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  • University of South Alabama classroom

    Preparing Students For What Comes Next
    May 18, 2023

    South is implementing a new Quality Enhancement Plan called LevelUP that coincides with its institutional accreditation review. ...
  • University of South Alabama College of Nursing

    College of Nursing Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence
    April 21, 2023

    USA's College of Nursing opened in 1973 and is commemorating its 50th anniversary with multiple recognition events. ...
  • Dr. Bri Ard and husband Ryan

    Fulbright Scholarship Panels Planned
    April 20, 2023

    USA students, faculty and staff can learn about the Fulbright Scholarship program by attending two scheduled panels on campus. ...
  • USA Health to purchase Providence

    Providence Acquisition Announced
    April 18, 2023

    USA seeks to expand access to academic-based healthcare along the upper Gulf Coast. ...
  • South students Miranda Traylor and Sylvie Gray

    South Students Shine at Sports Medicine Conference
    April 11, 2023

    USA's Miranda Traylor and Sylvie Gray win individual awards at Southeast Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine conference. ...
  • Unknown South Alabama student

    Education Retention Summit
    March 31, 2023

    The Black Faculty and Staff Association and Mitchell College of Business are hosting the Education Retention Summit Saturday, April 1. ...
  • Scholarship winners Anhelina Lukovenko and Kenya Valrie

    Social Justice and Perseverance Scholarships Awarded
    March 24, 2023

    Anhelina Lukovenko, who emigrated from Ukraine as a child, and Kenya Valrie, who plans to realize her mother’s dream as a University of South Alabama graduate, each received a Leadership in Social Justice and Perseverance Scholarship. ...
  • University of South Alabama sign

    Focus On Mental Health
    March 20, 2023

    South joins a network of nearly 400 other colleges and universities across the nation to be named a JED Campus. ...
  • Dr. Susan Gordon-Hickey

    Gordon-Hickey Named Allied Health Dean
    March 1, 2023

    Dr. Susan Gordon-Hickey will lead the Pat Capps Covey College of Allied Health Professions in the permanent role after serving as interim dean. ...
  • Dr. Todd R. Andel in front of the School of Computing at the University of South Alabama. The school is designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.

    Andel Named Computing Dean
    January 26, 2023

    Dr. Todd R. Andel will lead the University of South Alabama School of Computing with plans to attract additional students and introduce new academic programs. ...
  • Snehal Adekar used an industry downturn caused COVID-19 as an opportunity to change course, leaving her job as a flight attendant to continue her education at the University of South Alabama Mitchell College of Business.

    Business Class
    January 19, 2023

    A former flight attendant from India stops circling the globe and starts a new career as an MBA student in the Mitchell College of Business. ...
  • Sunset, glass artwork by Matthew Patterson from his Catalysts series

    Wanted: Gulf Scholars
    December 13, 2022

    A new research program at South will select students from diverse academic disciplines for community and environmental projects. ...
  • University of South Alabama graduates at fall 2022 Commencement at the USA Mitchell Center.

    'Full of Abundance'
    December 10, 2022

    South graduates at fall 2022 Commencement are urged to find answers in unlikely places and accept the power of good. ...
  • Dr. Tony Waldrop, third president of the University of South Alabama.

    Dr. Tony G. Waldrop, 1951-2022
    December 4, 2022

    The third president of the University of South Alabama, a former track star, researcher and administrator, passed away in his native North Carolina. ...
  • President Jo Bonner gives his inauguration address at the Mitchell Center on Friday. “The University of South Alabama is poised and ready to become the Flagship of the Gulf Coast,” he told those gathered.

    Bonner Inaugurated as Fourth President
    September 24, 2022

    President Jo Bonner announces a commitment to student recruitment and retention, along with new facilities, at the 'Flagship of the Gulf Coast.' ...
  • Emilie Berge in her lab at South, has received one of just 12 Zymo Research Impact Initiative grants awarded annually for scientific innovation and potential social impact. Berge received her master's degree in environmental toxicology in May will use the $4000 award to perform transcriptomic analysis of the polyaromatic hydrocarbon degrading bacteria she described in her thesis.

