Academics News

- Posted 04.19.22
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For the first time since the University of West Alabama’s nursing education program was established in 1974, a cohort of nurses are on their way to earning a bachelor’s degree in nursing from UWA.

- Posted 04.01.22
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- Posted 03.16.22
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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.

- Posted 03.16.22
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- Posted 03.01.22
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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

- Posted 03.01.22
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- Posted 02.25.22
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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.

- Posted 02.11.22
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- Posted 01.28.22
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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