Natural Sciences & Mathematics News
- Posted 05.20.26
- 4 minute read time
After nearly 25 years of teaching mathematics at the University of West Alabama, Kim Giles received the 2026 William E. Gilbert Award for Outstanding Teaching.
- Posted 05.11.26
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Parker Woodham views his four years at the University of West Alabama as a period of personal transformation, one marked by self-discovery and growth he鈥檚 most proud of.
- Posted 04.27.26
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Dr. Vania Assis grew up in a small town in Brazil where she rode horses, tended pigs and chickens alongside her father, even helping butcher cattle when the need arose. Now an assistant professor at UWA, Assis is committed to studying and protecting amphibians and educating others about this endangered group of vertebrates.
- Posted 12.15.25
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For 22 years, fraternal twins Claire and Grace Hall have shared everything鈥攆rom bedrooms to best-friend status. So when the Trussville, Alabama, natives transferred to the University of West Alabama, neither questioned whether they would continue life side by side.
- Posted 12.08.25
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After graduating from high school, Sameria Minor was sure of one thing鈥攕he was headed to the University of West Alabama.
- Posted 11.17.25
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To help meet the state鈥檚 growing demand for respiratory therapists, Malayasia Carlisle and Amiracle Jones stepped forward鈥攂ecoming two of the first students to enroll in the University of West Alabama鈥檚 new respiratory therapy program, launched in January 2025.
- Posted 07.31.25
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Thanks to UWA-Teach, students like biology major Anna Kate Golden now have a flexible path to teacher certification for STEM majors.
- Posted 07.23.25
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Four University of West Alabama marine biology majors spent 10 weeks gaining hands-on experience in marine science during a summer program at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.
- Posted 06.09.25
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A group of UWA students
took their education outdoors with a seven-day field trip to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.