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UWA College of Nursing offers free Stop the Bleed training for rural Alabama

  • Posted 04.04.25
  • 2 minute read time
The University of West Alabama’s College of Nursing is bringing Stop the Bleed® training to rural Alabama through a $25,000 grant from the Alabama Association of RC&D Councils for the Tombigbee, Ala-Tom, and Gulf Coast regions.

UWA records all-time high enrollment for fall 2023

  • Posted 11.06.23
  • 3 minute read time
The University of West Alabama has recorded its highest enrollment in university history for the fall of 2023, with total enrollment at 6,195. The nearly-six percent increase from the previous fall represents both on-campus and online enrollment, ranging from freshman undergraduate through doctoral degree students.

UWA science professors set out to make science fun for high school students

  • Posted 11.06.23
  • 5 minute read time
For the past few years Dr. Lucas Johnson has been a man on a mission. An assistant professor in the College of Natural Science and Mathematics at the University of West Alabama, Johnson is determined to go into every high school in the area that will invite him in.

First generation college student takes advantage of opportunities to excel at UWA

  • Posted 10.27.23
  • 9 minute read time
An insatiable appetite for learning led first generation college student Zaria Gulley to the University of West Alabama, and a future in public health.

UWA students explore options at Tiger Career Fair

  • Posted 10.20.23
  • 4 minute read time
Students eagerly waited in line for the annual Tiger Career Fair to kick off Tuesday, Oct. 17 in the Student Union Building (SUB) at the University of West Alabama. The all degree fair is held each fall. Almost 200 students filed in the SUB over the course of the three-hour fair to speak to potential employers, engage in networking and gain resources from Career Services.

UWA crowns Shelby Baggett 2023 Homecoming Queen

  • Posted 10.14.23
  • 4 minute read time
During Homecoming festivities on Saturday, Oct. 14, the University of West Alabama announced its 2023 Homecoming Queen, Shelby Baggett. The Homecoming Queen and court were nominated and elected by the UWA student body.

Master of Athletic Training program boasts 100 percent pass rate

  • Posted 10.11.23
  • 8 minute read time
The University of West Alabama’s Athletic Training program has a new “first” to brag about. Not only was UWA the first public university in the state to receive approval for both a bachelor’s program in athletic training and a master’s program—but it can now boast a 100 percent first time pass rate for the first two Master of Athletic Training cohorts.

UWA students gain insight in poverty simulation through Alabama facility

  • Posted 10.09.23
  • 8 minute read time
Imagine visiting a home in Guatemala or bartering for food in Uganda without ever leaving the country. That’s exactly what 37 UWA students had the opportunity to experience at the simulated rural Global Village and Urban slum at the campus of Southern Institute for Appropriate Technology (SIFAT) in Lineville, Alabama in September.

An Officer and a Mathematician

  • Posted 10.02.23
  • 9 minute read time
On any given day, conversations with Dr. Thomas Ratkovich can feature topics so unrelated yet masterly that they’re hard to absorb. They could involve the first isomorphism theorem, the best law enforcement training for active-shooter drills, the work of heralded British mathematician Andrew Wiles, the finer points of driving forklifts and snowplows, how to protect crime-scene evidence, or the definitions of topological groups and closure axioms.

Reimagining Rural

  • Posted 10.02.23
  • 20 minute read time
A regional state university in Alabama’s historic Black Belt, bearing the label ‘rural university’ is an acknowledgement administration and faculty no longer avoid or downplay. Instead, they’re leaning into the notion and turning a once-perceived negative into a national brand that’s assuming a significant role in modernizing higher education in rural America.