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The last day of the year 2024 will mark the end of a chapter for the University of West Alabama, and it will mark the end of an era for outgoing President Ken Tucker. Having led the University for the past 10 years, Tucker will be retired on January 1, 2025, leaving a legacy of unprecedented growth and development.
visitors at buffet

Campus dining options at the University of West Alabama don’t normally include Samovar-brewed Russian teas, dalgona candies from Korea, French crepes or street-style Asian fusion delicacies.

Sixty miles separate the University of West Alabama from Shelton State Community College’s campus, but a new agreement between those institutions is opening a pathway for engineering students who want to further their education in Livingston.
For a year amid the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of West Alabama has dispatched its fleet of Skills on Wheels mobile lab units to sites throughout 10 counties of Alabama’s expansive Black Belt region.
UWA student with antlers in field

Dr. Lee Stanton expected the University of West Alabama’s creation of a conservation enterprise track within its environmental science degree program would be a measured exercise. Worthwhile and fulfilling, yes. But purposefully deliberate.

Dr. Ashley Dumas at archaeological site

Generations of archaeologists have long sought the historical Holy Grail of the Battle of Mabila, the Alabama site where Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto defeated Chief Tuskaloosa and his Native American warriors in 1540.

University of West Alabama Athletic Trainer and Instructor Erin Miller has been selected by the American Sports Medicine Institute in the recently established R.T. Floyd ASMI Athletic Training Residency Program. Announced by Dr. James R. Andrews of the Andrews Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Center, this highly competitive program will train the next generation of physician practice athletic trainers.
Sammy Kershaw at UWA

The University of West Alabama has announced a fall concert on campus with featuring Sammy Kershaw on Friday, Sept. 10. A limited number of general admission tickets are available for $35 and can be purchased online. Proceeds from the concert benefit renovations at UWA’s Tiger Stadium.

UWA Nursing Student in Lab Room

The University of West Alabama’s spring graduates from the Ira D. Pruitt Division of Nursing have all now completed the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for Registered Nurses with a 100 percent first-time pass rate for the spring graduating class.

Busby and Clagg set feral hog trap

The University of West Alabama leads a partnership that has just been awarded $744k by USDA for an agricultural innovation and sustainability project benefitting east Mississippi and west Alabama. The project is funded by USDA on the successful heels of a preceding project similar in scope.

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