ÃÛèÖÊÓƵNews Archives
The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵOffice of Marketing and Communications has provided the following press releases
for use by media outlets. For assistance, contact Lance Crawford, Director of Media Relations.
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In an historic move to allow more family members and friends to watch the awarding of degrees to 2,000 candidates, the University ...
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ÃÛèÖÊÓƵEmployee Campaign Makes $800,000 Impact
May 8, 2015ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ employees continued their tradition of giving and investing in USA's students and programs with $ ... -
Graduates at the ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ's Spring Commencement this Saturday, May 9, will be the first in the University& ...
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The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ recently recognized 21 outstanding students as 2015 Academic All Stars and recipients of national ...
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ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ President Dr. Tony Waldrop has named Dr. Michael Finan as director of the ÃÛèÖÊÓƵMitchell Cancer Institut ...
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Dr. Edward Panacek replaces Dr. Frank Pettyjohn as chair of emergency medicine at the ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ College of Medic ...
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ÃÛèÖÊÓƵMail Hub To Open with Expand Services and Hours
April 30, 2015ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ students and employees will have access to an array of new mailing, shipping, copying and printing opt ... -
In "Cradle of Freedom," author Frye Gaillard adds a human face to the story of the black American struggle for equality. ...
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Murphy Student Wins ÃÛèÖÊÓƵPublic Speaking Competition
April 23, 2015The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ's department of communication in the College of Arts and Sciences recently sponsored its annu ... -
The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ Student Health Center recently was granted a 3-year re-accreditation by the Accreditation Associat ...
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The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ hosted a successful 27th Annual Oozeball Tournament recently with 52 teams of students, faculty, s ...
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ÃÛèÖÊÓƵVolunteers Lend Hand at JaguarsCare
April 19, 2015ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends in Mobile overcame bad weather on Saturday, April 18, to ... -
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵTo Go Tobacco Free Beginning Aug. 1
April 17, 2015The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ will become part of an increasing trend in higher education on Aug. 1 when the main campus, the US ... -
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵto Co-Host Alabama All-State Band Festival
April 14, 2015The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ Department of Music will co-host the 2015 Alabama Bandmasters Association All-State Band Festival ... -
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵElects New Student Government Association Officers
April 13, 2015The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ has announced the Student Government Association officer elections for the 2015-2016 academic year ... -
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵTakes a Stand Against Sexual Assault
April 13, 2015The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ joins a national effort in taking a stand and observing April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. T ... -
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵRallies at Higher Ed Day
April 9, 2015Hundreds of ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ students, faculty, staff and administrators traveled to Montgomery today to support Higher ... -
Global steel company SSAB, which operates a mill in Mobile County, has announced a $110,000 pledge to the University of South Alab ...
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ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ Drs. Peggy Delmas, assistant professor in the College of Education, and Krista Harrell, associate dean ...
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ÃÛèÖÊÓƵto Rally on Higher Education Day
April 6, 2015University administrators, faculty, staff, students and alumni will join thousands of other representatives from across Alabama on ... -
Jaguar Marching Band Selects Drum Major for Next Season
April 1, 2015Carson Watson, a sophomore biology major and a native of Prattville, Ala., has been selected as the next drum major for the Univer ... -
"Dances with Cosmology" to be held April 9
April 1, 2015The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵNative American Studies Program, with funding from the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and the Archaeology Museum will prese ... -
Symposium Set for Civil War History and Memory
March 27, 2015The Center for the Study of War & Memory at the ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ will focus on "The Civil War in History and M ... -
2015 Employee Annual Fund Kicks Off
March 26, 2015The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ kicked off its 2015 Employee Annual Fund this week, opening a campaign that brings together employ ... -
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵResearchers: Lessons to Learn from Oil Spill
March 26, 2015Dr. Steve Picou, founder and director of the ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center, and Dr. Keith Nic ... -
"Promoting Diversity in the Classroom" Series Begins
March 25, 2015The College of Education at the ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ wants to share the importance of embracing diversity and the need to r ... -
Renowned Galapagos Islands Researcher to Lecture at USA
March 24, 2015Dr. Stephen J. Walsh, internationally recognized for his research into human impacts on the Galapagos Islands, will present a semi ... -
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵgraduate and bass-baritone Nicholas "Nick" Brownlee sang two arias on Sunday in New York to become one of five winni ...
