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50 years and Counting: Sandy Dial’s legacy at UWA

  • Posted 06.16.25
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Sandy Dial recently celebrated a milestone few ever achieve—50 years of continued service at the same place of employment. Half a century after she first walked into the university’s Physical Plant office for her first day of work, she’s still here and going strong.
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UWA freezing tuition for seventh consecutive year

  • Posted 06.06.24
  • 2 minute read time
The University of West Alabama’s proposal to freeze tuition for the seventh consecutive year has been approved by its board of trustees at their June quarterly meeting. The decision comes as part of the board’s approval of the school’s operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year, and this reaffirms UWA’s various rankings as one of the best values of any university in the state.

A leader in technology education, Cobb named professor emeritus at UWA

  • Posted 06.04.24
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At the University of West Alabama, Donnie Cobb and technology education are so intertwined that it is impossible not to mention both in the same breath. Cobb is retiring as chair of the Division of Engineering and Technology at UWA, after more than three decades at his alma mater. UWA President Ken Tucker awarded Cobb’s Professor Emeritus honors at this spring’s Distinguished Service Awards for faculty and staff
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UWA partners with Alabama Office of Apprenticeship to pilot state’s first teacher apprenticeship program

  • Posted 05.31.24
  • 5 minute read time
An executive order in January 2023 from Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to address the state’s teacher shortage has helped launch Alabama’s inaugural Teacher Apprenticeship Program. The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship (AOA), the state’s apprenticeship agency, has partnered with the University of West Alabama and three other Alabama universities to implement the pilot program set to begin in fall 2024.

UWA History major receives scholarship to study abroad

  • Posted 05.22.24
  • 6 minute read time
When University of West Alabama history education major Brandon Williamson boards a plane this summer for Cape Town, South Africa, it will be his first flight and first trip out of the country. He is checking both items off his list of goals thanks to the Alpha South Study Abroad Experience and the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program

Elementary education alumnus Evans awarded by Bessemer City Schools

  • Posted 05.17.24
  • 8 minute read time
Growing up, Patrick Evans often played the teacher in a pretend classroom in his home. Although he did his best to educate his two ‘reluctant’ students, Evans, a recent graduate of UWA’s online elementary education program, recalls that his younger brother and his brother’s friend didn’t like his school.
Lucas Johnson beside President Ken Tucker at UWA commencement

UWA astrophysicist receives prestigious teaching award at spring commencement

  • Posted 05.14.24
  • 4 minute read time
Lucas Johnson, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy, received the 2024 William E. Gilbert Award for Outstanding Teaching for his efforts during one of UWA’s May 3 commencement exercises. Given annually by the student body, the Gilbert Award recognizes outstanding teaching and excellence in undergraduate classroom instruction. 

Nursing major at the University of West Alabama named Miss Paragon 2024

  • Posted 05.01.24
  • 5 minute read time
‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,’ is a phrase that epitomizes Amaya Carswell, a sophomore nursing major at the University of West Alabama and Miss Paragon 2024.

UWA signs agreement with teacher education university in Vietnam to foster global partnerships and advance educational excellence

  • Posted 04.30.24
  • 2 minute read time
Representatives from Ho Chi Minh City University of Education (HCMUE) in Vietnam recently wrapped up a fruitful visit to the University of West Alabama designed to foster deeper ties between the two institutions.

First-generation college student shines in integrated marketing communications program at UWA 

  • Posted 04.30.24
  • 4 minute read time
After spending more than four years studying to be an athletic trainer, first at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and then the University of West Alabama, Mahkayla Young abruptly switched her major to integrated marketing communications.

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