila R. Black

Title:

Associate Professor

College:

Arts & Sciences

Department:

Psychology

Phone:

205-348-0613

E-Mail:

sblack@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Tuscaloosa County Diabetes Coalition/Alabama Department of Public Health

Email:

tchddiabetescoalition@yahoo.com

Financing:

Grant/Other

Source:

SEED Fund

Awards:

Outstanding Faculty/Staff-Initiated Engagement Effort - http://ccbp.ua.edu/2015-ccbp-community-engagement-awards-luncheon/

In Sumter County, the group first visited the Coleman Center for the Arts and Culture, a local museum and art education center for grassroots artists. This center promotes positive social change, addresses civic needs, builds local pride and uses creativity to solve community problems. The group also visited Hill Hospital, which provides both preventative and health care, and has engaged with UA in numerous partnerships. The group also learned of the struggles of the Sumter County School system, which suffers from a tight budget for schools resulting from a low tax base. UA has teamed up with this area’s schools in several programs to help develop areas such as leadership and engineering interests. The panelists were: Jackie Clay, Director of the Coleman Center for the Arts and Culture; Tommie Armistead, County Commissioner of District 4 in Sumter County; Marcus Campbell, County Commissioner of District 2 in Sumter County; Tommie Campbell, Chairperson of the Sumter County School Board; and Loretta Wilson, Administrator of Hill Hospital.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/New-Faculty-Tours_Booklet_7.2017.pdf

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7tGmiRqzUs

Start date:

2017-05-10

End date:

2017-05-11

Status:

Completed

Address:

751 Derby Drive, York, Sumter, AL, USA

University Partner:

Samory Pruitt

Title:

Vice President

Department:

Community Affairs

Phone:

205-348-8376

E-Mail:

samory.pruitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Loretta Wilson

Title:

Administrator

Organization:

Hill Hospital

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

The College of Education (Dr. Kevin Besnoy, Department of Special Education and Multiple Abilities Program) and the Department of Biological Sciences will take a leadership role in assisting pre K-12 school systems by using data to improve student academic outcomes. The purpose of this specific research proposal is vital in developing meaningful models for improving female and minority student retention and comprehension in STEM fields. Middle school is the age range when girls and minority students begin to develop misconceptions about their lack of ability to perform well in science and math. By providing the students with an inquiry-based curriculum highlighting the fundamental concepts in biology presented by professional scientist role models in the classrooms, the students will have tangible experiences of the accessibility and excitement of STEM-based fields. Answers sought include effects of the presence or involvement in the classroom of female and minority scientist role models and/or experience doing original research; perception of their own capability of doing science; improving student understanding and retention of fundamental biological concepts by a) using a year-long integrated curriculum focused on a particular research organism (e.g. fruit flies) and b) using individual lessons used to augment specific conceptual goals?

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Start date:

2015-01-01

End date:

2016-12-31

Status:

Completed

Address:

1715 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Category:

Community Development

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Westlawn Middle School

Age Group:

K-12

University Partner:

Dr. Laura Reed

Title:

Assistant Professor

College:

Arts & Sciences

Department:

Biology

Phone:

205-348-1345

E-Mail:

lreed1@bama.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Dr. Kevin Besnoy

Title 2:

Associate Director

College 2:

College of Continuing Studies

Department 2:

ACCESS Virtual Learning, K-12 Programming

Phone 2:

205-348-2583

E-Mail 2:

kbesnoy@ccs.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Vertis Giles-Brown

Title:

Principal

Organization:

Westlawn Middle School

Phone:

205-759-3673

Email:

vbrown@tusc.k12.al.us

Community Partner 2:

Danielle Steel-Williams; Shari Jones

Title 2:

7th and 8th Grade Science Teacher; 7th Grade Science Teacher

Financing:

Grant

Source:

SEED Fund

Awards:

Seed Fund - http://ccbp.ua.edu/2015seedfunds/

The final panel discussion of the tour took place in Selma and was led by then CCBP Community Director Chris Spencer, joined by representatives from non-profit business communities. The group discussed ideas for a reimagined and inclusive Selma with a thriving arts district. The group learned about the Black Belt Community Foundation’s mission, which is the focal point for gifts and grants to have an impact on those in the region. The Foundation focuses on consolidating region-wide improvement endeavors by “taking what [they] have to make what [they] need.” Afterwards, the tour was completed by walking across Edmund Pettus Bridge in the footsteps of 600 marchers led by now U.S. Rep. John Lewis on Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965. The bridge has come to symbolize the African American community’s nonviolent struggle and bravery in the face of overwhelming odds. The panelists were: Sheryl Z. Smedley, Selma Chamber of Commerce; Martha B. Lockett, Black Belt Community Foundation Board Member; The Rev. Lawrence Crawford, Pastor of Clinton Chapel AME; Glenda Deese, President of Glenda Davis Reese Foundation; The Rev. Leodis Strong, Pastor of Brown Chapel AME Church; and Felecia Lucky, President of the Black Belt Community Foundation.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/New-Faculty-Tours_Booklet_7.2017.pdf

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7tGmiRqzUs

Start date:

2017-05-10

End date:

2017-05-11

Status:

Completed

Address:

609 Lauderdale Street, Selma, AL, USA

University Partner:

Samory Pruitt

Title:

Vice President

Department:

Division of Community Affairs

Phone:

205-348-8376

E-Mail:

samory.pruitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Felicia Lucky

Title:

President

Organization:

Black Belt Community Foundation

Phone:

334-874-1126

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

The Health Lab in Holt, Alabama is endorsed by the community partner, Holt in Action Board of Directors, to create a community-led Health Promotion Research Center in Holt, Alabama, as a model that can be replicated in other communities. The term Health Lab represents a concept (community-engaged scholarship), entity (the collaboration between university and community partners), and a physical space. The Health Lab will provide opportunities for students, faculty, and community members to work together in health promotion research, teaching, and service.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Start date:

2015-01-01

End date:

2016-12-31

Status:

Completed

Address:

212 44th Ct NE, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Category:

Community Development

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Dr. Jen Nickelson

Title:

Assistant Professor

College:

Human Environmental Sciences

Department:

Health Science

Phone:

205-348-3715

E-Mail:

jnickelson@ches.ua.edu

Community Partner 2:

Keith Reilly

Title 2:

EP Director

Organization 2:

AL Dept. of Health

Phone 2:

334-281-0311

Financing:

University/Grant

Source:

SEED Fund

Awards:

Seed Fund Award - http://ccbp.ua.edu/2015seedfunds/

In Wilcox County, the group visited the Golden Dragon Plant, a Chinese-owned manufacturer of pipes for air conditioning machinery which has benefitted the region economically and socially. The group then arrived in the Gee’s Bend community, where they met Mary Ann Pettway, manager of the quilting cooperative, who told them how the quilters began their craft out of necessity. These imaginative and expressive quilts now make up a crucial chapter of African American art, and have been exhibited in places such as the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. The panelists were: Charles Shephard, Director of Workforce Development, Director of Coastal Alabama Community College at Thomasville Campus; Vic Adkinson, Superintendent of Thomasville City Schools; Danny D’Andrea, Thomasville Business Office Manager, Alabama Power; Amy Prescot, Executive Director of Thomasville Chamber of Commerce; Alberta Dixon, District 5 City Council Member; and Martha Gramelspacher, Thomasville Public Library.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/New-Faculty-Tours_Booklet_7.2017.pdf

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7tGmiRqzUs

Start date:

2017-05-10

End date:

2017-05-11

Status:

Completed

Address:

559 West Front Street, Thomasville, AL, USA

University Partner:

Samory Pruitt

Title:

