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The Small Business Development Center at UWA (SBDC) is looking for individuals who believe they have the perfect idea for a new business but don’t know where to start or have a business whose sales are flat and can’t keep up with the competition.
The University of West Alabama and the City of Livingston have added a new initiative to a long list of collaborations designed to improve the quality of life for city and campus residents. Together, UWA and Livingston have been selected by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a 2018 Healthy Places for Healthy People partner.
UWA welding students in lab

Students in the University of West Alabama’s welding certificate program recently received a boost of confidence when officials from a national shipbuilding operation visited campus to assess their skills. When tested, 75 percent of the students passed the test and were offered a job with Huntington Ingalls Industries.

The University of West Alabama Board of Trustees will hold its quarterly meeting at 11 a.m. on June 4, at Bell Conference Center on the UWA campus.
UWA students walking

The University of West Alabama has announced more than 500 outstanding undergraduate students named to the President’s List and the Dean’s List for the Spring 2018 academic semester.

Livingston's Loveliest from 2018 Miss Paragon

Bailey Anderson of Hurley, Miss., was crowned Miss Paragon at the University of West Alabama on April 10. The freshman nursing major is the daughter of Eddie and Shelly Anderson. The pageant is sponsored by the Blue Key Honor Society at UWA

UWA Bronze Tiger Tree Campus USA

The University of West Alabama was recently recognized as a 2017 Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation.

UWA students get hands-on skills training as part of their education, making them ready to enter the work place already trained immediately upon graduation.
UWA Spring 2018 Graduates

The University of West Alabama will honor more than 500 graduates during spring commencement exercises on Saturday, May 5, during two ceremonies. Both ceremonies will be held in Pruitt Gymnasium on the UWA campus, with presidential receptions open to all graduates and their guests held prior to each ceremony.

During Homecoming festivities on Saturday, Oct. 28, the University of West Alabama announced its 2017 Homecoming Queen, Elizabeth Jones of Tuscaloosa. Jones and the Homecoming Queen’s court were nominated and elected by the UWA student body as the leading ladies of the week.

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