Disaster Master
On the campus of Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, college students enter a stately building of fellowship and refuge from...
Spotlight on Tallapoosa and Chambers Counties
Tallapoosa and Chambers counties in east-central Alabama have abundant natural resources, a strong emphasis on quality of life and an economy revived...
Fed Cuts Hit Home Hard
Mandatory federal budget cuts, enacted because Congress failed to approve a federal funding plan, are beginning to ripple through Alabama. ...
New Tools for Management
Today’s rapidly changing business environment requires business schools to equip graduates to be job-ready and employable. Career paths in business are becoming more...
Great Eats and Neighborhood Sizzle
Birmingham: El Barrio brightens the Second Avenue North scene Nearly every day for two years, Brian Somershield drove to work along...
Law Grads Face a Stern Market
Odds are, Grant Cofer has already heard more jokes about this than he ever wanted to. But between preparing for the bar...
Closing the Skills Gap
Even with an unemployment rate hovering at around 7.9 percent, many U.S. industry leaders say that one of their toughest challenges is...
Oil Spill Testimony Begins Flowing
The economic future of British oil giant BP hung in the balance during opening testimony in a long-anticipated federal court action over BP’s...
Rail Car Plant Runs Full Circle, Back to Rail Cars
From rail cars to real crisis to truck line and back to rail cars. It’s taken several years, but the massive plant...
Critical Thinking Command
Gen. Charles Krulak took the job of president of Birmingham-Southern College in March 2011, following a career in the Marine Corps and...
