Since its inception in 2017, the Faculty Community Engagement Tour has helped facilitate research, external funding opportunities and quality experiential learning opportunities for our students while helping to address quality-of-life issues in Alabama as identified by our community partners.

The tour engages faculty, as well as staff and advanced graduate students with an interest in community-engaged scholarship, in three, day-long tours of West Alabama and the Alabama Black Belt region. Travelers 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.