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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."
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.

The University of West Alabama has announced more than 600 outstanding undergraduate students named to the President’s List and the Dean’s List for the spring 2021 academic semester. Students on the list are from 18 states across the U.S. and abroad.
The University of West Alabama held spring commencement exercises on Saturday, May 8, in Tiger Stadium, with President Ken Tucker conferring undergraduate, master, education specialist, and doctoral degrees to students of the colleges of business, education, liberal arts, and natural sciences and mathematics, the division of nursing, and to the school of graduate studies. The nearly 700 students in the graduating class represent some 25 states across the U.S. and abroad.
UWA student in hammock

The University of West Alabama is opening its doors to students affected by the recently announced closing of Judson College. Through this special opportunity, UWA will allow students to transfer seamlessly and earn academic and housing scholarships at UWA as they continue their studies in pursuit of bachelor’s degrees.

UWA students at Brock Hall

The University of West Alabama expects to enter the fall 2021 semester in person, with continued face-to-face instruction and a return to traditional event schedules. The University will soon release its operational plans for summer and fall 2021, aligning campus health and safety protocols with federal and state guidance.

Students pursuing a college degree at the University of West Alabama will have a new opportunity to earn a scholarship through the generous support of Greenetrack, Inc. The scholarship is being established through an initial contribution of $10,000.
The University of West Alabama is set to launch its latest doctoral degree program with the rural doctorate of business administration, which has been approved by the university’s accrediting bodies, with classes beginning in August of this year.
UWA Spring 2021 Commencement

The University of West Alabama will honor more than 700 graduates during spring commencement exercises Saturday, May 8. The ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. at Tiger Stadium on the UWA campus.

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