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The University of West Alabama (UWA) and Southern Regional Technical College (SRTC) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create a streamlined transfer pathway for students pursuing careers in environmental science and conservation.
University Cinema.

For two years, University Cinema in downtown Livingston existed not as a movie theater, but as a time capsule for life immediately before the Covid-19 pandemic shuddered most of the world.

Peanut Jones delivering the mail at UWA.

Besides his ebullience and can-do attitude, Peanut Jones is essentially the University of West Alabamaโ€™s human divining rod. If it exists on campus, he almost assuredly knows where it is, how to find it, and the quickest way to make it happen.

Ruth Beaumont Cook's Magic in Stone Book Cover

The University of West Alabamaโ€™sย Julia Tutwiler Libraryย will host a book talk by author Ruth Beaumont Cook at the library on Tuesday, March 15, from 2-4 p.m. The public is invited to attend this free event. Refreshments will be served, and Ms. Cook will be signing copies for sale.

'Steel Magnolias' cast.

For three nights in March, students and faculty at the University of West Alabama will do something the pandemic stalled but couldnโ€™t ultimately prevent -- stage a production of โ€œSteel Magnolias,โ€ the renowned 1987 play that humanizes the depths of Southern womenโ€™s relationships and life experiences

Shelby Gandy laughs while admitting she โ€œwas never the athletic one out of me and my sisters.โ€ In her Sumter County family, she was the one who enrolled in art camp, who attended painting classes, whose personality always leaned to the creative side. Art rarely strayed far from the center.
Income tax form

For two decades, accounting students at the University of West Alabama have participated in a federal program that assists low-income and disabled workers file their tax returns.

Whenย U.S. Rep. John Lewis died in 2020, he bequeathed to the world a complex and inspiring legacy that serves as a testament to dogged nonviolent opposition and a roadmap of Americaโ€™s civil rights movement.
Dr. John McCall, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of West Alabama, is an unabashed fan of UWAโ€™s biology program. The reasons are numerous, though one sits firmly atop his list.
UWA Police Chief Josette White.

The moment isnโ€™t lost on Josette White. Not in the least. Strangers arenโ€™t greeted with bouts of hyperbole when they meet theย University of West Alabamaโ€™s police chief. They instead sense hints of calmness and professional sincerity.ย 

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