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UWA partners with Caring Campus to foster student success

  • Posted 06.27.24
  • 4 minute read time
Creating a warm, supportive environment that fosters student success has always been integral to the University of West Alabama culture. The university has recently strengthened its commitment by partnering with Caring Campus, a national initiative developed by the Institute for Evidenced-Based Change (IEBC), a non-profit organization designed to enhance students’ sense of belonging and increase student retention and success.

Kern Family Foundation awards UWA $1.74M for educator character development

  • Posted 11.18.22
  • 5 minute read time
The University of West Alabama’s College of Education has been selected by the Kern Family Foundation for a $1.74 million philanthropic grant to fund an initiative designed to help strengthen rural education in UWA’s Black Belt footprint.

Fulbright Award provides UWA’s Dumas with unique opportunity

  • Posted 11.04.22
  • 6 minute read time
A mixture of serendipity and archeology, with a pinch of salt on the side, is behind Dr. Ashley Dumas’ recent Fulbright Specialist Award and her upcoming trip to the University of Rzeszow in Poland.

UWA’s erstwhile stargazer brings his passion to students

  • Posted 11.03.22
  • 7 minute read time
On Alabama nights when clouds didn’t shroud the stars, Lucas Johnson and his father would haul a powerful telescope from their basement into an open space and explore the heavens. They lived “in the middle of nowhere,” a bit south of Decatur, where light pollution was rare as a neighborhood hockey game.

UWA participating in Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills program

  • Posted 10.18.22
  • 5 minute read time
Dr. Andrew Rindsberg, a professor of geology and paleontology at the University of West Alabama, needs no reminder of the last time the earth wobbled with severity in Alabama.

Three’s not a crowd for Crews triplets at UWA

  • Posted 10.17.22
  • 9 minute read time
As his sisters traded catty one-liners meant to get under his skin, Trace Crews glanced their way, to his left and his right, and chuckled as if it were no big deal. He’d heard their spiels before.

Helping students attain their degrees is goal of UWA reengagement program

  • Posted 10.04.22
  • 3 minute read time
A federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education is helping the University of West Alabama re-engage with former students who may be close to completing their degree requirements and usher them to commencement day.

SGA president’s message to UWA students: Get involved

  • Posted 09.26.22
  • 5 minute read time
Armed with a megawatt smile and ample familial assistance, Aaron Lee appears perfectly suited for the presidency of the University of West Alabama’s Student Government Association. He’s a senior. His sister, Aeriel Lee, is a UWA alumna. Two of his cousins, siblings Jasmine Knox and Jonathan Knox, are former SGA presidents at UWA. Though not preordained, his election seems exactly that.
Former UWA Public Safety major Ashlee Barnard

Gulf Shores firefighter touts UWA’s public safety degree

  • Posted 09.13.22
  • 8 minute read time

Ashlee Barnard never intended to become a firefighter. After graduating from high school, she considered her next chapter essentially set: enroll at the University of West Alabama, become a Tigers cheerleader and pursue a career in athletic training, one of UWA’s most popular and professionally successful degree programs.

Grant boosts UWA’s efforts to be ‘part of the solution’ with sexual-assault awareness

  • Posted 09.08.22
  • 7 minute read time
When Byron Thetford added the role of Title IX coordinator to his duties this year at the University of West Alabama, he already knew the value of concentrating on students’ well-being and their campus experiences. Serving seven years as UWA’s director of student life and support had taught him that much.

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