Recent News
- Posted 05.21.25
- 4 minute read time
Sumter Social, a podcast dedicated to sharing the rich stories and culture of Sumter County, Alabama, and the broader Black Belt region, debuted in April.
News
- Posted 03.01.22
- 5 minute read time
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
- Posted 03.01.22
- 4 minute read time
Shelby Gandy laughs while admitting she “was never the athletic one out of me and my sisters.” In her Sumter County family, she was the one who enrolled in art camp, who attended painting classes, whose personality always leaned to the creative side. Art rarely strayed far from the center.
- Posted 02.25.22
- 4 minute read time
For two decades, accounting students at the University of West Alabama have participated in a federal program that assists low-income and disabled workers file their tax returns.
- Posted 02.15.22
- 9 minute read time
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.
- Posted 02.11.22
- 5 minute read time
Dr. John McCall, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of West Alabama, is an unabashed fan of UWA’s biology program. The reasons are numerous, though one sits firmly atop his list.
- Posted 02.08.22
- 7 minute read time
The moment isn’t lost on Josette White. Not in the least. Strangers aren’t greeted with bouts of hyperbole when they meet the University of West Alabama’s police chief. They instead sense hints of calmness and professional sincerity.
- Posted 02.07.22
- 5 minute read time
Two women with inspirational stories will join a hallowed group that includes Coretta Scott King, Tallulah Bankhead, Julia Tutwiler and Rosa Parks when they are inducted into the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame at the University of West Alabama.
- Posted 01.28.22
- 8 minute read time
Nursing seeped into Kelly McClure’s world not by accident or epiphany, but via something just as effective. Youthful curiosity, fleeting as it often is, won out
- Posted 01.21.22
- 9 minute read time
With artwork loosely based on one of rock music’s iconic images and a track listing of studio and live recordings, the University of West Alabama Choral Union’s recently released album may exemplify one trait more than all others: perseverance.