Caroline Morrison won the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award in 2017.
Caroline Morrison helped make small-business dreams come true in Perry County, Alabama, through the University Fellows program and as a loan officer and later chief investment officer for Forza Financial, a UA-student-led microfinance group. The hair salon and day-care center were small startups, but for Morrison, they were a big deal – and symbolize Morrison’s commitment to people who need a leg up.
Morrison consistently has overcome challenges and succeeded in many areas of her life at UA, including serving as president of the XXXI group, an administrator for the Anderson Society, executive treasurer for the UA Student Government Association and as a sustained dialog moderator for UA Crossroads. Her interests in helping people took her outside the country – she worked in Thailand as an intern for the Joma coffee company, which employs women and transgender individuals rescued out of Thailand’s sex industry.
In addition to her work with SGA and other groups, Morrison helped to create professional development courses with Dr. Jacqueline V. Morgan, associate dean of the Honors College.
In addition to being a University Fellow, Morrison also is a fellow in the Blackburn Institute at UA. Her honors include Order of Omega Most Outstanding Freshman of the Greek System, Alpha Gamma Delta Psi Chapter Sisterhood Award and Gene Stallings Outstanding Student Government Executive Award. Her other activities include writing a column for the Crimson White and serving as an Honors College ambassador. A native of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, her parents are Bill and Sheri Morrison.