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A federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education is helping the University of West Alabama re-engage with former students who may be close to completing their degree requirements and usher them to commencement day.
When Byron Thetford added the role of Title IX coordinator to his duties this year at the University of West Alabama, he already knew the value of concentrating on students’ well-being and their campus experiences. Serving seven years as UWA’s director of student life and support had taught him that much.
Two UWA students moving into Gilbert Hall.

Amid Sumter County’s stultifying August humidity and the sight of University of West Alabama freshmen moving into Gilbert Hall dorms, Dr. Melissa Haab’s vision of students re-engaging with campus life is coming into view. 

Students in the Kappa Delta Pi international education honor society are using spring’s rebirth on the University of West Alabama campus to serve the community and raise money for a worthwhile cause.
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.

Ruth Beaumont Cook's Magic in Stone Book Cover

The University of West Alabama’s Julia Tutwiler Library 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 couldn’t ultimately prevent -- stage a production of “Steel Magnolias,” the renowned 1987 play that humanizes the depths of Southern women’s relationships and life experiences

When 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 America’s civil rights movement.
students on theatre stage

Rhonda Wooley’s plans, had the Covid-19 pandemic not delayed them, were to take the University of West Alabama’s theatre students on a tour of high schools and community colleges -- a traveling showcase of musical and theatrical talent.

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