Vice President

Department:

Community Affairs

Phone:

205-348-8376

E-Mail:

samory.pruitt@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Sheldon Day

Title:

Mayor

Organization:

City of Thomasville

Phone:

334-636-5827

Email:

 sday@thomasvilleal.com

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

The goal is to identify non-point sources of organic and inorganic nutrients in agricultural watersheds under varying intensity of land use and management and evaluating their changes with seasonality and hydrology. Agricultural lands, accounting for 40% of land in the United States, are among the most important non-point pollution (pollution from diffuse sources) impairing surface water quality nationwide. However, our abilities to recognize sources and actions responsible for surface water nutrient variations are limited. This project will shed light on an agricultural watershed in Alabama, where non-point source nutrient pollution has been a concern but remains poorly understood.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Secondary Focus Area:

Education

Start date:

2016-01-01

End date:

2017-12-31

Status:

Active

Address:

13150 U.S. 43, Russellville, AL, USA

County:

FRANKLIN

Impact Area:

Alabama

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Yuehan Lu

Title:

Assistant Professor

College:

Arts & Sciences

Department:

Geological Sciences

Phone:

205-348-1882

E-Mail:

yuehan.lu@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Matthew Copeland

Title:

District Conservationist

Organization:

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Phone:

256-248-5051

Email:

matthew.copeland@al.usda.gov

Community Partner 2:

Russellville Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$5,000

Details:

SEED Fund

Source:

UA

Awards:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/10th-annual-excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

 The purpose of “Establishing AlabamaGeoKids Initiative" is to develop a curriculum for teaching Earth Science in K-12 education. The curriculum will specifically target schools of minorities and underrepresented student groups in the Tuscaloosa area. The ultimate goal is to establish several partnerships between the Department of Geological Sciences and K-12 institutions. For this partnership, we selected Arcadia Elementary. We propose to create a program that will establish a tradition of teaching Geological Sciences through creating a well-defined syllabus that combines classical fundamentals of Earth processes and new theories in evolution and climate change. This approach is aligned with the new proposition of the Alabama Department of Education that requires students to learn about evolution and climate change.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Start date:

2016-01-01

End date:

2017-12-31

Status:

Active

Address:

3740 Arcadia Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Category:

Community Development

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Arcadia Elementary School

Age Group:

K-12

University Partner:

Dr. Natasha Dimova

Title:

Assistant Professor

Department:

Geological Sciences

Phone:

205-348-0256

E-Mail:

ntdimova@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Arcadia Elementary School

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$4,993.19

Source:

SEED Fund

Awards:

SEED Fund - http://ccbp.ua.edu/10th-annual-excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

To conduct a nutrition education and physical activity intervention aimed at reducing cardiovascular disease risk in rural, older African American adults, using a community-based participatory research approach.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Status:

Active

Address:

1748 Washington St, Marion, AL, USA

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Angelia Paschal

Title:

Assistant Professor

Department:

Department of Health Science

Phone:

205-348-5708

E-Mail:

apaschal@ches.ua.edu

The Parent Teacher Leadership Academy (PTLA) utilizes research-based practices to provide professional development to parents and teachers who use their knowledge to support students' achievement through strong school, family, and community partnerships. This leadership program provides selected parents and teachers with opportunities to develop their knowledge and abilities as leaders within their school communities.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://ptla.ua.edu/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YHATqIXbM0

Start date:

2008-09-01

Status:

Active

Address:

1118 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Parents and Teachers

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Holly Morgan

Title:

Director of Community Education

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9854

E-Mail:

hgmorgan@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Liza Wilson

Title 2:

Faculty

College 2:

College of Education

Department 2:

Education Dean's Office

Phone 2:

205-348-6051

E-Mail 2:

ewilson@bama.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Cheryl Fondren

Title:

Federal Porgrams Coordinator

Organization:

Tuscaloosa County School System

Phone:

205-759-3638

Email:

ckfondren@tcss.net

Community Partner 2:

Blake Berryhill

Title 2:

Faculty

Organization 2:

College of Human Environmental Sciences

Phone 2:

205-348-4044

Email 2:

bberryhill@ches.ua.edu

Financing:

University/Other

Source:

UA & School System

Publication:

Academic Publication

Publication URL:

http://nnps.jhucsos.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PPP-2017-Book-with-Cover.pdf

This project expands on work currently being done by Dr. Alameda-Lawson at Holt Elementary School, where she is implementing and evaluating the Collective Parent Engagement (CPE) Program. The aim is to promote stronger parent involvement at Davis-Emerson Middle School (DEMS). The CPE approach is unique in that it proceeds beyond conventional “parent involvement” strategies that aim to recruit individual parents to become involved in service to the school. The CPE works to recruit, train and organize groups of parents to design and run programs that can support the economic, social, health and educational needs of parents — not only at school, but also in the neighborhood community. Additionally, students at DEMS will be invited to participate in a service-learning project, thus promoting their engagement with their community and school.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Start date:

2017-10-02

End date:

2018-08-10

Status:

Active

Address:

1535 Prude Mill Rd, Cottondale, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

City:

Crescent East Community Center, Holt, AL

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Dr. Tania Alameda-Lawson

Title:

Assistant Professor

College:

School of Social Work

Phone:

205-348-4396

E-Mail:

talamedalawson@sw.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Dr. Laura Hopson

Title 2:

Assistant Professor

College 2:

School of Social Work

Phone 2:

205-348-5270

E-Mail 2:

lmhopson@sw.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Davis-Emerson Middle School

Phone:

205-342-2750

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$5,000

Details:

SEED Fund

Source:

UA

Awards:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/council-on-community-based-partnerships-at-the-university-of-alabama-to-host-11th-annual-excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

The Parent Teacher Leadership Academy (PTLA) utilizes research-based practices to provide professional development to parents and teachers who use their knowledge to support students' achievement through strong school, family, and community partnerships. This leadership program provides selected parents and teachers with opportunities to develop their knowledge and abilities as leaders within their school communities.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://ptla.ua.edu/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YHATqIXbM0

Start date:

2008-09-01

Status:

Active

Address:

1509 Kent Dairy Road, Alabaster, AL, USA

County:

SHELBY

City:

Alabaster

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Parents

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Holly Morgan

Title:

Director of Community Education

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9854

E-Mail:

hgmorgan@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Liza Wilson

Title 2:

Faculty

College 2:

College of Education

Department 2:

Education Dean's Office

Phone 2:

205-348-6051

E-Mail 2:

ewilson@bama.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Ke'Andrea Jones

Title:

Coordinator of Federal Programs

Organization:

Alabaster City School System

Phone:

205-663-8472

Email:

ke.jones@acsboe.org

Community Partner 2:

Blake Berryhill

Title 2:

Faculty

Organization 2:

College of Human Environmental Sciences

Phone 2:

205-348-4044

Email 2:

bberryhill@ches.ua.edu

Financing:

University/Other

Funding:

TBA

Source:

UA & School System

Publication:

Academic Publication

Publication URL:

http://nnps.jhucsos.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PPP-2017-Book-with-Cover.pdf

The Parent Teacher Leadership Academy (PTLA) utilizes research-based practices to provide professional development to parents and teachers who use their knowledge to support students' achievement through strong school, family, and community partnerships. This leadership program provides selected parents and teachers with opportunities to develop their knowledge and abilities as leaders within their school communities.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://ptla.ua.edu/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YHATqIXbM0

Start date:

2008-09-01

Status:

Active

Address:

150 Butler Cir SW, Vernon, AL, USA

County:

LAMAR

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Parents and Teachers

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Holly Morgan

Title:

