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  • Upgrade Your Skills, Advance Your Career

    Upgrade Your Skills, Advance Your Career
    September 7, 2021

    South launches a four-course plus internship program to help certificate candidates learn how to teach English abroad. ...
  • Ardent supporters of education and engineering, Drs. John and Sally Steadman hop their $3.8 million gift to South's College of Education helps generations of future engineering students pursue their dreams.

    Helping Others Engineer Their Dreams
    September 3, 2021

    Longtime educators Drs. John and Sally Steadman pledge a $3.8 million gift to South's College of Engineering to benefit students and faculty. ...
  • An underwater camera on a remote operated vehicle in the Gulf of Mexico captured this school of greater amberjack near a pyramid deployed by the State of Alabama to provide fish habitat.

    Tracking Amberjack
    August 25, 2021

    South leads a 'Dream Team' of Gulf Coast researchers in an $11.7 million greater amberjack study that could have significant implications for commercial and recreational fishing. ...
  • South's Macario Kelley has been named a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board scholar. He is one of 253 students from U.S. colleges and universities to receive a $10,000 scholarship for the 2021-2022 academic year.

    South Accounting Major Receives A National Scholarship
    August 19, 2021

    Macario Kelley lands a $10,000 scholarship from Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for the 2021-2022 academic year. ...
  • Mollie Wade, outside Children's of Alabama where she got a job as a nurse, is starting her career on the night shift. “I think I’ve always been a night owl,” she says. “It’s kind of my place.”

    Hitting the Ground Running - Mollie Wade
    August 19, 2021

    Mollie Wade, a graduate of South's Honors College, is bringing her education and a new set of sneakers to her nursing job at Children's of Alabama. #MyFirstJob ...
  • Dr. Danny McCarty, an assistant professor in the department of counseling and instructional sciences, article, titled “Experiential Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reflective Process,” is now the third most-read article ever published in the Journal of Constructivist Psychology.

    USA Professor's Recent Article Widely Read
    August 13, 2021

    South assistant professor Danny McCarty's recent article is the third most-read article ever published in the Journal of Constructivist Psychology. ...
  • University of South Alabama students, from left, Liz Seiler, Ian Singley and De’Asia Aaron each earned a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

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    July 28, 2021

    Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships offer South students an introduction to academic analysis and communication. There's also a $2,000 stipend. ...
  • Dr. Jeremiah Henning, assistant professor of biology, will study how nutrient addition and disturbance events such as hurricanes alter plant communities and how ecosystems function. The research could have important implications for coastal areas, such as Dauphin Island, where Henning will conduct some of his research.

    Too Much of a Good Thing
    July 28, 2021

    Fertilizer may increase plant size or make your grass greener this summer, but possibly at the cost of biological diversity, according to a study co-authored by a South professor. ...
  • The College of Nursing EMPOWER Project Director, Dr. Shanda Scott, assistant professor and director of diversity, equity and inclusion was part of a a team that secured a $1.9 million grant from the 棉花糖直播 Resources and Services Administration to support the advancement of diversity in the nursing field.

    College of Nursing Receives $1.9 Million Grant to Boost Nursing Diversity
    July 28, 2021

    The grant will fund a new initiative known as the EMPOWER project advancing USA's goal of educating a more diverse nursing workforce. ...
  • Representatives from the University of South Alabama and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College announced Friday an initiative that will expand access for MGCCC students to enter South's Early Acceptance Program for nursing.

    South, MGCCC Collaborate on Nursing Program
    July 23, 2021

    Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College nursing students can get a jump start on earning their bachelor's degree, saving both time and money. ...
  • Darcey D’Amato recently took a job as a systems engineer in the aerospace division at Boeing. Her advice to students preparing for a job search: “I tell everybody: Go to conferences. Go to career fairs. Talk to recruiters.”

    Career Launch
    July 22, 2021

    Satellite projects at South helped an engineering graduate land an internship with the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and a position with Boeing in Seattle. #MyFirstJob ...
  • The University of South Alabama Archaeology Museum on the main campus in the Alfred and Lucile Delchamps Archaeology Building will reopen its doors to the general public starting Tuesday, July 13, 2021.

    USA Archaeology Museum to Hold Grand Reopening
    July 8, 2021

    Alfred and Lucile Delchamps Archaeology Building will reopen its doors to the general public starting Tuesday, July 13, 2021. ...
  • Dr. Tony Waldrop with his wife Dr. Julee Waldrop at the president's house near the University of South Alabama. Waldrop stepped down as president after a seven-year tenure that marked a pivotal time in South's history.

