The UA Faculty Senate is actively engaged in various service projects supporting and giving back to the community.
Learn more about the Faculty Senate’s joint service projects and how you can join to support these projects.
UA Faculty Senate Sponsors for SAFE Center Banquet
The UA Faculty Senate was an early and strong proponent of the need for a sexual assault forensics examination center to be established in Tuscaloosa to serve the West Alabama community. The SAFE Center was established in 2018 through joint cooperation between UA, DCH Regional Medical Center and the City of Tuscaloosa. The Center is a 24/7 sexual assault crisis center providing comprehensive medical care and support to sexual assault survivors 14 years and older. For the past 6 years, the UA Faculty Senate has been a proud sponsor of the annual banquet fund-raising event that is organized by the UA student organization Not on My Campus.
Student Care & Well Being
The Student Care and Well-Being office was established to provide assistance and case management for students in crisis and outreach to parents and families. The staff in this area coordinates a range of services to assist students with issues and concerns that may interfere with their academic success.
Student Care and Well Being Wish Lists and donation links:
- Amazon Wish List
- Walmart Wish List
- Residential Closet Wish List
- Support the Food Pantry – At this time we are not able to receive donations of items to the food pantry, but financial contributions can be made by clicking here and then selecting Student Life Campus Pantry Fund. Thank you for supporting UA students!
You can make donations to the wish lists at any time.
Alabama REACH
Reach’s mission is to provide a supportive environment for UA students who are current & former foster youth, orphans, emancipated minors, wards of the State, and homeless youth that allows them to successfully matriculate and graduate from college.
REACH Wish List and link to donation:
You can make donations to the wish list at any time.
The Faculty Senate has partnered with the Professional Staff Assembly and the Office, Clerical & Technical Staff Assembly to perform service projects for the Alabama REACH Program and for Brewer-Porch Children’s Center. An initial grant of $5,000 from the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America was received in April, with a second grant of $2,000 received in July of this year.
The Alabama REACH Program aims to support and empower UA students who are current and former foster youth, orphans, emancipated minors, unaccompanied minors, those in kinship care, wards of the state, and homeless youth. The Program offers these students an accepting campus family environment and many support services including bi-monthly study sessions, a pantry and clothes closet, provides mentors, host families or sponsors, help with finding on-campus employment, summer internships and housing, and paying bills.
The Faculty Senate and Office, Clerical and Technical Staff Assembly have previously held holiday gift card drives for REACH students, and the Professional Staff Assembly has previously conducted holiday gift drives for Brewer-Porch residential program children. By combining forces, soliciting donations, and with the generous support provided by TIAA, we have been able to do much more for these worthy organizations.
On May 7, 2018, a Dead Week Dinner Event was held for the Alabama REACH students in Ferguson Student Center’s Anderson Room. Students and their mentors enjoyed a meal donated by Bama Dining. The students also received ‘cram bags’ of study week goodies donated by members of the three employee organizations, tote bags of essential toiletries and cleaning items donated by the First United Methodist Church, and $100 Visa gift cards purchased with TIAA funds.