Category: Montevallo Today

UM hosted multiple events for incoming freshmen, returning students, high school students, faculty and staff during fall semester, ranging from Move-In Day and food trucks to goat yoga and business networking during the Fall 2022 semester. These events demonstrate just how much Life is Better Together on the Bricks. See pages 14 and 15 of… Continue reading Life is Better Together on the Bricks

Raised by a grandmother with alcohol addiction in a dysfunctional home in a trailer park in the small, rural Pike County town of Brundidge, Alabama, Grainger Community Counseling and Wellness Clinic Director Dr. Latofia Parker knew from an early age that academic success was the way to rise above her circumstances. “My mom was 16 when… Continue reading Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Latofia Parker

Montevallo doesn’t have a law school, but many graduates hold juris doctorates. These Falcons who have made their mark in the legal field share their Montevallo experience. Ben Mark Baxley ’87 Wetumpka, Alabama, assistant attorney general chief of the Opinions Division Office of the Attorney General for the State of Alabama “I entered the University of Montevallo as a naïve southern boy from… Continue reading Falcons In Law: Alumni Lawyers Soar Far in the Field of Law

Two of the top law schools in Alabama have Montevallo alumni at their helm. Dr. Mark Brandon ’75 is dean of the University of Alabama School of Law. And since July 1, Blake Hudson ’02 is dean of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. Blake Hudson Hudson came to Cumberland this summer in… Continue reading Montevallo Alumni Lead Top State Law Schools

After competing online in 2020 due to the pandemic, the University of Montevallo’s Model United Nations team triumphantly returned to in-person competition and won a conference-wide Outstanding Position Paper and a Best Delegate award for the INTERPOL committee at the 2021 Southern Regional  Model United Nations  conference in Atlanta at the end of November. Dr.… Continue reading UM’s Model United Nations Team Returned to In-Person Competition and Picked Up Multiple Awards

​ Montevallo Political Science Professor Dr. Scott Turner took 20 UM students to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee   in March as part of his National Parks and Public Lands class. The class is an elective that’s a mix between political science, environmental studies and an honors course. It’s taught every other year and… Continue reading Montevallo Students Explore Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Your home: Washington, D.C. Your hometown: Fairhope, Alabama Tell us about your family. I’ve been married to my wife, Gabrielle, for 14 years. We have two small children — Peyton and Tripp. What is your profession? Commissioner at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). I am also an attorney. What made you choose this profession? After graduating law school, I… Continue reading Questions and Answers with Willie Phillips ’00

​ For a small university tucked away in a tiny town, Montevallo produces many purple and gold-clad giants. In this issue of Montevallo Today, we pay tribute to Falcons from the past quarter century who have been trailblazers in their respective fields. Nichole M. Harris ’13  Hueytown, Alabama, native Nichole M. Harris graduated from UM… Continue reading Falcons on Fire: Trailblazing Alumni Who Are Making a Big Impact