    'To Leave Things Better'
    July 2, 2021

    Increasing retention and graduation rates. An expanding healthcare footprint. The opening of Hancock Whitney Stadium. The tenure of retired President Tony Waldrop marks a pivotal time in South's history. ...
  • Merritt McCall's duties with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources include building, seeding and monitoring oyster beds in state waters. she recently earned her master's degree in marine science from the University of South Alabama.

    The World Is Her Oyster
    July 1, 2021

    Marine scientist Merritt McCall turns her experience at South and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab into a fisheries job with the state of Mississippi. #MyFirstJob ...
  • Dr. John McCreadie, University of South Alabama professor of biology leads a project to produce a detailed understanding of both tick and tick-borne disease distribution in Alabama.

    State of Alabama Funds South's Tick Study
    June 22, 2021

    South's program is awarded a $75,000 grant from the State of Alabama to study the prevalence of ticks and tick-borne diseases. ...
  • Taylor Dicker, a graduate of the University of South Alabama School of Computing, moved from an internship to fulltime employment and now works from home, which he says fits his style. At his job at TruBridge, Dicker is getting a diversity of experience.

    From 'Willing Intern' to New Hire
    June 22, 2021

    Taylor Dicker, who was named outstanding undergraduate in the School of Computing, begins his career as a system administrator. One of his secrets? 'I was always the one with my hand up.' #MyFirstJob ...
  • South Alabama is one of 40 institutions named to the inaugural cohort for the IIE 棉花糖直播n Passport Project grant, with a goal of promoting diversity, inclusion, access and equity in study abroad opportunities.

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    June 17, 2021

    The grant will enable 25 University of South Alabama students to obtain a U.S. passport and support their study abroad journeys. ...
  • Rebecca Culberson, a senior international studies major at South Alabama, is the recipient of the 2021 Gilman Scholarship.

    USA Student Wins Competitive Gilman Scholarship
    June 17, 2021

    The University of South Alabama announces senior Rebecca Culberson as a 2021 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship recipient. ...
  • Journalist and best-selling author Jon Ronson's book "So You've Been Publicly Shamed will be the University of South Alabama’s Common Read/Common World book selection for 2021-22.

    New York Times Bestseller Selected for 2021-22 USA Common Read Program
    June 16, 2021

    The Common Read program is for all South students, especially freshman, as well as faculty, staff and the Mobile community. ...
  • The AT&T Foundation donates $25,000 for the AT&T Aspiring Leaders in Information Technology scholarships. From left; Margaret M. Sullivan, V.P. Development & Alumni Relations; Lori Harris, development officer, School of Computing; Glyn Agnew, regional director, AT&T Alabama; Angela Clark, chair, department of Information Systems & Technology; Dr. Alec Yasinsac, dean, School of Computing; Melissa Smith, senior instructor & recruiting coordinator, department of Information Systems & Technology.

    AT&T Foundation Gives $25,000 for IT Scholarships
    June 15, 2021

    AT&T Foundation makes a generous contribution supporting the University of South Alabama's aspiring leaders in information technology. ...
  • Broderick Morrissette was a graduate assistant in the University of South Alabama Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, where he has started as its first Campus to Career coordinator.

    'We Have Expectations for You'
    June 14, 2021

    Broderick Morrissette was inspired by his grandmother. Two degrees later, he's helping others achieve their goals as South's Campus to Career coordinator. #MyFirstJob ...
  • South looks to remain on the cutting edge as it becomes one of only a handful of academic institutions to offer a true business analytics concentration in its Ph.D. program.

    New Concentration Offered in Business Analytics
    June 9, 2021

    South's Mitchell College of Business adds a business analytics concentration to its Business Administration Ph.D. program. ...
  • Katelyn Cowie said an entry level accounting course, along with an internship at Horton, Lee, Burnett, Peacock, Cleveland and Grainger, helped launch the course of her professional career.

    Return on Investment
    June 7, 2021

    After four years at South, where she ran cross country, worked as a tutor and ambitiously pursued what became an eventful internship, Katelyn Cowie begins a career in accounting. #MyFirstJob ...
  • Angelo Bautista, a 2009 graduate of the University of South Alabama College of Nursing, gives a COVID-19 vaccine earlier this year in the Skid Row community of Los Angles. Skid Row is home to thousands of people who either live on the streets or in shelters for the homeless. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images.

    Pilot Nurses a Dream
    June 1, 2021

    Angelo Bautista, a 2009 South graduate, worked as a nurse while training to become an airline pilot. During the coronavirus pandemic, he helped vaccinate homeless people on Los Angeles' Skid Row. ...
  • From L-R; Haley Borin, Tuyishimire Neza David, University of South Alabama students Mason Redmond and Catie Martin on a church mission in Gahara, Rwanda in June 2019.

    A Passion to Serve
    May 26, 2021

    A dozen recent South graduates devoted more than 100 hours of community service each through USA's South Serves program. ...