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Dr. Amy Jones.

As silly as it seems, good-ol’ doughnuts -- not beignets from France, not baklava from Turkey, not cannoli from Sicily -- partially fueled Dr. Amy Jones’ path to the honorees’ table at the upcoming West Alabama Young Leaders Awards.

As silly as it may seem, the reason Dr. Veronica Triplett is an institution at the University of West Alabama can be traced to a long-forgotten item tucked inside a storage space in her family’s new home.
'Steel Magnolias' cast.

For three nights in March, students and faculty at the University of West Alabama will do something the pandemic stalled but couldn’t ultimately prevent -- stage a production of “Steel Magnolias,” the renowned 1987 play that humanizes the depths of Southern women’s relationships and life experiences

Shelby Gandy laughs while admitting she “was never the athletic one out of me and my sisters.” In her Sumter County family, she was the one who enrolled in art camp, who attended painting classes, whose personality always leaned to the creative side. Art rarely strayed far from the center.
Income tax form

For two decades, accounting students at the University of West Alabama have participated in a federal program that assists low-income and disabled workers file their tax returns.

Dr. John McCall, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of West Alabama, is an unabashed fan of UWA’s biology program. The reasons are numerous, though one sits firmly atop his list.
Kelly McClure.

Nursing seeped into Kelly McClure’s world not by accident or epiphany, but via something just as effective. Youthful curiosity, fleeting as it often is, won out

With artwork loosely based on one of rock music’s iconic images and a track listing of studio and live recordings, the University of West Alabama Choral Union’s recently released album may exemplify one trait more than all others: perseverance.
The University of West Alabama has announced more than 600 outstanding undergraduate students named to the President’s List and the Dean’s List for the Fall 2021 academic semester.

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