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Lesa Carnes Shaul spent the first 18 years of her life on Sand Mountain, where the Kilpatrick shooting, as it was known locally, took place. Compelled to revisit it, she describes her book as her "love letter to home."
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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 

Two women with inspirational stories will join a hallowed group that includes Coretta Scott King, Tallulah Bankhead, Julia Tutwiler and Rosa Parks when they are inducted into the Alabama Womenโ€™s Hall of Fame at the University of West Alabama.
Kelly McClure.

Nursing seeped intoย Kelly McClureโ€™s world not by accident or epiphany, but via something just as effective.ย Youthful curiosity, fleeting as it often is, won out

With artwork loosely based on one of rock musicโ€™s iconic images and a track listing of studio and live recordings, the University of West Alabama Choral Unionโ€™s recently released album may exemplify one trait more than all others: perseverance.
The University of West Alabama has announced more than 600 outstanding undergraduate students named to the Presidentโ€™s List and the Deanโ€™s List for the Fall 2021 academic semester.
Itโ€™s the underdogs, Dr. Jodie Winship says, who tug at her heart, the unpopular, the excluded, the downtrodden, the people whose circumstances often separate them from the rest. Her explanation is quite organic. โ€œWe were poor growing up and didnโ€™t have a lot,โ€ she says, โ€œso I was always for that kid who didnโ€™t have it.โ€

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