Academics News
- Posted 02.25.22
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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 02.11.22
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Dr. John McCall, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of West Alabama, is an unabashed fan of UWA鈥檚 biology program. The reasons are numerous, though one sits firmly atop his list.
- Posted 01.28.22
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Nursing seeped into聽Kelly McClure鈥檚 world not by accident or epiphany, but via something just as effective.聽Youthful curiosity, fleeting as it often is, won out
- Posted 01.21.22
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With artwork loosely based on one of rock music鈥檚 iconic images and a track listing of studio and live recordings, the University of West Alabama Choral Union鈥檚 recently released album may exemplify one trait more than all others: perseverance.
- Posted 01.21.22
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The University of West Alabama has announced more than 600 outstanding undergraduate students named to the President鈥檚 List and the Dean鈥檚 List for the Fall 2021 academic semester.
- Posted 01.19.22
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It鈥檚 the underdogs, Dr. Jodie Winship says, who tug at her heart, the unpopular, the excluded, the downtrodden, the people whose circumstances often separate them from the rest. Her explanation is quite organic. 鈥淲e were poor growing up and didn鈥檛 have a lot,鈥� she says, 鈥渟o I was always for that kid who didn鈥檛 have it.鈥�
- Posted 01.12.22
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There鈥檚 a symmetry that often blossoms between sisters, shared commonalities that become unmistakable. Ebony Ware-Parks and Kiera Ware could have enjoyed such a uniformity when they chose colleges.
- Posted 01.05.22
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Initially, at least, Cameron Preston鈥檚 career aspirations didn鈥檛 include scrubs and stethoscopes. The聽University of West Alabama, where he鈥檚 a senior, was less than an afterthought. 鈥淎ctually, I wanted to go to the NBA,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ut God had other plans for me.鈥�
- Posted 01.03.22
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Combining hefty doses of college advising and tough love, Dr. Mary Hanks and two of her University of West Alabama colleagues in January will embark on a mission to help female students of color not only adjust to life on campus, but also succeed.