Alpha Delta Nu
The Alpha Delta Nu Nursing Honor Society is the only honor society that recognizes the academic excellence of students in the study of Associate Degree Nursing. Alpha Delta Nu encourages the pursuit of advanced degrees in the profession of nursing as well as continuing education as a life-long professional responsibility. Additionally, the society shall participate in the recruitment of qualified individuals into the profession of nursing.
Association of Nursing Students
The National Student Nurse Association (NSNA) is a national pre-professional nursing student organization. The state constituent of the NSNA is the Alabama Association of Nursing Students (AANS). The local affiliate at the University of West Alabama is named the Association of Nursing Students (ANS). The national, state, and local pre-professional associations serve as a vehicle to build unity among nursing students by promoting professional nursing and community service as vital entities to society. Students enrolled in any nursing degree program are invited to participate in ANS.
Project Community HEARTS
Project Community HEARTS (Helping Emergency Awareness through Resources and Training Support) is a collaborative effort between the West Alabama Black Nurses Association and the University of West Alabama College of Nursing to increase cardiac emergency preparedness in rural communities. Funded by a Tombigbee RC&D grant, the initiative placed automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and emergency supplies in underserved Sumter County churches, while providing hands-only CPR training to community members. With rural areas facing delayed emergency response times, the project offers critical support where access to lifesaving equipment is limited. The team hopes to expand this effort further across the regions by seeking additional funding opportunities, continuing to strengthen public health and safety in vulnerable locations.
Stop the Bleed
Bleed Prepared is a Stop the Bleed initiative that equips individuals with lifesaving skills to recognize and respond to life-threatening bleeding emergencies. Funded through a grant from the Alabama Association of RC&D Councils, the program provided hands-on training and distributed 100 trauma kits across the Tombigbee, Ala-Tom, and Gulf Coast regions. Over 38,000 people were reached through community training events, with more than 150 receiving official certification. The CON hopes to expand the initiative and engage new partners and locations, reflecting a strong commitment to public health preparedness, as it seeks a new round of funding.
Scholarship Opportunities for Nursing Students
This scholarship is awarded to nursing students through the Caring Foundation up to the cost of attendance. Students must agree to work in a full-time clinical position in a hospital or a hospital-owned clinic in Alabama and approved by BLUE CROSS.
This scholar’s program was created through a gift from Mike Williams, Patricia Williams Harris, and the Alabama Nurses Foundation. Recipients shall be known as Joan Williams and Alabama Nurses Foundation Nursing Scholars. The scholarship is awarded annually to a junior or senior-level, on-campus, full-time nursing student.
This scholarship is named after Professor Emeritus Sylvia Homan, the first faculty member hired to teach nursing when the nursing program was established in 1974. Mrs. Homan became Chair in 1985 and was an early proponent of baccalaureate education in nursing. The scholarship is awarded to an associate degree UWA alumnus who continues their education and enters the BSN program. The scholarship recipient is chosen by the UWA Nursing Faculty.
These scholarships are awarded to student applicants in the first semester of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. Students may be in the traditional or RN-BSN program.