About the Tour
The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to collaborate with the Division of Community Affairs and the Graduate School to host the third annual New Faculty Community Engagement Tours.
The New Faculty Community Engagement Tours will engage early career faculty and advanced graduate students in three day-long tours of West Alabama and the Alabama Black Belt. Travelers will have opportunities to develop innovative partnerships with community members and other campus researchers interested in community-based approaches to addressing community needs. Those who are involved in or interested in research that contributes to their discipline while making a positive impact on external stakeholders in our communities should participate.
Dates and Details
Tour buses will load at 7 a.m. and return no later than 7 p.m. each day.
Wednesday, May 8 Greene, Hale, and Tuscaloosa Counties
Thursday, May 9 Pickens, Sumter, and Perry Counties
Friday, May 10 Perry, Clark, and Dallas Counties
The deadline to register is Wednesday, May 1 but register early as space is limited!
There is no cost to participate in the 2019 New Faculty Community Engagement Tours. If you need to cancel for any reason, we request that you do so within 48 hours of your scheduled tour to avoid the assessment of a $250 fee.
DAY 1 Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Eutaw Greene County
Panel Discussion at Robert Brown Middle School
Greensboro Hale County
Safe House Museum
Panel at Salem Baptist Church
Newbern Hale County
Auburn's Rural Studios
West Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa County
The EDGE
Panel Discussion at The EDGE
DAY 2 Thursday, May 9, 2019
Aliceville Pickens County
Aliceville Museum Tour
Panel Discussion
Livingston/York Sumter County
Panel Discussion at Livingston Civic Center
Marion Perry County
Judson College
Panel Discussion
Main Street Marion and the Honors College 57 Miles Program
DAY 3 Friday, May 10, 2019
Uniontown Perry County
Panel Discussion at R.C. Hatch High School
Thomasville Clark County
Panel Discussion at Thomasville Civic Center
Selma Dallas County
Panel Discussion at Selma Interpretive Center
Walk Edmund Pettus Bridge
Archives
The New Faculty Community Engagement Tour began in May 2017.
Click the links below to view the previous route booklets.