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Medical Students Celebrate Residencies at Match Day
March 20, 2015Senior medical students at the ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ gathered March 20 at the Mobile Convention Center to find out this year ... -
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵResearchers Join Nationwide Resilience Team
March 19, 2015ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ researchers are joining a nationwide effort to help communities recover from disasters. The effort is ... -
Lindsey Whitehurst, a computer science major, won the top prize Wednesday, March 18, in USA's 2nd Annual 3MT® Competition ...
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Dr. Andrea Agnew, assistant dean of students for student services, was recently named Advocate of the Year by the Alabama Governor ...
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ÃÛèÖÊÓƵConcert Choir to Perform with Mobile Symphony
March 13, 2015The Mobile Symphony once again welcomes the ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ Concert Choir to the stage in "From Tragedy to Triump ... -
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵJoins a Global Effort to Present V-Day 2015
March 13, 2015The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ Common Read/Common World Program will present "V-Day: Until the Violence Stops," to be h ... -
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵHosts Prestigious Tournees French Film Festival
March 12, 2015The department of foreign languages and literatures will host the Tournees French Film Festival beginning at 7 p.m. this evening a ... -
Chinese Fiction Scholar to Speak at Mahan Lecture
March 12, 2015Dr. Rae Yang, professor of Chinese fiction at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., will deliver a lecture on "Contested Memory ... -
Dr. Marcus Drymon will use satellite tags to monitor the feeding behaviors of local tiger sharks. ...
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ÃÛèÖÊÓƵHistory Club to Sponsor Free Speech Panel
March 10, 2015The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵHistory Club will sponsor a panel discussion, "Free Speech in Historical Perspective," at 6 p.m., Thursday, in t ... -
Graduates at the ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ's Spring Commencement on May 9 will be the first in the University's histor ...
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The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ National Alumni Association honored three distinguished alumni and two service leaders for notable ...
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'I Knew South Was For Me'
March 2, 2015Watson's story is not unlike those of other first-generation students who seek advancement through higher education. A campus ... -
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵABK Honor Society Inducts Record Number
March 1, 2015The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ Abeneefoo Kuo Honor Society inducted a record number of 109 students at its induction ceremony hel ... -
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵSoutherners Accepting Applications
February 27, 2015The Southerners, the ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ official student ambassadors, are accepting applications for their 2015-2016 clas ... -
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵJoins Educators, Business Leaders at Education Summit
February 24, 2015"The Role of Post-Secondary Education in Improving Educational Attainment for All Students" was the theme for the 2015 F ... -
School of Computing Hosts State Awards Honoring Young Women
February 24, 2015Eighteen young women from across Alabama were recognized Saturday, Feb. 21, for their accomplishments and aspirations in computing ... -
College of Education to Host 2015 Education Summit
February 20, 2015The College of Education at the ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ will celebrate 48 years of teaching, research and service during its F ... -
USAPD Holds 'Check Your Ride' Event for Students
February 20, 2015Students are encouraged to have their vehicles checked for spring break travel during the 'Check Your Ride' event on Wed ... -
Theatre ÃÛèÖÊÓƵPresents 'The Shape of Things'
February 20, 2015Theatre ÃÛèÖÊÓƵwill present Neil LaBute's "The Shape of Things" Friday, Feb. 20, thru Sunday, Feb. 28, in the Laidlaw ... -
ÃÛèÖÊÓƵFaculty Member Awarded Outstanding Teacher Award
February 19, 2015Kristy Britt, senior instructor of foreign languages and literatures at the ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ, has been named recipient ... -
Former Diplomat to Discuss Changing U.S-Cuban Relations
February 19, 2015Dr. Carlos Alzugaray Treto will lecture on "Cuban-U.S. Relations after Dec. 17: A View from Havana" at 6 p.m., Feb. 23, ...