Academics News Archive

  • Luis Gonzalez portrait
    Luis Gonzalez, who played baseball for the Jags in the late 1980s, is South's newest trustee after being appointed by Gov. Kay Ivey. ...
  • Chloé Knippers works part-time for a Mobile ambulance company. Here, she is in front of the University of South Alabama's Mobile Simulation Lab.
    Chloé Knippers, who just finished her first year at South in emergency medical services, works part-time as an EMT for a Mobile ambulance company. ...
  • University of South Alabama classroom
    South is implementing a new Quality Enhancement Plan called LevelUP that coincides with its institutional accreditation review. ...
  • Frederick Douglass hospital circa 1895
    "Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Physicians," to be held through June 17 at the Charles M. Baugh Biomedical Library. ...
  • Student in Stokes School of Marine & Environmental Sciences department examines sample under microscope.
    This funding will support the development of technical computing content for the University's marine science labs. ...
  • University of South Alabama Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Andi Kent, from left, and President Jo Bonner, meet to sign an agreement with former Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran and Sheriff Paul Burch that will provide scholarships to Mobile County deputies and correctional officers seeking an undergraduate degree in criminal justice.
    The University of South Alabama has teamed up with the Mobile County Deputy Sheriff and Correctional Officer Foundation to provide an affordable pathway to a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. ...
  • Dr. Douglas Marshall
    Dr. Doug Marshall will step into the role after serving as interim dean. “The Honors College is the natural place for new and innovative ideas and partnerships from all over campus to take root and bear fruit,” he said. ...
  • Nearly 2,100 spring and summer graduates were celebrated during Commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday at the USA Mitchell Center.
    Nearly 2,100 spring and summer graduates are celebrated during Commencement ceremonies at the USA Mitchell Center. ...
  • Jade Martin snorkels off the Galapagos Islands, where she saw sea lions, sea turtles and a hammerhead shark. She visited the islands this spring on a research trip.
    A South senior uses maps, photos and Geographic Information Science to illustrate her research trip to the Galapagos Islands. Another trip is planned this summer. ...
  • 2023 Jaguar Senior Medallion Society
    Twenty four honorees were recently celebrated during a program and induction ceremony held at South Alabama. ...
  • University of South Alabama College of Nursing
    USA's College of Nursing opened in 1973 and is commemorating its 50th anniversary with multiple recognition events. ...
  • Get Organized, Get Ahead
    The University of South Alabama is offering a new, fully-online bachelor's degree in organizational leadership. ...
  • Dr. Bri Ard and husband Ryan
    USA students, faculty and staff can learn about the Fulbright Scholarship program by attending two scheduled panels on campus. ...
  • South students spend semester at sea
    Living and studying on Dauphin Island, four marine science undergraduates get more than their feet wet during the University's first Semester by the Sea. ...
  • Dr. Susan Ferguson, Dr. Katie Guffey McCorrison
    The Noyce Pathway to Mathematics Scholars and Noyce STREAM Science Scholars programs at USA are seeking teacher candidates. ...
  • South students Miranda Traylor and Sylvie Gray
    USA's Miranda Traylor and Sylvie Gray win individual awards at Southeast Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine conference. ...
  • Student Grace Coppinger in West Texas
    Grace Coppinger, an Honors College student, finds her niche in reptile research, from hunting rattlesnakes in West Texas to analyzing rear-fang venom in common garter snakes. ...
  • Unknown South Alabama student
    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
    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. ...
  • Dr. Joe Trotter Jr.
    Dr. Joe Trotter Jr. will speak on "African American History and COVID-19: Reflections of an Urban Labor and Social Historian" ...
  • University of South Alabama College of Engineering students test the buoyancy of their 250-pound concrete canoe outside Shelby Hall. The group placed third in the competition on Dog River.
    Concrete canoes and lightweight bridges carry challenges at the Gulf Coast Student Symposium. ...
  • University of South Alabama campus, Mitchell Center
    Fall-to-spring freshman retention tops 90-percent for the first time in three years as the University continues to recover since the pandemic began. ...
  • University of South Alabama nursing student Alli Boudreaux joined her father, Mike Boudreaux, and grandmother, Anita Sirmon, both South nursing alumni, on a recent tour of the Health Simulation Building.
    The USA College of Nursing is the largest in the state, so it's not unusual to meet members of the same family at South. Three generations of nursing students, though, tend to stand out in a crowd. ...
  • Angelia and Dr. Steven Stokes
    The USA Board of Trustees passes a resolution renaming the School the Angelia and Steven Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences. ...
  • Dr. Susan Gordon-Hickey
    Dr. Susan Gordon-Hickey will lead the Pat Capps Covey College of Allied Health Professions in the permanent role after serving as interim dean. ...