Director of Community Education

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9854

E-Mail:

hgmorgan@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Liza Wilson

Title 2:

Faculty

College 2:

College of Education

Department 2:

Education Dean's Office

Phone 2:

205-348-6051

E-Mail 2:

ewilson@bama.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Scott Walker

Title:

Director of Federal Programs

Organization:

Lamar County Board of Education

Phone:

205-695-7615

Email:

swalker@lamar.k12.al.us

Community Partner 2:

Blake Berryhill

Title 2:

Faculty

Organization 2:

College of Human Environmental Sciences

Phone 2:

205-348-4044

Email 2:

bberryhill@ches.ua.edu

Financing:

Other

Funding:

TBA

Source:

UA & School System

Publication:

Academic Publication

Publication Cite:

TBA

Publication URL:

http://nnps.jhucsos.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PPP-2017-Book-with-Cover.pdf

Working with UA students to produce functional art, sharing their woodworking skills with community partners and local schools in the Druid City Garden Project.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Start date:

2018-01-01

End date:

2018-04-30

Status:

Completed

Address:

1968 Buhl School Rd, Buhl, AL 35446, USA

Impact Area:

Buhl, AL

Category:

Community Development

University Partner:

Craig Wedderspoon

Title:

Professor

College:

Arts & Sciences

Department:

Art

Phone:

205-348-1898

E-Mail:

craig.wedderspoon@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Schoolyard Roots (Formerly Druid City Gardens Project)

Phone:

205-523-5450

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$5,000

Details:

SEED Fund

Source:

UA

Awards:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/council-on-community-based-partnerships-at-the-university-of-alabama-to-host-11th-annual-excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

The Parent Teacher Leadership Academy (PTLA) utilizes research-based practices to provide professional development to parents and teachers who use their knowledge to support students' achievement through strong school, family, and community partnerships. This leadership program provides selected parents and teachers with opportunities to develop their knowledge and abilities as leaders within their school communities.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://ptla.ua.edu/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YHATqIXbM0

Start date:

2008-09-01

Status:

Active

Address:

716 Country Club Rd, Livingston, AL, USA

County:

SUMTER

City:

Livingston

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Parents and Teachers

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Holly Morgan

Title:

Director of Community Education

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9854

E-Mail:

205-348-9854

University Partner 2:

Liza Wilson

Title 2:

Faculty

College 2:

College of Education

Department 2:

Education Dean's Office

Phone 2:

205-348-6051

E-Mail 2:

ewilson@bama.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Grace Hall-King

Title:

Curriculum Director

Organization:

Sumter County Board of Education

Phone:

205-652-2271 ext1210

Email:

ghking@sumter.k12.al.us

Community Partner 2:

Blake Berryhill

Title 2:

Faculty

Organization 2:

College of Human Environmental Sciences

Phone 2:

205-348-4044

Email 2:

bberryhill@ches.ua.edu

Financing:

University/Other

Funding:

TBA

Source:

UA & School System

Publication:

Academic Publication

Publication URL:

http://nnps.jhucsos.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PPP-2017-Book-with-Cover.pdf

The Parent Teacher Leadership Academy (PTLA) utilizes research-based practices to provide professional development to parents and teachers who use their knowledge to support students' achievement through strong school, family, and community partnerships. This leadership program provides selected parents and teachers with opportunities to develop their knowledge and abilities as leaders within their school communities.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://ptla.ua.edu/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YHATqIXbM0

Start date:

2008-09-01

Status:

Active

Address:

103 1st Avenue Northwest, Fayette, AL, USA

County:

FAYETTE

City:

Fayette

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Parents and Teachers

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Holly Morgan

Title:

Director of Community Education

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9854

E-Mail:

hgmorgan@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Liza Wilson

Title 2:

Faculty

College 2:

College of Education

Department 2:

Education Dean's Office

Phone 2:

205-348-6051

E-Mail 2:

ewilson@bama.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Vic Herren

Title:

Director of Federal Programs

Organization:

Department of Education

Phone:

205-932-4611

Email:

vherren@fayette.k12.al.us

Community Partner 2:

Blake Berryhill

Title 2:

Faculty

Organization 2:

College of Human Environmental Sciences

Phone 2:

205-348-4044

Email 2:

bberryhill@ches.ua.edu

Financing:

University/Other

Source:

UA & School System

Publication:

Academic Publication

Publication URL:

http://nnps.jhucsos.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PPP-2017-Book-with-Cover.pdf

The Parent Teacher Leadership Academy (PTLA) utilizes research-based practices to provide professional development to parents and teachers who use their knowledge to support students' achievement through strong school, family, and community partnerships. This leadership program provides selected parents and teachers with opportunities to develop their knowledge and abilities as leaders within their school communities. Through PTLA, the Hispanic Parent Leadership Academy (HPLA) provides sessions in Spanish to native Hispanic speaking parents with the assistants of facilitators.  

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://ptla.ua.edu/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YHATqIXbM0

Start date:

2008-09-01

Status:

Active

Address:

1210 21st Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

City:

Tuscaloosa

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Parents and Teachers

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Holly Morgan

Title:

Director of Community Education

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9854

E-Mail:

hgmorgan@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Liza Wilson

Title 2:

Faculty

College 2:

College of Education

Department 2:

Education Dean's Office

Phone 2:

205-348-6051

E-Mail 2:

ewilson@bama.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Sandra Aldridge

Title:

Director of Federal Programs

Organization:

Tuscaloosay City School System

Phone:

205-759-3537

Email:

saldridge@tusc.k12.al.us

Community Partner 2:

Blake Berryhill

Title 2:

Faculty

Organization 2:

College of Human Environmental Sciences

Phone 2:

205-348-4044

Email 2:

bberryhill@ches.ua.edu

Financing:

University/Other

Funding:

TBA

The Parent Teacher Leadership Academy (PTLA) utilizes research-based practices to provide professional development to parents and teachers who use their knowledge to support students' achievement through strong school, family, and community partnerships. This leadership program provides selected parents and teachers with opportunities to develop their knowledge and abilities as leaders within their school communities. Through PTLA, the Hispanic Parent Leadership Academy (HPLA) provides sessions in Spanish to native Hispanic speaking parents with the assistants of facilitators.  

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://ptla.ua.edu/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YHATqIXbM0

Start date:

2014-09-01

Status:

Active

Address:

1118 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

County:

TUSCALOOSA

City:

Tuscaloosa

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Parents and Teachers

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Holly Morgan

Title:

Director of Community Education

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9854

E-Mail:

hgmorgan@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Liza Wilson

Title 2:

Faculty

College 2:

College of Education

Department 2:

Education Dean's Office

Phone 2:

205-348-6051

E-Mail 2:

ewilson@bama.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Cheryl Fondren

Title:

Federal Porgrams Coordinator

Organization:

Tuscaloosa County School System

Phone:

205-759-3638

Email:

ckfondren@tcss.net

Community Partner 2:

Blake Berryhill

Title 2:

Faculty

Organization 2:

College of Human Environmental Sciences

Phone 2:

205-348-4044

Email 2:

bberryhill@ches.ua.edu

Financing:

University/Other

Funding:

TBA

Source:

UA & School System

Publication:

Academic Publication

Publication URL:

http://nnps.jhucsos.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PPP-2017-Book-with-Cover.pdf

The West-Side Scholars Academy is an academically challenging enrichment program designed to engage young scholars and their families in developing their intellectual and social capacities, while exploring and contributing to the assets of children from Tuscaloosa’s West Side. The Academy is a program of the non-profit Citizens Impacting Community Association. Housed at Plum Grove Baptist Church, the Academy will meet on specific Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon throughout the academic year, culminating in an international summer travel experience.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://citizensimpacting.org/w-s-s-a/

Status:

Active

Address:

2822 Fosters Ferry Road, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Students in grades 5-8

University Partner:

Adriane Sheffield

College:

Education

Department:

Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling

E-Mail:

ansheffield1@crimson.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Citizens Impacting Community Association

Phone:

205-752-2762

Email:

info@citizensimpacting.org

Awards:

Outstanding Faculty/Staff-Initiated Engagement Effort - http://ccbp.ua.edu/2015-ccbp-community-engagement-awards-luncheon/

The Parent Teacher Leadership Academy (PTLA) utilizes research-based practices to provide professional development to parents and teachers who use their knowledge to support students' achievement through strong school, family, and community partnerships. This leadership program provides selected parents and teachers with opportunities to develop their knowledge and abilities as leaders within their school communities. Through PTLA, the Hispanic Parent Leadership Academy (HPLA) provides sessions in Spanish to native Hispanic speaking parents with the assistants of facilitators.  

