On September 21, the newest group of Jean O’Connor Snyder Interns joined together at the American Village in Montevallo, AL for a daylong retreat. At the retreat, students presented their project goals, toured the American Village campus, and participated in a forum using the National Issues Forums (NIF) issue guide entitled “Shaping Our Future: How [...]
Students, faculty, and community members gathered on the evening of February 27, 2012 in the University of Alabama’s Biology Building for a keynote address delivered by T.R. Reid, reporter, author, and documentary filmmaker. The event, co-sponsored by the Mathews Center and New College, engaged the topic of disparities in health care. Reid’s newest book, The [...]
Last Friday, September 9, 2011, the interns for the David Mathews Center came together for a retreat in order to learn more about our positions as well as the Mathews Center itself. It was a beautiful day on the grounds of the American Village in Montevallo, Alabama. Many of the interns – myself included – [...]
This year the David Mathews Center for Civic Life, The University of Alabama, and Auburn University are teaming up with the National Conference on Citizenship to create the first Alabama Civic Health Index. The Civic Health Index is an annual report that elevates the discussion of our nation’s civic health by measuring a wide variety [...]
