By Design
Everyone in the South family has helped shape our ‘do the right thing’ culture.
From our earliest days, we were blessed with leaders who created a culture based on integrity, dedication and class and who inspired us all to be ambitious, determined and bold. I have come to think of this culture as The USA Way.
Read full message from President Jo Bonner
Spring 2025
Message from the Mac
As spring turns to summer and another academic year comes to a close, we find ourselves reflecting with gratitude on all that our vibrant University of South Alabama community has accomplished.
Portraits of Distinction
Presented here: the administrators, healthcare heroes, engineers, educators, entrepreneurs, philanthropists and public servants who deserve the highest of accolades.
Coffee Gold
Joy in Sound and Motion
Dr. Heidi Lyn, a psychology professor at South, travels in the wake of dolphins — to Bermuda, the Florida Keys and the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi — where she studies their emotions as they interact with people and with each other.
Let's Have Class Outside
If all goes according to plan, by fall 2025, students at the Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences will study at an outdoor classroom built over a Aloe Bay, just west of the Dauphin Island Causeway.
Timber Makes a Nice Foundation
South students get opportunities to learn from first-rate teachers and researchers, and USA Health patients benefit from highly skilled care providers and state-of-the-art equipment — with a big assist from the University of South Alabama Foundation.
Mobile in Bloom
My grandpa, Dr. Eugene “Gene” John Aromi Jr., was many things: A World War II veteran. An education professor at the University of South Alabama. An artist. But he is best known by one title: azalea hybridizer.
Drawing Patients to Healing
Data Driven
Cutting-edge technology is transforming athletic training at South. Coaches and players are using tools like radar systems, motion sensors and data analytics to enhance performance, track progress and prevent injury.
Commencing a New Era
A new facility rises downtown after the demolition of the old Mobile Civic Center, site of South's early graduation ceremonies and basketball games.
Mobile Unearthed
Spanning the history of Mobile Bay, the I-10 Mobile River Bridge Archaeology Project is the largest undertaking the USA Center for Archaeological Studies has ever conducted.
The Wandering Globe
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Upcoming Events
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Oct. 30
Moulton Tower and Alumni Plaza
USA vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
Bonfire, pep rally and concert
Oct. 31-Nov. 1
Benefiting USA Health
Nov. 18
Mobile Convention Center
Presented by the Department of Music
Dec. 4
USA Mitchell Center
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