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://ptla.ua.edu/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YHATqIXbM0

Start date:

2016-09-01

Status:

Active

Address:

1509 Kent Dairy Road, Alabaster, AL, USA

County:

SHELBY

City:

Alabaster

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Parents and Teachers

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Holly Morgan

Title:

Director of Community Education

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9854

E-Mail:

hgmorgan@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Liza Wilson

Title 2:

Faculty

College 2:

College of Education

Department 2:

Education Dean's Office

Phone 2:

205-348-6051

E-Mail 2:

ewilson@bama.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Ke'Andrea Jones

Title:

Coordinator of Federal Programs

Organization:

Alabaster City School System

Phone:

205-663-8472

Email:

ke.jones@acsboe.org

Community Partner 2:

Blake Berryhill

Title 2:

Faculty

Organization 2:

College of Human Environmental Sciences

Phone 2:

205-348-4044

Email 2:

bberryhill@ches.ua.edu

Financing:

University/Other

Funding:

TBA

Source:

UA & School System

Publication:

Academic Publication

Publication Cite:

TBA

Publication URL:

http://nnps.jhucsos.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PPP-2017-Book-with-Cover.pdf

The Power PATH intervention program tests short- and long-term effects of an integrated dual-generation program in collaboration with the PATHS curriculum, Coping Power parent intervention, and Head Start programs in Alabama, providing intervention services for both parents and children in Head Start preschools to improve parents’ ability to provide safe and supportive home environments and to prepare children for the transition to elementary school. Social, cognitive, and physiological measures will assess its success, with opportunities to apply this program nationally.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02176590

Start date:

2014-08-01

End date:

2018-09-01

Status:

Active

Address:

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA

County:

BIBB/CHOCTAW/FAYETTE
GREENE/HALE/JEFFERSON
LAMAR/PICKENS/SUMTER
TUSCALOOSA

Impact Area:

West-Central Alabama

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Both parents and children in Head Start programs in Alabama

Number Served:

540

University Partner:

Dr. Ansley T. Gilpin

Title:

Assistant Professor

College:

Arts & Sciences

Department:

Developmental Science

Phone:

205-348-2956

E-Mail:

agilpin@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Dr. Caroline L. Boxmeyer; Dr. Jason A. DeCaro; Dr. John L. Lochman

Title 2:

Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs; Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor; Professor and Saxon Chair of Clinical Psychology

College 2:

Community Health Sciences; Arts & Sciences; Arts & Sciences

Department 2:

Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine; Anthropology; Psychology

Phone 2:

205-348-1325; 205-348-9061; 205-348-7678

E-Mail 2:

boxmeyer@cchs.ua.edu ; jason.a.decaro@ua.edu ; jlochman@gp.as.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Community Service Programs of West Alabama, Inc. (CSP)

Phone:

205-752-5429

Community Partner 2:

The Community Action Agency for Jefferson County, AL; Pickens County Community Action Committee and Community Development Corporation, Inc.

Phone 2:

205-327-7500; 205-367-8166

Financing:

Other

Awards:

Outstanding Faculty/Staff-Initiated Engagement Effort - http://ccbp.ua.edu/2015-ccbp-community-engagement-awards-luncheon/

This project, titled “Determine Non-Point Sources of Organic and Nutrient Pollutants in Agricultural Watersheds in Rural Alabama,” will identify non-point pollution sources of organic matter and nutrients, such as agricultural runoff, in the Bear Creek Watersheds (BCW) in northern Alabama, home to 104 known fish species. Because the BCW supports extensive agricultural activities that are rapidly altering the chemical characteristics of soils and water, which degrades water quality, it has been identified as a Strategic Habitat Unit of concern by the Geological Survey of Alabama. In partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture, this research will identify potential hazards and ways to enhance water quality by monitoring the concentration of species, pathogens and microbial products. By identifying the source, environmental agencies and stakeholders will be able to work with farmers to reduce and clean up nutrient and organic pollution in a more efficient and economical manner.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Status:

Active

Address:

3831 Palisades Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

University Partner:

Yuehan Lu

Title:

Associate Professor

College:

Arts & Sciences

Department:

Geological Sciences

Phone:

205-348-1882

E-Mail:

yuehan.lu@ua.edu 

Community Partner:

United States Department of Agriculture

Phone:

205-553-1733

Email:

oc.news@usda.gov

Financing:

Other

Funding:

$2,000

Details:

The stipend is to help the scholars continue their work.

Source:

UA

Awards:

 Outstanding Engagement Effort - http://ccbp.ua.edu/category/excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

The EDGE is a joint venture among the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama, the City of Tuscaloosa, and The University of Alabama. Partners share a goal of linking the region's entrepreneurs with the assets to increase revenue and employment, helping startup businesses in the Tuscaloosa area by aiding emerging business with the development of management, financial, and the technical skills in a maturing environment so that they can thrive in the local business community. The EDGE helps businesses and potential startups, providing an incubation program to help with affordable office space and shared resources. Members also have access to one-on-one counseling from business professionals and subject matter experts in every stage of development. Counseling can cover everything from complying with different policies, procedures, and regulations, to guidance on day-to-day operations. The EDGE moved into its building on the corner of 8th Street and 22nd Avenue in September 2012. A technology grant given to the city of Tuscaloosa will result in a new $9.3 million facility on the site of the former U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Center on 10th Avenue.

Primary Focus Area:

Economic Development

Program Website:

http://www.tuscaloosachamber.com/doing-business/business-development/theedge

Status:

Active

Address:

800 22nd Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Startup businesses in the Tuscaloosa area

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Dr. J. Michael Hardin

Title:

Dean

College:

Commerce and Business Administration

Phone:

205-348-8901

E-Mail:

mhardin@cba.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Walt Maddox; Jim Page; Donny Jones

Title:

Mayor of Tuscalooa; President and CEO; Chief Operating Officer

Organization:

N/A; Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama; Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama

Phone:

205-248-5001; 205-758-7588; 205-391-0552

Email:

mayor@tuscaloosa.com ; jim@tuscaloosachamber.com; donny@tuscaloosachamber.com

Awards:

Outstanding Faculty/Staff-Initiated Engagement Effort - http://ccbp.ua.edu/2015-ccbp-community-engagement-awards-luncheon/

LIFT provides free resources and job skills training to underrepresented individuals in the greater Tuscaloosa area to a diverse group of people in terms of age, background, and both career and personal goals. The team utilizes C&BA students to build relationships with individuals in the community, and to foster professional and personal development. With the efforts of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy faculty and students, and the support of Dean Hardin, LIFT has grown into the premier service-learning opportunity within Culverhouse. The class provides service-based learning for our students while uniting them with the community. LIFT locations include McDonald Hughes Community Center, Oasis Baptist Church, VA Medical Center, and Holt High School. Classes cover career and job skills by teaching high school computer and financial skills, teen financial literacy, entrepreneurship, veteran computer literacy, and much more.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

https://culverhouse.ua.edu/lift

Status:

