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Tuscaloosa native Samuel Johnston's interest in politics began in high school. Now the junior politics and justice major at UWA hopes to attend law school and have a career that balances conviction with leadership.
Kate Crawford , the new coordinator of Counseling Services at the University of West Alabama, has arrived in Livingston at a time when campus counselors may have never been more indispensable.
students on theatre stage

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

The University of West Alabama announced it has expanded its partnership with Wiley Education Services, a division of Wiley, to enhance the Universityโ€™s enrollment management efforts. The seven-year agreement was signed Friday on the UWA campus at a gathering of the University community and Wiley officials.
visitors at buffet

Campus dining options at the University of West Alabama donโ€™t normally include Samovar-brewed Russian teas, dalgona candies from Korea, French crepes or street-style Asian fusion delicacies.

Sixty miles separate the University of West Alabama from Shelton State Community Collegeโ€™s campus, but a new agreement between those institutions is opening a pathway for engineering students who want to further their education in Livingston.
For a year amid the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of West Alabama has dispatched its fleet of Skills on Wheels mobile lab units to sites throughout 10 counties of Alabamaโ€™s expansive Black Belt region.
UWA student with antlers in field

Dr.ย Lee Stantonย expected the University of West Alabamaโ€™s creation of a conservation enterprise track within itsย environmental science degree programย would be a measured exercise. Worthwhile and fulfilling, yes. But purposefully deliberate.

Dr. Ashley Dumas at archaeological site

Generations of archaeologists have long sought the historical Holy Grail of the Battle of Mabila, the Alabama site where Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto defeated Chief Tuskaloosa and his Native American warriors in 1540.

University of West Alabama Athletic Trainer and Instructor Erin Miller has been selected by the American Sports Medicine Institute in the recently established R.T. Floyd ASMI Athletic Training Residency Program. Announced by Dr. James R. Andrews of the Andrews Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Center, this highly competitive program will train the next generation of physician practice athletic trainers.

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