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UWA professor pens true crime thriller about 1950s shooting on Sand Mountain

  • Posted 03.23.25
  • 9 minute read time
Lesa Carnes Shaul spent the first 18 years of her life on Sand Mountain, where the Kilpatrick shooting, as it was known locally, took place. Compelled to revisit it, she describes her book as her "love letter to home."

UWA professor pens true crime thriller about 1950s shooting on Sand Mountain

  • Posted 03.23.25
  • 9 minute read time
Lesa Carnes Shaul spent the first 18 years of her life on Sand Mountain, where the Kilpatrick shooting, as it was known locally, took place. Compelled to revisit it, she describes her book as her "love letter to home."

Tutwiler Library enters new chapter with Abernathy’s leadership

  • Posted 03.20.25
  • 5 minute read time
Andrea Abernathy grew up in a family that valued books, stories, curiosity, and a passion for libraries. Now she's the director of the Julia Tutwiler Library at the University of West Alabama.

UWA partners with Wallace State for Early Childhood Education transfer pathway

  • Posted 03.10.25
  • 4 minute read time
UWA President Dr. Todd G. Fritch (seated right) and WSCC President Dr. Vicki Karolewics (seated left) entered an agreement for a seamless transfer for students pursuing degrees in Early Childhood Education.

UWA bridges the digital divide in west Alabama through broadband access

  • Posted 03.07.25
  • 7 minute read time
For years, residents in rural Sumter and Greene counties in Alabama have faced slow or nonexistent internet connectivity. UWA is offering new hope to the region.

UWA partners with Southern Regional Technical College to enhance opportunities in environmental science and conservation education

  • Posted 02.17.25
  • 2 minute read time
The University of West Alabama (UWA) and Southern Regional Technical College (SRTC) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create a streamlined transfer pathway for students pursuing careers in environmental science and conservation.

First African American circuit judge and first female state auditor to enter Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame

  • Posted 02.13.25
  • 6 minute read time
Two new inductees, Justice Helen Shores Lee and former Secretary of State Agnes Baggett, will be honored at The Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame at a ceremony on March 6 at 11:00 a.m. in the University of West Alabama’s Bridges Auditorium.

UWA’s National Alumni Association recognizes achievement at annual awards ceremony

  • Posted 02.10.25
  • 8 minute read time
The University of West Alabama and the National Alumni Association recognized the accomplishments of 12 outstanding alumni at its annual awards ceremony, held Jan. 30 in the Bell Conference Center on UWA's campus, in conjunction with with the Society of the Golden Key Induction Ceremony.

Three inducted into Society of Golden Key, achieve UWA’s highest award

  • Posted 02.06.25
  • 4 minute read time
Three distinguished individuals, including a community college president, a member of the UWA Athletic Hall of Fame, and a former dean and researcher, were inducted into the University of West Alabama’s Society of the Golden Key during a ceremony at the Bell Conference Center, Thursday, Jan. 30.

Senator Gerald Dial receives honorary doctorate from University of West Alabama

  • Posted 01.30.25
  • 3 minute read time
The University of West Alabama (UWA) recently awarded the Honorable Senator Gerald Dial an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in recognition of his outstanding contributions to public service and his lasting impact on the state of Alabama.

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