    On Track For Success
    September 12, 2022

    Former South student and track star awarded Zymo Research Impact Initiative grant for her work in environmental toxicology. ...
  • Dr. Na Gong, front, is leading an artificial intelligence research team in a $6 million National Science Foundation project. Her South colleagues in the program include, left to right, Dr. Clive Woods, Dr. Hulya Kirkici, Dr. Mohamed Shaban and Dr. Jinhui Wang.

    The Edge of Artificial Intelligence
    August 11, 2022

    Dr. Na Gong leads a national team working on a $6 million NSF grant to develop an integrated research infrastructure for Edge AI. ...
  • Tristen Mullins, chosen graduate student of the year for South's School of Computing in 2022, is beginning her career in cybersecurity at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.

    Cybersecurity, Flexibility
    August 11, 2022

    At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, Tristen Mullins begins a career in cybersecurity through the Scholarship for Service program. #MyFirstJob ...
  • Matthew Hodanbosi, a marine sciences Ph.D. student at the University of South Alabama has been selected as one of 86 John A. Marine Policy Fellows. He will begin his fellowship in February working in Washington D.C. with government officials.

    South Ph.D. Student Receives Marine Policy Fellowship
    August 4, 2022

    Matthew Hodanbosi has been named one of just 86 recipients of the 2023 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. ...
  • Dr. Emily Bentley, an assistant professor of nursing, will be the project director for Nursing, Recruitment and Education to Expand Access to Culturally Aligned Healthcare. Funded by a $3.6 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, the program is designed to recruit, educate, train and mentor diverse nursing students to become leaders in managing social determinants of health by providing care in several rural communities and underserved areas in Alabama and Mississippi.

    $3.6 Million Grant to Support Nursing Mobile Units in Rural, Underserved Communities
    July 29, 2022

    The initiative will support holistic care by healthcare providers that represent the diversity of the areas they serve. ...
  • The University of South Alabama launched SOAR, short for Strengthening Opportunities for Achievement and Resilience, at the MacQueen Alumni Center July 27, 2022. South is collaborating with the Mobile Public Schools and Mobile Police Department on this 5-year intervention study. Causey, Hankins, Pillans and Washington middle schools are taking part and at the launch, the principals of each middle school chose a balloon that revealed which year their school would receive the intervention.

    South Leads Initiative to Curb Youth Violence
    July 27, 2022

    University researchers will collaborate with the Mobile Police Department and Mobile County Public Schools on a five-year, $3.5 million project focused on reducing death, injury and incarceration. ...
  • The Pat Capps Covey College of Allied Health Professions will feature two new degreed programs beginning in the fall 2022 semester. Radiologic Sciences begins an online-only program for radiologic technicians who hold an associate degree to earn a bachelor's degree. The Department of Biomedical Sciences is starting a new master’s degree program for students who are particularly interested in research.

    College of Allied Health Professions Initiates New Programs
    July 11, 2022

    Two new programs in the Pat Capps Covey College of Allied Health Professions will expand both academic and professional opportunities. ...
  • Professor of marine sciences Dr. John Lehrter, on a vessel off the Alabama coast in 2021, is leading a study to arrive at a baseline for water quality along the Alabama Gulf Coast. “At a really fundamental level, this project is about going out, very frequently, and trying to get the pulse of state water quality. Where are the places we have to worry about, and what are the places that have good quality?”

    Marine Sciences Professor Wins $3.1 Million Water Quality Grant
    July 11, 2022

    Dr. John Lehrter and the University of South Alabama School of Marine and Environmental Sciences will lead the three-year study of water and sediment quality along Alabama' s Gulf Coast. ...
  • Micah Mermilliod took this self portrait from on top the Alabama Contemporary Art Center, where he took a job as an assistant curator.

    Art Start
    June 29, 2022

    Micah Mermilliod moves from solo shows to collaborative work as an assistant curator for the Alabama Contemporary Art Center. #MyFirstJob ...
  • Mi’Asia Barclay, who graduated from the University of South Alabama with degrees in kinesiology and health promotion, took a job at the Moorehouse School of Medicine, where her office on the 15th floor overlooks downtown Atlanta. “Being in a place where I can connect people with resources, where people can better themselves, it makes me feel like I’m doing something,” she said.

    Big City Beginning
    June 21, 2022

    Mi'Asia Barclay, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees at South, begins her health administration career in Atlanta at the Morehouse School of Medicine. #MyFirstJob ...