Growing up in an Air Force family, Abigail Collins is no stranger to moving from one big city to another every two or four years so living in a bustling metropolis was normal. Moving to Montgomery, Ala. to attend Faulkner…
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Faulkner’s Computer Science Department hosts first-ever EagleHack
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Faulkner University’s Computer Science Department recently hosted a hackathon, calling it EagleHack. EagleHack was done in conjunction with a group called Major League Hacking (MLH). As Faulkner was hosting its EagleHack on October 12, over 150 MLH events…
Faulkner Creates New Center for Great Books and Human Flourishing
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Faulkner University publicly announced this week the creation of a new Center for Great Books and Human Flourishing on its Montgomery campus. “Participation in our Great Books Honors Program has long been a high point of many students’ Faulkner experience,”…
2019 Eagle Run
It’s time to sign up for the 7th Annual Friends for Faulkner Eagle Run 5K RUN or WALK WHEN: Saturday, October 5th, 2019 WHERE: on Faulkner’s campus. REGISTER: www.faulkner.edu/eaglerun Come join the fun – you can walk or run!! Don’t want to run…
Faulkner Eagle uses football to keep youth on the right path
Malik Washington gripped the football, fingers tightening as he readied to toss it to one of the young boys he was coaching. Then, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted one of his team on the field, hanging…
Mayor Todd Strange presented with Honorary Doctorate at 2019 Convocation
This year’s annual Faulkner University Convocation ceremony was not only a celebration of the start of a new school year by students and faculty, but it was a special way to recognize outgoing Mayor Todd Strange for his ten years…
Alabama Technology Foundation awards Faulkner senior Ian Chen with Student Membership Scholarship
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Faulkner senior and computer science major Zilin “Ian” Chen was told to dress in his best suit and meet Dr. Susan Hammond, Chair of the Computer Science Department in her office. Together they walked into a conference…
Aisha Anderson finds love of discovery with biochemistry
Most days you can find Aisha Anderson in the lab in Brooks Hall, wearing her blue lab coat and latex gloves. She might be helping a student dial a microscope to peer into a Petri dish, directing a class’ attention…
Far from home, Ian Chen finds solace in God, Faulkner family
Nearly 8,000 miles and an ocean separates Ian Chen from his biological family in northern China. If you ask him if he has ever felt alone in America, he says no and smiles broadly. He says the friends he found…
Jonathan Villa’s Journey to Play Baseball Becomes His Testimony
By: Acasia George From a young age, Jonathan Villa dreamed of playing professional baseball. Villa was born in Ensenada, Mexico about 100 miles from the U.S. border. Growing up, his parents were often out of town on business, leaving him…