Members from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Birmingham Office met with Dr. Lisa Long, Acting President of Talladega College, and members of her executive cabinet, to discuss a potential partnership through the Bureau’s Beacon Project. The Beacon Project is a national, community engagement initiative designed to significantly enhance relationships between minority-serving institutions and the FBI. The Project’s strategy is aligned to emphasize recruitment efforts at minority-servin…
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Talladega College will open its week-long Founders’ celebration with a Vaccination Homecoming Gospel Extravaganza on Sunday, October 31st at 6 PM in DeForest Chapel. The event will feature four-time GRAMMY® Award-winner and multiple Stellar and GMA Dove Award winner, Karen Clark Sheard. Sheard is a vocalist, songwriter, entrepreneur, wife, and mother. She is also a gospel music legend and a part of a musical dynasty. Her musical style with the legendary Clark Sisters and as a solo artist…
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Professor Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, award-winning poet and 1989 graduate of Talladega College, will serve as this year’s Founders’ Day Convocation speaker on Thursday, November 4th at 10 AM in DeForest Chapel. She is the youngest daughter of legendary Talladega professor, Dr. Trellie James Jeffers and the author of six books, including one novel, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, which was chosen for Oprah’s Book Club for 2021, was long-listed for the National Book Award in Fiction, and an inst…
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Talladega College will unveil its new multi-purpose field during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, November 5th at 1 PM. The ceremony will include live music from the college’s band, an intramural football game, and short remarks from City officials. “The wait is over,” said Dr. Lisa Long, Acting President of Talladega College. “Our goals are to promote continuous improvements on the institutional level, and to cultivate a dynamic and supportive student environment.” The multi-purpose fiel…
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