Active

Address:

361 Stadium Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Impact Area:

Tuscaloosa and West Alabama communities

Age Group:

All Ages

University Partner:

Lisa H. McKinney

Title:

CPA

College:

Commerce and Business Administration

Department:

Accounting

Phone:

205-348-6679

E-Mail:

lmckinne@cba.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

David Hose

Title 2:

Graduate Student

College 2:

Commerce and Business Administration

Department 2:

Accounting

In 2008, Paul R. Jones donated a portion of his collection of African American art to the University of Alabama. With over 1700 pieces, the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art is one of the largest collections of African American art in the world. Jones was known as a passionate collector who sought to collect from both well-known and lesser-known artists, a quality which makes his collection distinct. The Paul R. Jones Collection is designed to share the works of American artists and their significance with the people of Alabama and beyond and to be used to educate students on the importance of art in life. Works from the collection are on exhibit year-round at the Paul R. Jones Gallery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and are exhibited in galleries on the University of Alabama campus and at other educational institutions and venues. The collection is incorporated into curricula at the University of Alabama, providing students with opportunities to learn and experience the significance of art first-hand.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Status:

Active

Address:

2308 6th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Age Group:

All Ages

University Partner:

Robert F. Olin

Title:

Dean and Professor

College:

Arts & Sciences

Phone:

205-348-7007

E-Mail:

olin@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Don Hayes; Lucy Curzon

Title 2:

Executive Assistant to the Dean for External Affairs; Associate Professor

College 2:

Arts & Sciences; Arts & Sciences

Department 2:

N/A; Art and Art History

Phone 2:

N/A; 205-348-6458

E-Mail 2:

N/A; lcurzon@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Donna Northington

Title:

Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning

Organization:

Turner Broadcasting System

Community Partner 2:

Katie McAllister; Emily Bibb

Title 2:

Director; Collections Manager

Organization 2:

Paul R. Jones Gallery; Paul R. Jones Gallery

Phone 2:

205-345-3038; 205-348-1950

Email 2:

mcall007@as.ua.edu; ecbibb@ua.edu

Awards:

Outstanding Community Partner-Initiated Effort - http://ccbp.ua.edu/2015-ccbp-community-engagement-awards-luncheon/

Almost all of the 6th grade students on the staff of The Falcons’ Nest were originally part of the Oakdale Elementary School publication, The Oakdale Eagle. Now at their new school, the students completed their first 4-page edition in March 2016 and are currently working on stories and photos for their second issue to be published in May 2016.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Status:

Completed

Address:

1715 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA

University Partner:

Dr. George L. Daniels

Title:

Associate Professor and Assistant Dean

College:

Communication and Information Sciences

Department:

Journalism & Creative Media

Phone:

205-348-8618

E-Mail:

gdaniels@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Trent G. McDaniel

Title 2:

Undergraduate Student

College 2:

Communication and Information Sciences

Department 2:

Journalism & Creative Medi

Community Partner:

Westlawn Middle School

Phone:

205-759-3673

Presentation:

Academic Meeting

Presentation URL:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/10th-annual-excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

Through the use of technology, the Literacy Center provides mentors to youth participants. The project uses technology to enable participants to gain access to adult role models not accessible due to distance. The program also enables students to engage with a community outside the University while providing real-time reading assistance.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Status:

Active

Address:

1202 Main Street, Greensboro, AL 36744, United States

University Partner:

Dr. Carol Donovan

Title:

Professor and Director of Belser-Parton Literacy Center

College:

Education

Department:

Literacy Education

Phone:

205-348-2874

E-Mail:

cdonovan@bamaed.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Dr. James Hardin; Dr. Karen Spector 

Title 2:

Clinical Instructor; Associate Professor

College 2:

Education; Education

Department 2:

Technology Applications & Assessment Systems; Curriculum and Instruction

Phone 2:

205-348-5168; 205-348-5618

E-Mail 2:

jhardin@ua.edu; kspector@bamaed.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Horseshoe Farms

Phone:

205-710-6372

Email:

fellows@projecthsf.org

Presentation:

Academic Meeting

Presentation URL:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/CCBPAwards_program2016.pdf

This project focuses on Bamboo Reach & Teach, a participatory strategy designed to educate and connect people in Alabama with bamboo and how it could be an agricultural catalyst in the Black Belt region of the state. This monthly event, held at the Northport Farmers’ Market and attended by a cross-section of the community, provided a unique opportunity to participate with the public in meaningful dialog about bamboo. This project explores the process of developing this strategy, its implementation, and results.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Status:

Active

Address:

3255 5th St, Northport, Alabama 35476, USA

University Partner:

Dr. Marcy L. Koontz 

Title:

Associate Professor

College:

Human Enviromental Sciences

Department:

Clothing, Textiles and Interior Design

Phone:

205-348-8137

E-Mail:

marcy.koontz@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Black Belt Bamboost

Email:

blackbeltbamboost@gmail.com

Financing:

Grant

Presentation:

Academic Meeting

Presentation URL:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/10th-annual-excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

This project is a combination of research and community outreach focusing on the conservation and sustainable management of the water resources of Southern Belize, in conjunction with TIDE. The project will be a case study adopting a mixed-methods approach to analyze water quality, land use, and human impacts in the Port Honduras Marine Reserve and surrounding watershed, with a goal of facilitating a greater understanding of the area’s water resources and demonstrating the importance of water quality for sustaining healthy ecosystems and communities. Water quality data collected by TIDE from both terrestrial and marine waterways with the local community to encourage residents to become better environmental stewards in order to protect and preserve the area’s natural resources for the future.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Secondary Focus Area:

Health

Status:

Active

Address:

Punta Gorda, Belize

Impact Area:

Southern Belize

University Partner:

Dr. Michael K. Steinberg

Title:

Associate Professor

College:

Arts & Sciences

Department:

New College & Geography

Phone:

205-348-0349

E-Mail:

mksteinberg@as.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Brenna Sweetman

Title 2:

Graduate Student

College 2:

Arts & Sciences

Department 2:

Geography

E-Mail 2:

bsweetman@crimson.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE)

Phone:

501-722-2274

This project is based on a collaborative approach to improving the lives of youth who have been placed at-risk within and outside of a Title I elementary school’s after-school program. The targeted children include those at risk for academic difficulty, behavioral difficulty, and/or truancy and attendance problems. The program, called TOPS, works to develop well-rounded and personally and social responsible children through academic enrichment, sport-based youth development, and parental engagement.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Start date:

2018-01-01

End date:

2019-05-31

Status:

Active

Address:

1001 Crescent Ridge Road Northeast, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Impact Area:

Holt, AL

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Children at risk

University Partner:

Dr. Kevin Andrew Richards

Title:

Assistant Professor

College:

Education

Department:

Kinesiology

Phone:

413-358--3298

E-Mail:

karichards2@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Victoria Shiver

Title 2:

Graduate Student

College 2:

Education

Department 2:

Kinesiology

Community Partner:

Holt Elementary School

Phone:

205-342-2650

Community Partner 2:

Tuscaloosa's One Place

Phone 2:

205-462-1000

When it comes to helping support young men of color, the town of Greensboro, Alabama and the city of Greensboro, North Carolina have something in common. The primary goal of My Brother’s Keeper Initiatives in both communities is to emphasize the power of university student civic engagement in partnering with local organizations to provide mentoring and other support to African American, Hispanic, and Native American middle- and high-school boys.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Status:

Active

Address:

515 Green St, Greensboro, AL, USA

County:

HALE

Impact Area:

Greensboro, AL & Greensboro, NC

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

African American, Hispanic, and Native American young men in middle and high school

Age Group:

Young Adult

University Partner:

Dr. George Daniels

Title:

Associate Professor & Assistant Dean of Administration

College:

Communication and Information Sciences

Department:

Journalism & Creative Media

Phone:

205-348-2780

E-Mail:

gdaniels@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Douglas Craddock, Jr.

