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- Posted 04.23.25
- 5 minute read time
Entering the 2025 Miss Paragon Pageant was part of Avery Emory’s goal to push herself to do things outside her comfort zone.
News
- Posted 05.12.23
- 8 minute read time
The hints inside Dr. Richard Schellhammer’s crowded campus office aren’t subtle. They reveal personal secrets: who he is, what he adores, how he fills his days. History books bloat his bookshelves. Framed trinkets of his academic expertise -- pre-World War I Germany -- hang near the desk.
- Posted 05.09.23
- 2 minute read time
The University of West Alabama is accepting applications for the upcoming UWA BOSS II Summer Camp for rising 12th graders. The deadline to apply is May 15.
- Posted 05.04.23
- 7 minute read time
Dalton Meador, a sophomore at the University of West Alabama, is unabashedly proud of his academic major. He fancies a career in health care, and he enjoys sports. Athletic training fulfills both desires.
- Posted 04.27.23
- 4 minute read time
By her own admission, University of West Alabama sophomore Emily Foxhall adores beauty pageants. They’re an inseparable part of her life, though she’s not sure how many she’s entered. Her estimate: somewhere between 40 and 60, if not more.
- Posted 04.19.23
- 5 minute read time
There’s a simple, if not noble, reason why Amelia Vazquez chose to study sociology and criminal justice at the University of West Alabama.
- Posted 04.18.23
- 4 minute read time
University of West Alabama administrators have spent months planning the launch of a new program, UWA-TEACH, that’s designed to increase the quality of science and math instruction in public schools and the number of qualified teachers in those classrooms.
- Posted 04.12.23
- 5 minute read time
As a published poet and admirer of rhythmic verse, Dr. Eleanor Boudreau pairs the recollection of her first poem with a faint chuckle of self-deprecation.
- Posted 04.04.23
- 12 minute read time
Young, recently married and rich only in aspirations, the Woodruffs once lived in Monticello, a college town about 40 miles west of the Mississippi River. Nick, a graduate assistant at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, had been promoted to assistant coach of the Boll Weevils’ men’s basketball team. Kristen had a job -- in Ohio -- but resigned to join her husband’s career dream.
- Posted 04.03.23
- 3 minute read time
The University of West Alabama recently hosted 73 students from 16 different high schools for a one-day leadership conference. Kirstan Cunningham was confident about the experience’s potential.