Birmingham Southern College to receive more funding to stay open

On Tuesday Birmingham Southern College president Daniel Coleman is happy and emotional moments, after Birmingham City Council said it's committing as much as $5 million to help the school.“We almost didn't make it,” Coleman said.A building program created in by previous administration in the 2000's put the college's endowment in jeopardy. The financial scramble started last year for Coleman. Then in April, the school's board of trustees voted to keep BSC open, while its leaders fundraise. Coleman says they've secured around 45 million dollars through their campaign, but still need about $200 million by May 2026.Follow us on social: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeThis package will stabilize the college for the next three years as we continue our campaign to raise private funds, so we have an endowment to make sure we never come back and ask for help,” Coleman said.Birmingham city councilor J.T. Moore supports the council's commitment.“We don't want to have any more vacancies in our city in terms of blighted areas. That's a major concern for us,” Moore said.With a commitment that could be anywhere from two and a half to five million comes with standards the council wants the school to meet, including-- increasing enrollment.WVTM 13 On The Go: Download our app for free"Creating more service-learning opportunities for their students inside of our school system as well as making sure our students can take part in becoming students there with Birmingham Promise,” Moore said.Coleman added, “We'll be working with various groups from the city and come display various terms that the city council gave us today."