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Psychology student unearths his purpose at UWA

  • Posted 12.16.25
  • 3 minute read time
T.J. Runyon has always been fascinated by human behavior. His journey has taken him from studying fossils alongside James Lamb at the University of West Alabama鈥檚 Black Belt Museum to now earning an undergraduate degree in psychology during Fall 2025 commencement exercises.
Two UWA students moving into Gilbert Hall.

UWA administrators ramping up students’ on-campus experience

  • Posted 08.12.22
  • 7 minute read time

Amid Sumter County鈥檚 stultifying August humidity and the sight of University of West Alabama freshmen moving into聽Gilbert Hall聽dorms, Dr. Melissa Haab鈥檚 vision of students re-engaging with campus life is coming into view.聽

UWA nursing students.

UWA nursing students benefit from The Caring Foundation support

  • Posted 07.27.22
  • 4 minute read time

Nursing students at the University of West Alabama benefit from the experience of the Ira D. Pruitt Division of Nursing faculty and a rigorous curriculum that prepares graduates for licensure examinations and employment.

UWA Associate Professor of Sport Management LaJuan Hutchinson.

UWA students select popular Hutchinson for William E. Gilbert Award

  • Posted 07.01.22
  • 7 minute read time
As an associate professor of sport management at the University of West Alabama, the 55-year-old Hutchinson is renowned for his passion for teaching, a willingness to mentor students, and his admitted love of sports. In May, Hutchinson was selected by the student body for the William E. Gilbert Award, one of UWA鈥檚 most prestigious annual honors that recognizes outstanding teaching and excellence in classroom instruction.

Poole, Alabama’s state finance director, receives honorary doctorate from UWA

  • Posted 07.01.22
  • 6 minute read time
Bill Poole may have been born in New Orleans, but Alabama鈥檚 western regions decorate his life. He hails from Marengo County. He graduated twice from the University of Alabama, including its School of Law. He represented much of Tuscaloosa County for a decade in the Alabama Legislature, where he helped shape the state鈥檚 public education budget.

UWA’s College of Education gains new accreditations

  • Posted 06.30.22
  • 4 minute read time
Dr. Jan Miller is ecstatic that a renowned education association has accredited a degree program in the University of West Alabama鈥檚 Julia S. Tutwiler College of Education. She鈥檚 not satisfied, though. One isn鈥檛 enough.

The self-styled farm girl who keeps UWA’s athletics department in line

  • Posted 06.27.22
  • 8 minute read time
Her Foust Hall office is adorned with jerseys and balls autographed by Tiger athletes. She refers to UWA鈥檚 coaches as 鈥渕y coaches.鈥� Her boss, Director of Athletics Kent Partridge, admits she is his department鈥檚 sole constant. 鈥淎nd thank the Good Lord for that,鈥� he said.

UWA announces Spring 2022 President鈥檚 and Dean鈥檚 Lists honors

  • Posted 06.01.22
  • 177 minute read time
The University of West Alabama has announced nearly 700 outstanding undergraduate students named to the President鈥檚 List and the Dean鈥檚 List for the Spring 2022 academic semester.

UWA’s Hill: ‘I’ve never wanted to be anything but a nurse’

  • Posted 05.27.22
  • 7 minute read time
Polite as possible, Dr. Chineda Hill, an associate professor of nursing at the University of West Alabama, is nonetheless adamant. She permits no hesitation. She harbors no doubt. A smile shades her spunk. 鈥淚鈥檓 a nurse,鈥� she said.聽

UWA graduate eager to help future teachers, lessen food insecurity

  • Posted 05.12.22
  • 7 minute read time
Up in DeKalb County, near Lake Guntersville and about an hour鈥檚 drive from Huntsville, is where Brandon Renfroe teaches science at Geraldine High School. By almost any metric, from demographics and geography to socioeconomics and politics, that region of northeast Alabama鈥檚 Appalachian foothills seems as far from Livingston and the Black Belt鈥檚 western counties as it can be.聽

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