Community News
- Posted 03.07.25
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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.
- Posted 02.13.25
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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.
- Posted 01.29.25
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An innovative telehealth solution providing patients with the same services they would expect in a traditional doctor’s office recently opened in Gainesville, Alabama.
- Posted 12.16.24
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The McMillan Bank Building, which has served the community of Livingston for over 120 years, is now the Black Belt Development Center.
- Posted 09.26.24
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Join the University of West Alabama for its annual Homecoming celebration!
- Posted 09.18.24
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The University of West Alabama (UWA) Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Todd G. Fritch as the next president of the institution.
- Posted 07.10.24
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Jason Green came to Livingston with a plan. He wanted to continue his education and earn a bachelor’s degree that would complement the associate’s degree he earned in funeral service education, and he did that. But he says that his experience at Livingston University (now the University of West Alabama) added more to his life and future than merely two years of higher education. Leaving with a degree under his belt, he says that what stands out to him most is what was under his feet.
- Posted 07.10.24
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A new scholarship endowment will honor a family legacy at the University of West Alabama, its namesake the parents of UWA President Ken Tucker. The Dr. Betty Jean and Howard Tucker Endowed Scholarship, endowed at $150,000, is a transformative gift that will provide perpetual support for students for many years to come.
- Posted 04.24.24
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The Small Business Development Center at UWA (SBDC) is looking for individuals who believe they have the perfect idea for a new business but don’t know where to start or have a business whose sales are flat and can’t keep up with the competition.