Natural Sciences & Mathematics News
- Posted 10.27.23
- 9 minute read time
An insatiable appetite for learning led first generation college student Zaria Gulley to the University of West Alabama, and a future in public health.
- Posted 10.11.23
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The University of West Alabama’s Athletic Training program has a new “first” to brag about. Not only was UWA the first public university in the state to receive approval for both a bachelor’s program in athletic training and a master’s program—but it can now boast a 100 percent first time pass rate for the first two Master of Athletic Training cohorts.
- Posted 10.02.23
- 9 minute read time
On any given day, conversations with Dr. Thomas Ratkovich can feature topics so unrelated yet masterly that they’re hard to absorb. They could involve the first isomorphism theorem, the best law enforcement training for active-shooter drills, the work of heralded British mathematician Andrew Wiles, the finer points of driving forklifts and snowplows, how to protect crime-scene evidence, or the definitions of topological groups and closure axioms.
- Posted 05.15.23
- 6 minute read time
Speed comes naturally to Audrick Pyronneau, a former distance runner on the University of West Alabama’s track-and-field team. That he’s using that trait to pursue his academic goals shouldn’t be a surprise.
- Posted 05.09.23
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The University of West Alabama is accepting applications for the upcoming UWA BOSS II Summer Camp for rising 12th graders. The deadline to apply is May 15.
- Posted 05.04.23
- 7 minute read time
Dalton Meador, a sophomore at the University of West Alabama, is unabashedly proud of his academic major. He fancies a career in health care, and he enjoys sports. Athletic training fulfills both desires.
- Posted 04.18.23
- 4 minute read time
University of West Alabama administrators have spent months planning the launch of a new program, UWA-TEACH, that’s designed to increase the quality of science and math instruction in public schools and the number of qualified teachers in those classrooms.
- Posted 01.26.23
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By the time fall arrives on the University of West Alabama campus, Dr. Reenay Rogers and her College of Education colleagues expect their newest endeavor to be worth the excitement it’s generating this winter.
- Posted 11.03.22
- 7 minute read time
On Alabama nights when clouds didn’t shroud the stars, Lucas Johnson and his father would haul a powerful telescope from their basement into an open space and explore the heavens. They lived “in the middle of nowhere,” a bit south of Decatur, where light pollution was rare as a neighborhood hockey game.