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The last day of the year 2024 will mark the end of a chapter for the University of West Alabama, and it will mark the end of an era for outgoing President Ken Tucker. Having led the University for the past 10 years, Tucker will be retired on January 1, 2025, leaving a legacy of unprecedented growth and development.
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The University of West Alabama has launched a new design for its collegiate license plate available to Alabama residents. The design, which will be available August 1, features red and white University branding, including a sleek and fierce red and white tiger profile. Proceeds from sales of the plate benefit a scholarship program at UWA.

When completed, a construction project underway at theย University of West Alabamaย will instantly transform the day-to-day operations for several of theย Tigersโ€™ athletics programs.
Citing the University of West Alabamaโ€™s dedication to safety and emergency preparedness, the National Weather Service has renewed UWAโ€™s status as a StormReady University. The status lasts through April 21, 2026.
UWA Nursing Students with Pro-Certified medals

When the University of West Alabama held commencement exercises in May, nearly 40 graduates from the Division of Nursing decorated their robes with round medallions dangling from red-and-white ribbons.

When Birminghamโ€™s weather warmed and school reached its hiatus, Dr. Tim Edwards spent his teenage summers toiling alongside his father, a brick mason with a meticulous attention to detail so prevalent among skilled artisans.
The University of West Alabama has announced nearly 700 outstanding undergraduate students named to the Presidentโ€™s List and the Deanโ€™s List for the Spring 2023 academic semester.
welcome sign, the University of West Alabama

The University of West Alabamaโ€™s proposal to freeze tuition for the sixth consecutive year has been approved by its board of trustees. The decision comes as part of the boardโ€™s approval of the schoolโ€™s operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year, and this reaffirms UWAโ€™s various rankings as one of the best values of any university in the state

This springโ€™s rededication of a historic 19th-century Alabama church has given the University of West Alabama a pastoral addition to its roster of campus event spaces.
UWA President Dr. Ken Tucker, Provost Dr. Tim Edwards, Liza Howard, UWA Board of Trustees President Hal Bloom, UWA Board of Trustees Vice President Joseph Brown.

Liza James Howard long ago established her legacy at the University of West Alabama when she became its first Black student in the fall of 1966. The university hasnโ€™t forgotten.

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