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Provost Tina Jones sets sights on fall retirement

  • Posted 07.09.25
  • 11 minute read time
When fall classes begin at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ in August, it will mark the beginning of the 38th year on campus for Provost Dr. Tina N. Jones, but her last at the helm of academics for the 190-year-old institution. Jones will retire September 30 following a career that spans decades in the classroom and University outreach, shaping academic and career paths for her students and empowering growth for the State of Alabama.

UWA’s Creative Arts programs take center stage at arts celebration

  • Posted 04.11.25
  • 3 minute read time
The public is invited to attend "Arts @ the Amp", a comprehensive arts celebration that will be held on Saturday, April 26, at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's new amphitheater.

UWA College of Nursing offers free Stop the Bleed training for rural Alabama

  • Posted 04.04.25
  • 2 minute read time
The ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s College of Nursing is bringing Stop the Bleed® training to rural Alabama through a $25,000 grant from the Alabama Association of RC&D Councils for the Tombigbee, Ala-Tom, and Gulf Coast regions.

UWA professor pens true crime thriller about 1950s shooting on Sand Mountain

  • Posted 03.23.25
  • 9 minute read time
Lesa Carnes Shaul spent the first 18 years of her life on Sand Mountain, where the Kilpatrick shooting, as it was known locally, took place. Compelled to revisit it, she describes her book as her "love letter to home."

Tutwiler Library enters new chapter with Abernathy’s leadership

  • Posted 03.20.25
  • 5 minute read time
Andrea Abernathy grew up in a family that valued books, stories, curiosity, and a passion for libraries. Now she's the director of the Julia Tutwiler Library at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ.

UWA partners with Wallace State for Early Childhood Education transfer pathway

  • Posted 03.10.25
  • 4 minute read time
UWA President Dr. Todd G. Fritch (seated right) and WSCC President Dr. Vicki Karolewics (seated left) entered an agreement for a seamless transfer for students pursuing degrees in Early Childhood Education.

UWA bridges the digital divide in west Alabama through broadband access

  • Posted 03.07.25
  • 7 minute read time
For years, residents in rural Sumter and Greene counties in Alabama have faced slow or nonexistent internet connectivity. UWA is offering new hope to the region.

UWA partners with Southern Regional Technical College to enhance opportunities in environmental science and conservation education

  • Posted 02.17.25
  • 2 minute read time
The ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ (UWA) and Southern Regional Technical College (SRTC) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create a streamlined transfer pathway for students pursuing careers in environmental science and conservation.

First African American circuit judge and first female state auditor to enter Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame

  • Posted 02.13.25
  • 6 minute read time
Two new inductees, Justice Helen Shores Lee and former Secretary of State Agnes Baggett, will be honored at The Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame at a ceremony on March 6 at 11:00 a.m. in the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s Bridges Auditorium.

UWA’s National Alumni Association recognizes achievement at annual awards ceremony

  • Posted 02.10.25
  • 8 minute read time
The ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and the National Alumni Association recognized the accomplishments of 12 outstanding alumni at its annual awards ceremony, held Jan. 30 in the Bell Conference Center on UWA's campus, in conjunction with with the Society of the Golden Key Induction Ceremony.

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