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  • ALEXIS ATKINS and LENUS PERKINS
    Leader Profiles
    May 18, 2023
    Leader Profiles on Alexis Atkins and Lenus Perkins. ...
  • Madam Chairwoman Arlene Mitchell
    Madam Chairwoman
    May 18, 2023
    Arlene Mitchell takes the helm as the first female Chair Pro Tem in the University's history ...
  • Marine Science professionals discussing in an office
    For 30 years, the Marine Science Department, now the School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, worked out of one office in the ...
  • Reggie Smith, a walk-on from Pensacola, earned a scholarship before his fifth season of football at South Alabama.
    South Guy
    May 18, 2023
    Reggie Smith, a walk-on from Pensacola, earned a scholarship before his fifth season of football at South Alabama. ...
  • USA logo on hanging banner under lights outside.
    Local alumnus Dan Ollis and Hal Swanson hosted an evening at their home in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. ...
  • Students running across the Hancock Whitney field
    Touring South: Flagship of the Gulf Coast ...
  • Alumni Dan Ollis
    Dan Ollis '80 was born in Virginia, but his parents moved the family to Mobile before Dan was even conscious of what life was ...
  • The Mapp Family Campus will be another important location for educating and training the next generation of healthcare providers.
    The Mapp Family Campus will be another important location for educating and training the next generation of healthcare providers. ...
  • Morgan VanGilder with child.
    Dream Funds
    June 9, 2022
    For more than 20 years, the USA National Alumni Association has awarded merit-based student scholarships. The association will pre ...
  • Dr. Israel cooking demonstration.
    All of us have heard, for as long as we can remember, that eating our fruits and vegetables, limiting our sugar intake and staying ...
  • Lindsay Flach running and holding her baby.
    A Great Run
    June 9, 2022
    Track and field star Lindsay Flach has had - as she aptly put it - a great run. ...
  • Keira Ross standing outside on campus.
    When Keira Ross walks through Shelby Hall, every engineering student seems to know her, need her, or have something to say to her. ...
  • DAA Award Recipients
    The USA National Alumni Association honored five individuals and USA Health for their outstanding accomplishments during the 17th ...
  • President Jo Bonner walking across campus.
    Rallying Support
    June 9, 2022
    President Jo Bonner begins to share this vision of South as the 'Flagship of the Gulf Coast.' ...
  • Jaguar Memoirs: Kenishia Pritchett ’18
    Last spring, hundreds of alumni shared memories of their time as students at South Alabama. Over the next year, we will be sharing ...
  • Jaguar Memoirs: Dr. Kaila M. Mattson
    Last spring, hundreds of alumni shared memories of their time as students at South Alabama. Over the next year, we will be sharing ...
  • Jaguar Memoirs: Charles O. Erwin
    Last spring, hundreds of alumni shared memories of their time as students at South Alabama. Over the next year, we will be sharing ...
  • Jaguar Memoirs: Nikhil M. Patel
    Last spring, hundreds of alumni shared memories of their time as students at South Alabama. Over the next year, we will be sharing ...
  • Jaguar Memoirs: Dr. Kathleen A. Pajer
    Last spring, hundreds of alumni shared memories of their time as students at South Alabama. Over the next year, we will be sharing ...
  • Jaguar Memoirs:Tom Corcoran
    Last spring, hundreds of alumni shared memories of their time as students at South Alabama. Over the next year, we will be sharing ...
  • Groundbreaking Impact
    Groundbreaking Impact
    December 6, 2021
    A growing alumni base, combined with committed supporters willing to give, has led to the most successful fundraising year in the ...
  • Tagged fish
    Sea Change
    December 6, 2021
    Dr. Amy Sprinkle couldn't wait to move into a new home for the School of Marine and Environmental Sciences at South. She boxe ...
  • Groundbreaking of trauma center.
    The COVID-19 pandemic has altered so many things in people's lives. Additionally, it has caused significant disruptions for a ...
  • Tim Harvey former South Alabama Defensive Captain has begun a successful new start-up business
    Starter to start-up
    June 28, 2021
    Former Jaguar defensive captain co-founds life-saving company ...
  • Marty Irby standing outside on campus.
    After graduating from the University of South Alabama in 2003, Marty Irby worked in real estate and won equestrian world champions ...