Title 2:

Post-Doc / Visiting Scientist

College 2:

Education

Department 2:

Education Evaluation Office

Phone 2:

205-348-3158

E-Mail 2:

cradd002@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Ed Martin

Title:

Old North State Council

Organization:

Boy Scouts of America, Inc.

Community Partner 2:

John McPhail

Title 2:

Old North State Council

Organization 2:

Boy Scouts of America, Inc.

Project focuses on how Maude Whatley Health Center, which has facilities in Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Montgomery, carries out its main purpose: offering prevention measures for a wide variety of health conditions such as diabetes, cardiac problems, diets, and cancer prevention. They also provide take-home texts that patients study and are tested upon. A prevention plan is developed for each patient, with an emphasis on one-to-one communication.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Secondary Focus Area:

Social Services

Status:

Active

Address:

Impact Area:

Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Montgomery

University Partner:

Dr. Jen Nickelson

Title:

Associate Professor

College:

Community Health Sciences

Department:

Health Science

Phone:

205-348-3715

E-Mail:

jnickelson@ches.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Norman Prince

Title 2:

Undergraduate Student

College 2:

Community Health Sciences

Department 2:

Health Science

Community Partner:

Maude Whatley Health Center

Phone:

205-758-6647

The Behavioral Pain Management Team in UA’s Department of Psychology and Whatley Health Services have been working together for three years to deliver pain treatment in rural Alabama through a literacy-adapted psychosocial treatment for chronic pain called Learning About My Pain (LAMP). Through LAMP, patients learn a number of pain-management skills to improve their psychosocial functioning and obtain a better quality of life. Psychosocial treatments, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and pain education, have been found to be effective for pain. Despite growing evidence, minimal efforts have been made to make these treatments accessible to patients with low socioeconomic status, who often have low health literacy and face unique stressors that might interfere with their ability to meet the cognitive demands associated with these treatments.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Status:

Active

Address:

2731 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA

Impact Area:

Rural Alabama

University Partner:

Dr. Joshua Eyer

Title:

Assistant Professor

College:

Nursing

Phone:

205-348-6443

E-Mail:

jceyer@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Dr. Beverly E. Thorn; Calia A. Torres

Title 2:

Professor Emeritus; Graduate Student

College 2:

Arts & Sciences

Department 2:

Psychology

Phone 2:

204-348-5024; NA

E-Mail 2:

bthorn@ua.edu; catorres@crimson.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Whatley Health Services

Phone:

205-758-6647

Email:

info@whatleyhealth.org

This project partners UA’s Multiple Abilities Program, a teacher preparation program to provide opportunities for UA students to learn teaching within a context of community engagement including family literacy supports. Pre-service teachers will have experiences at all three sites, representing different demographics, in order to learn about the ways in which communities come together to support their youngest learners when welcomed and valued. UA students will learn to teach as they provide lessons at the individual, small group and class level, as well as at family events.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Status:

Active

Address:

Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Impact Area:

Tuscaloosa City, Tuscaloosa County, and Pickens County

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

K-12 students

Age Group:

K-12

University Partner:

Dr. Carol A. Donovan

Title:

Professor

College:

Education

Department:

Special Education and Multiple Abilities

Phone:

205-348-2874

E-Mail:

cdonovan@bamaed.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Kelsey Ann Dyer

Title 2:

Graduate Student

College 2:

Education

Department 2:

Special Education and Multiple Abilities

E-Mail 2:

kadyer@crimson.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Holt Elementary School Pre-K, K, & 1st grade support, Tuscaloosa County Schools; Northington Elementary School Family Literacy; Pickens County Schools Pre-K Program; Pickens County Head Start Program

Financing:

University

Source:

UA

This project was developed in partnership with West Alabama AIDS Outreach and the Maude Whatley Health Services HIV Clinic to develop and pilot test a group intervention, using telemedicine and peer leaders, to address mental health issues and substance use in people living with HIV/AIDS in West Alabama, including Tuscaloosa and rural counties. Its purpose is to develop and evaluate a multilevel program, using telemedicine and peer support to improve mental health, substance abuse and HIV treatment adherence and outcomes. Phase I included the formation of a peer leadership development program and focus groups. Phase II, the intervention phase, is ongoing.

Primary Focus Area:

Social Services

Status:

Active

Address:

2720 6th St, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA

County:

BIBB/FAYETTE/GREENE
HALE/LAMAR/PICKENS
TUSCALOOSA

Impact Area:

West Alabama

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Residences of West Alabama

Age Group:

All Ages

University Partner:

Dr. Pamela Payne Foster

Title:

Associate Professor of Community Rural Medicine and Deputy Director of the Institute for Rural Health Research

College:

Community Health Sciences

Department:

Rural Health Institute & Community Rural Medicine

Phone:

205-348-5148

E-Mail:

ppayne-foster@cchs.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Dr. George Mugoya; Dr. Safiya George

Title 2:

Assistant Professor; Associate Professor

College 2:

Education; Nursing

Department 2:

Ed Studies Psy; Res Method; Counsel; Nursing Instruction

Phone 2:

gcmugoya@bama.ua.edu; sfgeorge@bama.ua.edu

Community Partner:

West Alabama AIDS Outreach (Five Horizons Health Services)

Phone:

205-759-8470

Community Partner 2:

Maude Whatley Health Services HIV Clinic

Phone 2:

205-758-6647

Email 2:

info@whatleyhealth.org

The Parent Teacher Leadership Academy (PTLA) utilizes research-based practices to provide professional development to parents and teachers who use their knowledge to support students' achievement through strong school, family, and community partnerships. This leadership program provides selected parents and teachers with opportunities to develop their knowledge and abilities as leaders within their school communities.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

https://ptla.ua.edu/

Program Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YHATqIXbM0

Start date:

2008-09-01

Status:

Active

Address:

1210 21st Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

City:

Tuscaloosa

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Parents and Teachers

Age Group:

Adult

University Partner:

Holly Morgan

Title:

Director of Community Education

Department:

Center for Community-Based Partnerships

Phone:

205-348-9854

E-Mail:

hgmorgan@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Liza Wilson

Title 2:

Faculty

College 2:

College of Education

Department 2:

Education Dean's Office

Phone 2:

205-348-6051

E-Mail 2:

ewilson@bama.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Sandra Aldridge

Title:

Director of Federal Programs

Organization:

Tuscaloosay City School System

Phone:

205-759-3537

Email:

saldridge@tusc.k12.al.us

Community Partner 2:

Blake Berryhill

Title 2:

Faculty

Organization 2:

College of Human Environmental Sciences

Phone 2:

205-348-4044

Email 2:

bberryhill@ches.ua.edu

Funding:

TBA

Source:

UA & School System

Publication URL:

http://nnps.jhucsos.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PPP-2017-Book-with-Cover.pdf

Rural residents without sewer access typically use septic systems to treat human waste. However, septic systems quickly fail in impermeable Black Belt clay. Many poor residents choose not to invest in systems destined to fail, instead discharging raw sewage onto the ground nearby through so-called “straight pipes.” This project pursues collaboration with local partners to map failing septic systems and straight pipes in Hale and Wilcox Counties. Geographic Information System (GIS) modeling will be utilized to estimate impacts on water quality — including infectious pathogens — and public health.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Start date:

