Nearly forty years ago, Alfy Smith stood in front of Judge Gene Reese’s courtroom in Montgomery, Alabama after being arrested, charged and sentenced to jail on minor marijuana-related charges. It was his first-ever criminal offense and after he was charged,…
Category: Alumni
The latest spotlights from Faulkner University’s alumni.
Elmore County Teacher Mary Jones Openly Shares Her Faith
In her role as the 10th-grade English instructor at Elmore County High School, Mary (Lawless) Jones, an alumna of Faulkner, openly expresses her faith, prompting students to approach her for prayer and participate in praise and worship sessions. Jones is…
Dean Kelly: The Voice of Faulkner
Every sport needs a “voice” and Dean Kelly has been that voice as the Public Address (PA) Announcer at Faulkner Eagles ball games for several decades Kelly attended Alabama Christian High School and College (ACC) in the 1970s while his…
Fan, to Player, to Coach: The Early Years of Faulkner Baseball
As a youngster, Steve Phillips watched his older brother Donny play baseball for the Alabama Christian College (ACC) Eagles in the late 1960s with Coach Henry Wright. The Phillips family also attended basketball games in the new Tine Davis Gym…
Karen Pirtle, Four-Time Teacher of the Year Recipient, Honored
Faulkner College of Education graduate, Karen Pirtle is making a difference in her classroom and her efforts have not gone unnoticed as she has been named Teacher of Year not once, not twice, but four times. She has been an…
Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Now Serving in Pediatrics
Speech-Language Pathology graduate, Margaret Berryman M.S. CCC-SLP is now doing what she loves- working with children to improve their speech, language and swallowing disorders and provide them with a better quality of life. She graduated from Faulkner University with her…
Faulkner University Honors Donors, Names Mobile Campus the Lamar and Marceil Harrison Campus
April 23, 2024 was a historic day for Faulkner University as the university hosted an official ribbon-cutting ceremony and dedication of its Mobile Campus in Mobile, Alabama now named the Lamar and Marceil Harrison Campus of Faulkner University in recognition…
Tim Richardson Honored As Alumnus of the Year
Do you own a car? Does that car get dirty? If so, you’ll want to stop by one of Rich’s Car Wash’s 35 locations across seven states in the southeast including three locations in Montgomery, Alabama. Not only will you…
College of Health Science’s Inaugural PA Graduate Steps Out On Faith
Kristine (Bauer) Paulk stepped out on faith, leaving her hometown of Erath, Louisiana in order to be a part of Faulkner University’s brand new Physician Assistant (PA) program during one of the most uncertain and tumultuous times in modern history.…
Bible Graduate Serving Central Church of Christ in T-Town
After graduating from Faulkner with a degree in Bible, Scott McCown is now one of three ministers at Central Church of Christ in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He serves as the pulpit minister there. Before that, he served as a youth minister…