“In everyone there are all sorts of good ideas, ready like tinder. But much of this tinder catches fire only when it meets some flame or spark from outside, from some other person.” —Albert Schweitzer
Participating Universities
Alabama Schweitzer Fellows are competitively chosen from graduate students enrolled in a variety of academic fields at major universities in the state.
For 2024-25, students from Auburn University; Samford University’s College of Health Sciences; UAB Schools of Dentistry, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, Optometry and Public Health; and the University of Montevallo can apply. Students from other universities/schools should reach out to the Executive Director (director@asfalabama.org) for guidance on whether to apply. Past Fellows have represented the following:
- College of Health Sciences
- College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
- College of Education
- College of Liberal Arts
- College of Nursing
- Harrison School of Pharmacy
- Moffett and Sanders School of Nursing
- McWhorter School of Pharmacy
- School of Public Health
- School of Nursing & Allied Health
- College of Arts & Sciences
- Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law
- School of Social Work
- School of Dentistry
- School of Health Professions
- Heersink School of Medicine
- School of Nursing
- School of Public Health
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Education
- School of Optometry
- College of Education
Community Sites
Fellows identify and select a Community Site with which to partner with support from ASF Alabama. We’re here to guide you, learning what you’re passionate about then connecting you to agencies addressing community needs that align with your interests.
The following list includes agencies and organizations that have collaborated with Fellows in the past. It is not an exclusive list of possible Community Sites.
- Cahaba Medical Care
- Bullock County Hospital
- Foundry Farm
- Access to Care Clinic (St. Vincent’s Hospital)
- Alabama LifeStart (Children’s of Alabama)
- Alabama Muscular Dystrophy Association
- Alabama Regional Medical Services
- Angel’s Hope
- Bessemer Neighborhood Health Center
- Bethesda Family Life Center
- Birmingham AIDS Outreach
- Birmingham Education Foundation
- Blazer Kitchen
- Cahaba Valley Health Care
- Carver High School, Academy of Health Sciences
- Changed Lives Mobile Clinic
- Children’s Aid Society
- Christ Health Center
- Collat Jewish Family Services
- Community Food Bank of Central Alabama
- Cooking Well
- Cooper Green Mercy Health Services
- Crisis Center
- East Glen Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation
- East Thomas Neighborhood Association
- Equal Access Birmingham
- Girls Inc. of Central Alabama
- Girls on the Run- Birmingham
- Glenwood, Inc.
- Grace House Ministries
- Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution (GASP)
- Healthy Happy Kids (Minority Health and Health Equity Research Center)
- Help Me Grow (United Way of Central Alabama)
- Hope and Cope Psychosocial Education Program (Children’s of Alabama)
- House Calls Program (UAB Hospital)
- Impact Family Counseling
- Jones Valley Teaching Farm
- Lakeshore Foundation
- Live Healthsmart
- Magic City Wellness Center (Birmingham AIDS Outreach)
- No More Martyrs
- Norwood Resource Center
- Nurse Family Partnership
- Oak Tree Ministries
- One Roof
- Oxmoor Valley Elementary
- PATH Clinic
- Pathways
- PEER, Inc.
- Psychiatric Intake Response Center (Children’s of Alabama)
- Red Barn
- Red Crescent Clinic of Alabama
- RESTORE juvenile re-entry program
- Samford Accessibility and Accommodations
- SHINE Clinic (Children’s of Alabama)
- South Highlands Outreach Project
- Sunrice Clinic (Children’s of Alabama)
- The Foundry Clinic
- UAB Arts in Medicine
- UAB Hospital
- UAB School of Dentistry
- UAB Sparks Dental Clinic
- University of Montevallo Counseling Center
- Unless U
- Village Creek Human & Environmental Justice Society, Inc.
- Woodlawn United
- YMCA (Downtown Birmingham)
- Auburn University Campus Pantry
- BraveHeart Center for Place and Purpose
- Girls on the Run – South Central Alabama
- Lee County Youth Development Center
- Mercy Medical Clinic
- Unity Wellness Center
- Macon County Ministers’ Council
- Nostasulga High School
- Tuskegee Youth Safe Haven
- 57 North Hampton
- Grissom High School
- North Alabama AHEC
- Lifeline Counseling Services
- Murphy High School
- Stanton Road Clinic
- Alabama State University Prosthetics & Orthotics Clinic
- Mid-Alabama Coalition for the Homeless
- Southeast Alabama AHEC
- ASPARC
- Community of Hope Health Clinic
- David Mathews Center for Civic Life
- The DAY Program
- Legal Services of Alabama
- PRIDE of Tuscaloosa
- Tuscaloosa Spay & Neuter Incentive Program
- University Medical Center
- Sumiton Middle School
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