2017-08-16

End date:

2018-05-15

Status:

Completed

Address:

1310c Main St, Greensboro, AL 36744, USA

County:

HALE/WILCOX

Impact Area:

Alabama's Black Belt

University Partner:

Dr. Mark Elliott

Title:

Assistant Professor

College:

Engineering

Department:

Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering

Phone:

205-348-5469

E-Mail:

mark.elliott@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Matthew Price

Title 2:

Doctoral Student

College 2:

Engineering

Department 2:

Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering

Community Partner:

Pam Door; Louise Lindsay; Parrish Pugh

Title:

Executive Director; Member; Area Environmental Director

Organization:

Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization; Hale County Soil and Water Conservation Board; Alabama Department of Public Health

Phone:

334-624-0842; 334-624-3265; 334-295-1000

Email:

info@herohousing.org; halecoswcd.dac@gmail.com; Parrish.Pugh@adph.state.al.us

Community Partner 2:

Kevin White; Robert Jones; Allen Tartt

Title 2:

Professor and Chair of Civil and Environmental Enginerring; Retired; Training Director

Organization 2:

University of South Alabama; Alabama Department of Public Health; Alabama Onsite Wastewater Association Training Center

Phone 2:

251-460-6174; NA; 205-652-3803

Email 2:

kwhite@southalabama.edu; NA; atartt@uwa.edu

Financing:

University

Details:

Graduate Fellowship

Source:

UA

Awards:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/council-on-community-based-partnerships-at-the-university-of-alabama-to-host-11th-annual-excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

This project partners UA’s Multiple Abilities Program, a teacher preparation program to provide opportunities for UA students to learn teaching within a context of community engagement including family literacy supports. Pre-service teachers will have experiences at all three sites, representing different demographics, in order to learn about the ways in which communities come together to support their youngest learners when welcomed and valued. UA students will learn to teach as they provide lessons at the individual, small group and class level, as well as at family events.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Status:

Active

Address:

1300 21st St E, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404, USA

County:

PICKENS/TUSCALOOSA

City:

Tuscaloosa

Age Group:

Early Childhood

University Partner:

Dr. Carol A. Donovan

Title:

Professor

College:

Education

Department:

Special Education and Multiple Abilities

Phone:

205-348-2874

E-Mail:

cdonovan@bamaed.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Kelsey Ann Dyer

Title 2:

Graduate Student

College 2:

Education

Department 2:

Special Education and Multiple Abilities

E-Mail 2:

kadyer@crimson.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Holt Elementary School Pre-K, K, & 1st grade support; Northington Elementary School Family Literacy

Organization:

Tuscaloosa County School System; Tuscaloosa City School System

Phone:

205-342-2650; 205-759-3622

Community Partner 2:

Pickens County Schools Pre-K Program; Pickens County Head Start Program

Organization 2:

Pickens County Schools; Pickens County Community Action Committee and Community Development Corporation, Inc.

Phone 2:

205-367-8166 & 205-3671283; 205-367-8152

This project bridges the gap between academy and community by applying University resources to community-identified goals for research. It speaks to different levels of historical recovery and community historiography in Alabama’s oldest historic Black town. The project will assuage issues of accessibility for rural communities by providing a digitally based resource to document the variety of projects in the Alabama in Hobson City Initiative, all of which contribute to the recovery of community history through oral history collection, photography, curating historical documents, and cemetery research and documentation.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Status:

Active

Address:

610 Martin Luther King Dr, Hobson City, AL, USA

County:

CALHOUN

Participants:

UA Students/Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Hobson City

University Partner:

Dr. Michelle Bachelor Robinson

Title:

Assistant Professor

College:

Arts & Sciences

Department:

English

Phone:

205-348-4177

E-Mail:

mrobinson@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Margaret L. Holloway

Title 2:

Doctoral Student

College 2:

Arts & Sciences

Department 2:

English

E-Mail 2:

mlholloway@crimson.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Alberta McCrory

Title:

Mayor

Organization:

Hobson City, Alabama

Phone:

256-831-4940

Email:

hobsoncityhall@bellsouth.net

Awards:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/council-on-community-based-partnerships-at-the-university-of-alabama-to-host-11th-annual-excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

Agricultural lands, accounting for 40 percent of land in the U.S., are among the most important non-point sources of nutrient pollution impairing surface water quality nationwide. However, our ability to recognize sources and actions responsible for surface water nutrient variations is extremely limited. The goal of this community-engaged project is to work with our community partners to identify “hot” watersheds exporting nutrients and pathogens to receiving streams and rivers. The team has performed bimonthly field trips to sample water and soils in agricultural watersheds under varying intensity of land use and management in the Bear Creek in northern Alabama. The group measured a series of water quality parameters including inorganic and organic nutrients, as well as fecal coliforms. Data identified those watersheds more environmentally responsible for disproportionately large (relative to the watershed size) amounts of nutrients to nearby streams.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Status:

Active

Address:

2431 Darby Drive, Florence, Alabama 35630, USA

County:

LAUDERDALE

University Partner:

Dr. Yuehan Lu; Shuo Chen; Peng Shang

Title:

Associate Professor; Doctoral Student; Doctoral Student

College:

Arts & Sciences

Department:

Geological Sciences

Phone:

205-348-1882 / NA

E-Mail:

yuehan.lu@ua.edu; schen83@crimson.ua.edu; pshang1@crimson.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Man Lu; Connor Kirkland; Zachary Stephens

Title 2:

Doctoral Student; Undergraduate Student; Undergraduate Students

College 2:

Arts & Sciences

Department 2:

Geological Sciences

E-Mail 2:

NA; chkirkland@crimson.ua.edu; NA

Community Partner:

Matthew Copeland

Title:

District Conservationist

Organization:

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Phone:

256-248-5051

Email:

matthew.copeland@al.usda.gov

Community Partner 2:

Florence Landowners

Financing:

University/Other

Source:

UA

Project SOAR, a mixed-methods study, focuses on issues faced by aging, ethnically diverse and underserved individuals facing health and mental-health disparities. Using community-based participatory research (CBPR) enables community partnerships to address persistent problems of healthcare disparities among aging and underserved populations. Project SOAR partnered with one rural community and one urban community and recruited and trained 15 community members into project advisory councils (PACs). PACs provide researchers with opinions and advice on recruitment materials, surveys and interventions on topics including diabetes, dementia, PTSD and environmental justice and health issues. They have worked with 11 independent researchers. Project SOAR is generating new research partnerships focused on community needs and is well received within the communities.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Status:

Active

Address:

Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

University Partner:

Dr. Rebecca S. Allen; Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster; Dr. JoAnn Oliver; Dr. Martha R. Crowther

Title:

Professor; Associate Professor & Deputy Director; Associate Professor; Professor & Director of Clinical Training

College:

Arts & Sciences; Community Health Sciences; Nursing; Arts & Sciences

Department:

Psychology; Community and Rural Medicine & Institute for Rural Health Research; Nursing; Psychology

Phone:

205-348-9891; 205-348-5148; 205-348-2916; 205-348-7802

E-Mail:

rsallen@ua.edu; ppayne-foster@cchs.ua.edu; joliver@ua.edu; mrcrowther@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Kaleb Murry; Keisha Carden Ivey; Deanna Dragan; Dr. Christopher Spencer

Title 2:

Doctoral Student; Doctoral Student; Doctoral Student; Director of Community Development

College 2:

Arts & Sciences

Department 2:

Psychology; Psychology; Psychology; Division of Community Affairs

E-Mail 2:

kjmurry@crimson.ua.edu; kdcarden1@crimson.ua.edu; dmdragan@crimson.ua.edu; chspencer01@ua.edu

Community Partner:

SOAR Project Advisory Council

The UA/Pickens County Partnership has created A Health Care Teaching County (HCTC), designed to sustain a struggling healthcare system by establishing strong ties for innovation between UA and Pickens County, Alabama. Modeled after the concept of a teaching hospital based in a community, the HCTC is a collaborative approach in which the county’s citizens and health professionals, along with UA faculty and students, collaborate to build an enhanced and sustainable model of healthcare delivery for the county.

