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STUDENT NEWS
The Hess Center for Leadership
and Service at Birmingham-Southern
introduced its 2013 class of Hess
Fellows, who are dedicating an
academic year to exploring advocacy
for social justice in a three-phased
training and internship program.
The 14 BSC students spent eight
weeks this summer working as full-
time staff members at leading advocacy
organizations in Birmingham,
Montgomery, San Francisco, New York
City, and Washington, D.C. Their
internship projects were as varied
Eighth annual class of Hess Fellows pairs hands-on community
engagement with advocacy
The 2013 Hess Fellows are (front row, from left): Chandler Grace Terry, Katie Green, Hope Lloyd, Joe Moultrie, Samantha Bisese, and
Liz Wallace; second row (from left): Hess Center Director Kent Andersen, Peter Raffanti, Catie Gilliland, Susan Tuberville, and Eman
Abboud; (back row, from left): Will Fagan, Jenny Lewis, Joe Stanford, and Leadership Studies Coordinator James Randolph ’10. Not
pictured are Taylor Bain, who studied abroad in Japan for a year, and Jennie Phillips, Bunting/Hess Center assistant.
as the agencies—from coordinating
lobbying events on Capitol Hill and
building a retail development plan for
downtown Birmingham to launching
statewide communication programs
on affordable housing and developing
publications to help educate
immigrant youth on ways to become
involved in the community.
In addition to the summer advocacy
internships, the Hess Fellows
participated in pre-internship seminars
in the spring. During the 2013-14
academic year, the fellows will share
their experiences with the campus
community.
Hess Fellowships are supported
by the Dixon Foundation, Joseph S.
Bruno Charitable Foundation, Ronne
and Donald Hess, the Independent
Presbyterian Church Foundation, and
several private donors.
Web connect
: Read more about the
Hess Fellows’ summer experiences
here:
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