º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× News Archives
The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Office 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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Veteran Helps Others Seeking Higher Education
September 17, 2015Kyle Parrish said the new Student Veterans Resource Study Room is a 'Beacon of Hope' for veterans transitioning to campu ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Student Health Encourages Students to "Be Jag Healthy"
September 16, 2015Free physicals and counseling are among the many services that will be available for students at the second annual "Be Jag He ... -
Find Out which Supreme Court Cases to Watch
September 11, 2015Two lectures are scheduled for Constitution Week on the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× campus. ... -
Veterans Get New Space; 9\11 Event Planned
September 9, 2015An open house will be held at the Student Veterans Resource Room following the National Day of Service and Remembrance tribute. ... -
Vestavia Hills Freshman Named Trustees Scholar
September 4, 2015Shirley Zhang is the recipient of the second annual Board of Trustees award. ... -
Athletic Director to Chair NCAA Baseball Committee
September 4, 2015Dr. Joel Erdmann will serve as chair of the Division I Baseball Committee during the 2015-2016 academic year. ... -
Football Stadium Market to be Evaluated
September 4, 2015º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× is gathering additional information regarding the possible construction of an on-campus football stadium. ... -
Watch 60-Ton Walls Get Lifted Into Place
September 4, 2015See what happens when a crew has to move 39 concrete walls onto the foundation of a new medical building. ... -
Enrollment, Retention Climb
September 3, 2015º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× enrolled 16,462 students for the fall 2015 semester, an increase of 2.5 percent. ... -
Haines on º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Today Bestseller List
August 31, 2015A novella by nationally recognized writer Carolyn Haines, assistant professor of English, is part of an e-bundle named to the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× ... -
Vietnam Symposium set for Sept 2, 3
August 27, 2015"Remembering America's War in Vietnam, 1965-2015," will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2, in the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Marx Libr ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Launches New Active Learning Initiative
August 27, 2015The Active Learning Initiative at South Alabama, known as ALISA, has been launched to change the way students engage with course c ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Team Wins Airbus Innovation Showdown
August 25, 2015When a new generation of aircraft takes to the skies, it could be that º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× students will have played a maj ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Top in State for Tau Beta Pi Scholarships
August 24, 2015Nine º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× engineering seniors have recently been selected as Tau Beta Pi scholars. No other university in ... -
Dr. Annmarie Guzy, associate professor of English, has been named a Fellow of the National Collegiate Honors Council in recognitio ... -
Students Greeted with Fun, Inspiring Convocation
August 19, 2015New students entered the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Mitchell Center Monday morning to the upbeat sounds and cheers of the Jaguar Marching Band, the begin ... -
Week of Welcome 2015 Photo Gallery
August 15, 2015The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× opened the fall semester with its inaugural Week of Welcome, designed to showcase all the places n ... -
Move-In Day Kicks Off Week of Welcome at º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×
August 15, 2015The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×'s faculty and staff greeted students and opened the fall semester with the first Week of Welc ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× VP to Moderate 'Glass Ceiling' Forum
August 14, 2015Lynne Chronister, vice president for research and economic development at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×, will moderate a women&# ... -
College of Medicine Class of 2019 Introduced
August 11, 2015The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× College of Medicine welcomed new faces last week for the Class of 2019's freshman orientation ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Alumnus Receives Summer White House Internship
August 11, 2015Travis Davis, a 2011 graduate of the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× and native of Mobile, has been spending his summer working at the ... -
Singapore Ambassador, Congressman Byrne Visit º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×
August 4, 2015Singapore's Ambassador to the United States, Ashok Mirpuri, visited the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× on Aug. 4 at the invitati ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Named One of America's Safest Colleges
July 28, 2015BestColleges.com has named the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× one of the nation's safest college campuses. ... -
About 30 students are attending the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×'s School of Computing to learn from the experts during the Ge ... -
The School of Computing at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× received official certification recently from the U.S. National Securit ... -
Bro Code Wins National Award
July 23, 2015The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× recently received the Collaborative Program of the Year award at The Association of College Unions ... -
Director of Civic Engagement, Service-Learning Appointed
July 15, 2015Kimberly Williams Pettway will begin a one-year appointment as director of the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×'s Center for Acade ... -
The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Supermileage Car, which beat out dozens of universities for the Design Report Trophy at the 2015 S ... -
The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Police Department recognizes Officer Mallory A. Ambrose, who recently graduated with honors from t ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Student Honored with Davis Leadership Award
July 10, 2015David Zakrzewski, a sophomore at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× and the corresponding secretary for the Epsilon Alpha Chapter of ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× President Dr. Tony Waldrop, speaking at the announcement of 12 new Manufacturing Communities, emphasized º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×'s role in ec ... -
The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× has initiated a preliminary exploration of the financial, logistical and infrastructural requireme ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Study Reveals Labor Shortage Pushing Wages Higher in Gulf Shores and South Baldwin County
June 30, 2015A shortage of workers for rapidly expanding jobs in restaurants, hotels, condominiums, retail and entertainment industries in Sout ... -
The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Study Abroad program has received more than $100,000 in scholarship funds, which have been awarded ... -
Marine Sciences Makes Big Splash with New Programs
June 28, 2015Students at º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× can now earn an undergraduate minor in marine sciences, and the department also has added a master's degree i ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× MBA Hosts Open House
June 23, 2015The Mitchell College of Business at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× will host an open house and informational session for its mast ... -
Gut Check: Pill Camera Takes Digestive Tract Tour
June 22, 2015With PillCam COLON, developed by Given Imaging, physicians are able to visualize the colon to monitor and diagnose disorders of th ... -
Medical Student Milestone: White Coats for Class of 2017
June 21, 2015During the White Coat ceremony, the students were cloaked with the traditional dress of physicians for more than 100 years. The ce ... -
The 2016 Physician Assistant class at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× offered free health screenings and other health-related serv ... -
º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× School of Computing Offers New Doctorate
June 17, 2015This fall, º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×'s School of Computing will offer its first doctoral program in computing, a unique and multidisciplinary progr ... -
Students and faculty at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× will enjoy a more meaningful, hands-on learning experience about manufactu ... -
South Alabama Athletics Claims Vic Bubas Cup
June 10, 2015On the strength of four Sun Belt Conference championships, the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× has been awarded the Vic Bubas Cup as t ... -
The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Office of Multicultural Student Affairs celebrated a successful program year with the growth of more than 50 new students. ... -
Leslie Weaver, a licensed professional counselor and a national board certified counselor for º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× Counseling and Testing Services ... -
The Fanny and Bert Meisler Endowed Professorship in Jewish Studies will expand and deepen the University's relationship with ... -
Dr. Angus McBryde Welcomed Back at º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ×
June 5, 2015Dr. Angus McBryde has been named professor and interim chair of the department of orthopaedic surgery at the University of South A ... -
The Mitchell College of Business at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× recently hosted leadership seminars on the main campus for th ... -
The º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× has opened a new frontier of research for the University with the addition of a microscope that wi ... -
Dr. Kelly Dorgan, assistant professor of marine sciences at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× and a senior marine scientist at the D ... -
Medical Students Form Preventive Medicine Team
May 28, 2015Second-year medical students at the º£½ÇÒùĸÂÒÂ× College of Medicine have formed a Preventive Medicine Team. The te ...