  • Freddie Blanche in front of graffiti on a wall.
    Playing with Fire
    June 28, 2021
    As a kid, Freddie Blache loved to play with fire. So it shouldn't have been a surprise when, after just one elective glassblo ...
  • Courtney Dortch in her office at From Me to You Massage Therapy.
    Courtney Dortch's first love was basketball, but when she started throwing shot put in middle school, she starting winning. A ...
  • Brandon Marcus
    A Life Reimagined
    June 25, 2021
    Brandon Marcus did not plan to study musical theatre at South. He began his college career as a voice and music therapy student at ...
  • Lorenzo Ferguson in his food truck.
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  • USA Health Worker helps administer vaccine
    USA leads vaccine efforts on the Upper Gulf Coast ...
  • Avalisha Fisher standing outside.
    Driven to Succeed
    June 25, 2021
    When Avalisha Fisher received her bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1993, there were only four other students who gra ...
  • The Waldrops
    The tenure of retiring president Tony Waldrop marks a pivotal time in South's history. ...
  • Dr. Mike Mitchell, Juan Peasant, Dr. Andre Green, Margaret Sullivan, Rufus Hudson, Dr. Paul Frazier, USA President Dr. Tony Waldrop and Tramaine Perry.
    This summer, in the midst of a global pandemic and social unrest across the country, Dr. André Green saw a window of opport ...
  • Cassandra Kellum and Les’Lee Gilberry
    After building a career and starting a family in Mobile, Cassandra Kellum began to take stock of her life. ...
  • Keith Griffith
    Keith Griffith made a splash at the University of South Alabama even before he first set foot on campus as a student in 2017. The ...
  • Louis and Melinda Mapp
    Servant leaders
    December 15, 2020
    On a glorious fall afternoon -- their favorite time of the year -- Louis and Melinda Mapp pull up a pair of rocking chairs on the ...
  • Upward & Onward Campaign with Moulton Tower and campus
    Upward & Onward
    December 15, 2020
    In October 2015, the University launched the most ambitious capital campaign in its history, with a goal of $150 million. On Septe ...
  • Hancock Whitney Stadium
    On campus at last
    December 15, 2020
    After years of dreaming, planning and construction, the USA Jaguars have an on-campus stadium to call home. ...
  • Jan-Louw Kotze throwing disc
    Jan-Louw Kotze came to the University of South Alabama hoping to compete for a discus gold medal in the Olympics ...
  • Gabi Wilson in kitchen working
    Clad in chef's whites, instructor Gabi Wilson addresses the class. "Tonight we've got avocado toast. It's supe ...
  • Rick Green
    Like many great inventions, Rick Green's was born out of necessity. A necessity for the perfect smoked ribs. ...
  • Kelvin Herring
    Kelvin Herring has always loved meeting new people. It's what drew him to the field of psychology and the goal of one day bec ...
  • Kelsey Moon
    The Art of Learning
    December 12, 2019
    As a nursing student, Kelsey Moon never imagined she would be studying art history in Italy. But pushing herself beyond her comfor ...
  • Ken Simon
    USA alumnus and recent chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ken Simon followed footsteps to South and then walked his own path. ...
  • University Hospital
    In order to improve the level of awareness among the communities, and encourage additional referring doctors and patients to use U ...
  • Jeremy Fletcher in Shelby Hall
    "You adapt to the environment you're put in." As a graduate-level physical therapy assistant professor in USA ...
  • Dr. Todd McDonald and Dr. Todd Andel in front of Shelby Hall
    Cybersecurity Camp
    November 19, 2018
    Cybersecurity is typically not high on the list of priorities for rising high school freshmen. However, for 60 ninth-graders at W. ...
  • People with shovels at groundbreaking ceremony
    Welcome Home
    November 19, 2018
    The University of South Alabama National Alumni Association held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Julian and Kim MacQueen Alu ...
  • On-Campus Stadium Rendering
    Get On Campus
    November 19, 2018
    The University launched a fundraising campaign in August with the goal of building an on-campus football stadium by 2020. The camp ...
  • Nest founders
    Edmond Naman '87, a Mobile County Circuit Court judge and head of Mobile County Juvenile Court, dreams big. He co-founded an ...