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- Posted 04.23.25
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Entering the 2025 Miss Paragon Pageant was part of Avery Emory’s goal to push herself to do things outside her comfort zone.
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- Posted 01.26.23
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The University of West Alabama’s latest effort to improve lives and economic opportunities in Sumter County is rooted in a single word: infrastructure.
- Posted 01.25.23
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By the time she enrolled at the University of West Alabama, Carlyn Rawls was already captivated by the notion of studying abroad. Reared in Millbrook just north of the state Capitol, she soon learned options were bountiful for curious students without fear of moving to the globe’s opposite side. It’s an experience she sought.
- Posted 01.20.23
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The University of West Alabama Foundation has received notice of a $3 million planned gift that will support student success and academic enrichment. The planned gift from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous is one of the largest in the University’s history.
- Posted 01.17.23
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Through perseverance and resolve, attorneys Alice Lee and Mahala Dickerson challenged entrenched social barriers, earned pioneer status and left legacies rooted in gender and racial equality.
- Posted 01.12.23
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The impetus for Dr. Thomas Saile’s 5,000-mile journey from southeast Germany to the University of West Alabama is steeped in academic cooperation between institutions separated by international borders and the Atlantic Ocean. But it also carries a simplistic twist.
- Posted 01.11.23
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The day after President Biden signed the National Heritage Act into law, the phone rang on Dr. Tina Jones’ desk at the University of West Alabama. The caller was two time zones away, a Ph.D.-holding Californian who sought Jones’ help.
- Posted 01.11.23
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The University of West Alabama has announced nearly 700 outstanding undergraduate students named to the President’s List and the Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 academic semester.
- Posted 12.13.22
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The University of West Alabama presented four prestigious awards to members of its faculty and staff during the Dec. 12 Board of Trustees quarterly meeting at Bell Conference Center. The Loraine McIlwain Bell Trustee Awards and the Nellie Rose McCrory Service Excellence Award were presented to distinguished employees.
- Posted 12.13.22
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The University of West Alabama presented four prestigious awards to members of its faculty and staff during the Dec. 13 Board of Trustees quarterly meeting at Bell Conference Center. The Loraine McIlwain Bell Trustee Awards and the Nellie Rose McCrory Service Excellence Award were presented to distinguished employees.