Lifetime Giving Circles
Recognizing financial support to the Blackburn Institute through individual and corporate donations from July 1, 1996 to June 30, 2025.
Announcements
2023 Burt Jones Travel Experience Itinerary
In Fall 2023, Blackburn students visited St. Clair and Shelby counties on a 3-day Burt Jones Rural Communities Experience. Next year, the experience will return to its typical 4-day format. Please use the itinerary below as an example of the range of activities that students engage in during this trip.
2023 Protective Life Itinerary
In Spring 2023, Blackburn students visited Montgomery on a 2-day Protective Life Government Experience. Please use the itinerary below as an example of the range of activities that students engage in during this trip.
2023 Urban Travel Experience Itinerary
In Fall 2023, returning Blackburn students visited Huntsville on an overnight Urban Travel Experience. Please use the itinerary below as an example of the range of activities that students engage in during this trip.
2024 Howell Heflin Fellows Proposal Guidelines
The Senator Howell Heflin Fellows Endowed Support Fund provides $2,500 to support activities of Blackburn alumni (Fellows) that actively address the needs of Alabama communities. Priority will be given to activities that impact literacy, both youth and adult, and voter education initiatives consistent with the vision, mission, and values of the Blackburn Institute. engagement activities,…
Returning Student DCS Proposal Guidelines
Through the Daniel Community Scholars Program, the Daniel Foundation of Alabama funds Blackburn student projects to address the needs of Alabama communities. Returning students may work on their own or in groups to develop and present proposals to a panel of Advisory Board members, Fellows, and university staff members in the fall semester. Selected projects…
2019-2021 Returning Student Daniel Community Scholars Award
2019-2023 New Student Class Winning Projects
2023 Growing a Skilled Workforce Growing a Skilled Workforce will mentor high school students preparing to enter the workforce with West Alabama Works. Team photo: Saylor Cuzzort, Connor Higgins, Tiffany Hill, EJ Jones, Imani Muse, Bennett Ogle, and Lawrence Perry Leaf Our Streamside Habitats Alone Leaf Our Streamside Habitats Alone will remove the invasive taro plant with…
2015-2020 Fellows Projects
The Daniel Foundation of Alabama funded the following Fellows’ projects. Fellows projects are now funded by the Senator Howell Heflin Fellowship. 2020 Fellow Projects Shaping Our State is a multichannel campaign, anchored by three animated videos. The short films aim to educate, encourage and empower young Black women in Alabama to engage in all levels of government, from…
2022-2024 LeaderShops Events
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