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Program Website:

https://cchs.ua.edu/pickenscounty/

Start date:

2018-10-01

End date:

2019-08-31

Status:

Active

Address:

241 Robert K Wilson Drive, Carrollton, AL, USA

County:

PICKENS

Impact Area:

Carrollton, AL

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Residences of Pickens County

University Partner:

Dr. Richard Streiffer

Title:

Dean

College:

Community Health Sciences

Phone:

205-348-1288

E-Mail:

rhstreiffer@ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Courtney Rentas; August Anderson; Judson Russell; Laura Beth Brown

Title 2:

Fellow, The University of Alabama/Pickens County Partnership

College 2:

Community Health Sciences

Department 2:

Community and Rural Medicine; Community and Rural Medicine; Community and Rural Medicine; CCHS Social Work

E-Mail 2:

NA; amanderson4@crimson.ua.edu; NA; lbbrown4@ua.edu

Community Partner:

Patti Presley-Fuller

Title:

Pickens County Extension Coordinator

Organization:

Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Phone:

205-367-8148

Email:

rhstreiffer@ua.edu

Community Partner 2:

Buddy Kirk; Alan Harper

Title 2:

Former Pickens County District Judge & Advisory Board Member; Alabama House Representative

Organization 2:

Pickens County Fellowship; Pickens County Fellowship & Alabama Legislature

Email 2:

NA; salanharper@gmail.com

Financing:

Other

Awards:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/council-on-community-based-partnerships-at-the-university-of-alabama-to-host-11th-annual-excellence-in-community-engagement-awards/

This project is composed of research activities and results of environmental audits conducted by the Health Education and Promotion Research Center (HEPRC), a community organization based in Holt, Alabama, and University of Alabama students in Holt. The HEPRC is a young university/community partnership using community-based participatory research (CBPR) strategies to benefit this small, unincorporated community with a declining standing but a rich history. The HEPRC’s mission is to empower the community to meet its own health needs through screening, education and policy change. Assessing Holt’s nutrition and physical activity environments were essential to this project; with a secondary purpose of teaming up students with community members to enhance their evaluated team member opinions about the experience. The assessment showed that the availability of quality food is limited, and increasing the community’s health may mean increasing the availability of healthy food options, improving the physical activity environment and reforming the local economy. 

Primary Focus Area:

Health

Status:

Active

Address:

Holt, AL, USA

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

Residences of Holt, AL

Age Group:

All Ages

University Partner:

Dr. Jen Nickelson

Title:

Associate Professor

College:

Human Environmental Sciences

Department:

Health Science

Phone:

205-348-3715

E-Mail:

jnickelson@ches.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Dashauna Ballard

Title 2:

Doctoral Student

College 2:

Human Environmental Sciences

Department 2:

Health Science

E-Mail 2:

dmballard@crimson.ua.edu

Community Partner:

Health Education and Promotion Research Center

Community Partner 2:

Paul Dickey

Title 2:

Holt Resident

This project will prepare cohorts of African-American girls for the AP CS Principles course.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Start date:

2019-01-01

Status:

Active

Address:

AL, USA

Impact Area:

All cities/counties in Alabama

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

African-American girls

Number Served:

120

Age Group:

K-12

University Partner:

Dr. Jeff Gray

Title:

Professor

College:

Engineering

Department:

Computer Science

Phone:

205-348-2847

E-Mail:

gray@cs.ua.edu

University Partner 2:

Dr. Qazi Mohammed

Title 2:

Professor

College 2:

Arts & Sciences

Department 2:

Mathematics, Tuskegee University

Phone 2:

334-727-8139

E-Mail 2:

mqazi@tuskegee.edu

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$1,200,000

Details:

CSForAll

Source:

NSF

The TU-CS 10K Project will prepare 60 in-service teachers for ECS instruction in partnering high schools using the ECS model of teacher professional development (PD): a one-week comprehensive Summer Institute followed by face-to-face meetings during the school year, monthly virtual Google Hangouts, an online community of practice, and a follow-on Summer Institute, all of which are designed to prepare teachers for ECS course instruction, focusing both on content and instructional strategies.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Secondary Focus Area:

Social Services

Program Website:

http://bit.ly/ecs17-photos

Start date:

2016-08-01

Status:

Active

Address:

1200 W Montgomery Rd, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA

Impact Area:

All cities/counties in Alabama

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

High school teachers in Alabama

Number Served:

60 high schools

Age Group:

K-12

University Partner:

Dr. Mohammed Qazi

Title:

Professor

College:

Arts & Sciences

Department:

Mathematics, Tuskegee University

Phone:

334-727-8139

E-Mail:

mqazi@tuskegee.edu

University Partner 2:

Dr. Jeff Gray

Title 2:

Professor

College 2:

Engineering

Department 2:

Computer Science

Phone 2:

205-348-2847

E-Mail 2:

gray@cs.ua.edu

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$999,997

Details:

STEM+C

Source:

NSF

This NSF INCLUDES Design and Development Launch Pilot (named ALCSE-INCLUDES) project will develop and implement an innovative computer science (CS) education model that will provide all 8th grade students in 3 districts in Alabama's 'Black Belt' with exciting and structured hands-on activities intended to make CS learning enjoyable.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Start date:

2017-09-15

Status:

Active

Address:

1200 W Montgomery Rd, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA

County:

GREENE/JEFFERSON/MACON

City:

Eutaw/Bessemer/Tuskegee

Impact Area:

Black Belt region of Alabama

Participants:

Specific Community Partner

Partner:

8th grade students

Number Served:

3 middle schools

Age Group:

K-12

Financing:

Grant

Funding:

$300,000.00

Details:

NSF INCLUDES

Source:

NSF

In Uniontown, the UA team learned of the ongoing civil rights struggle over the Arrowhead Landfill, Alabama's largest mega-waste dump, where another setback has occurred due to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's dismissal of two complaints made by the residents. Despite this, Uniontown is also the home to Harvest Select Catfish Plant, which has become one of the nation's primary farmers, harvesters, processors, and distributors of American catfish. In 2008, it had become the first U.S. catfish processor to be Best Aquaculture Practices certified by the Global Aquaculture Alliance. Today, there are more than 250 trained employees producing over 750,000 pounds of catfish weekly. The panelists were: Emefa Butler, C.H.O.I.C.E Nonprofit; John H. Heard III, Superintendent of Perry County Schools; and Gilbert Sentell, Sentell Engineering.

Primary Focus Area:

Education

Program Website:

http://ccbp.ua.edu/new-faculty-community-engagement-tours/

Start date:

2018-05-09

End date:

2018-05-11

Status:

Completed

Address:

Uniontown, AL, USA

County:

PERRY

University Partner:

Dr. Samory Pruitt

Title:

Vice President for Community Affairs

Department:

Community Affairs

Phone:

205-348-8376

E-Mail:

205-348-8376

Community Partner:

Jamaal Hunter

Title:

School Teacher

Organization:

Robert C. Hatch High School

Financing:

University

Source:

UA