Faulkner University-Birmingham, is a non-profit private institution, located in Birmingham, Jefferson County. The program leads to associates degrees. The University received its original charter on June 5th, 1942, as Montgomery Bible School. On September 14th, 1942, the first class began with twenty-three students enrolled in grades nine through twelve and the first year of college. The school existed in a single two-story frame building located on a twenty-six acre campus on Ann Street in Montgomery. In 1975, the first extended campuses were begun in Mobile, Birmingham, and Huntsville. The Sheffield campus was opened in 1976 and later moved to Florence in 1981 until its closing in 1998. On April 19, 1985, the Board of Trustees changed the name of Alabama Christian College to Faulkner University in honor of Dr. James H. Faulkner, Sr., longtime Chairman of the Board and a major benefactor of the college.
Location:
2970 Lorna Road, Birmingham Alabama 35205
Telephone
205-879-5588 Toll Free: 205-252-7532
Other Education nearby:
(Ashville) Ashville Elementary School
(Birmingham) Barrett Elementary School
(Birmingham) Beeson Divinity School
(Hoover) Berry Middle School
(Birmingham) Birmingham School of Law
(Birmingham) Birmingham-Southern College
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02/10 Coming to The Birmingham area Mountain Brook Spring Art Show Mountain Brook AL April20 Up to one hundred local member artists
will display original artwork for sale in an outdoor setting in quaint Mountain
Brook near Crestline Village. Artwork available will range in size from minis to
extra large canvases and all price ranges. Jazz band will be featured and food
will be available at field. Panoply Arts Festival Huntsville AL April26-28 Each spring in the heart of the Rocket City the arts are in full bloom at the Panoply Arts Festival. Alabama Shakespeare Festival Montgomery AL March8-June19 The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, created in Alabama, is currently the 5th largest in the world, attracting more than 300,000 visitors annually from all 50 states and over 60 foreign countries. Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum Car Show Birmingham AL October11-13 Triumph Dealers of North America display,
Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum Merchandise Trailer featuring event TShirts, Pins, and Posters,
Official Barber Vintage Festival event merchandise,
Southern Vintage Fire Apparatus Association display, and
Concessions Kentuck Festival of the Arts Northport AL October19-20 Nationally and internationally acclaimed folk artists,
270+ folk, visionary, and contemporary artists and expert craftspeople presenting their work to you,
free hands-on art-making for children in Kentuck for Kids and throughout the park,
interactive live demonstrations by expert craftspeople—basketmakers, blacksmiths, woodworkers, traditional potters, fiber and fabric artists, quilters, jewelers, and a glassblower,
live music and story-telling, food and fellowship.
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