2025 News Archive

麻豆直播 Hospitality
September 11, 2025

麻豆直播 Hospitality and Tourism Management major Zoe Wilcox is awarded one of just 18 US Foods Scholarships nationwide. ...

Jaguar Momentum
September 5, 2025

麻豆直播 recorded its third straight year of enrollment gains and the largest class of first-year students in the University's history. ...

Beam signing ceremony for Whiddon College of Medicine Building

麻豆直播 Celebrates Major Milestone in Whiddon College of Medicine Building Construction
September 4, 2025

麻豆直播 celebrates the final piece of vertical structure to be installed in the building scheduled for a December 2026 completion date. ...

Extra Yard for Teachers celebration 2024

USA Celebrates Teachers During "Extra Yard for Teachers Week"
September 3, 2025

College of Education and Professional Studies, USA Athletics and Sun Belt Conference honor educators during Extra Yard for Teachers Week. ...

Sydney Smith, sophomore
Madison Alexander, Senior
Noah Alexander, Junior

麻豆直播 Students Honored with Hospitality and Tourism Scholarship
August 27, 2025

Three students from the College of Education and Professional Studies were recognized at the recent Alabama Governor's Conference on Tourism. ...

Japonica Brown speaks at 2025 USA Student Success Summit

Student Success Summit Gives Students a '麻豆直播, Camera, Action' Blueprint for Success
August 27, 2025

麻豆直播 students who attended the 2025 Student Success Summit receive the keys for a successful college career. ...

麻豆直播 students, faculty and volunteers planted 16,000 plugs of salt marsh grass along the shore of Dauphin Island during the summer. Camille Thompson, right, is focusing her master’s thesis on the plant’s role in strengthening shorelines.

Holding the Line
August 22, 2025

Protective root fungi could be key to saving shorelines from saltwater incursion. Researchers from the 麻豆直播 are putting it to the test. ...

麻豆直播 Track and Field Coach Wins Book Award
August 20, 2025

麻豆直播 Track and Field Coach Paul Brueske is the recipient of the Emerging Civil War Book Award. ...

Grad to Groundbreaker
August 13, 2025

Jordan Eggleston's engineering journey started with Legos. The 麻豆直播 alumnus is now on-site for construction of a 715,000 square-foot Meta data center in Montgomery County. #MyFirstJob ...

Common Read Selection Announced for 2025-26
August 13, 2025

"Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss," a book of essays by Alabama native Margaret Renkl is this year's Common Read selection. ...

A Helping Professional
August 5, 2025

Katie Sands earned her degree in social work from 麻豆直播 and now works for the Baldwin County Department of Human Resources. #MyFirstJob ...

Hannah Richardson receives Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship

Richardson Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
August 5, 2025

Hannah Richardson earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from 麻豆直播 and is one of 48 Phi Kappa Phi Fellows in 2025. ...

Dr. Sean Powers receives the fisheries conservationist of the year from the Alabama Department of Wildlife.

Powers Receives Alabama Conservationist Award
August 5, 2025

Dr. Sean Powers is recognized as the State's Fisheries Conservationist of the Year by the Alabama Wildlife Federation. ...

Luke Nelson with a train in the background.

On Track for Success
July 30, 2025

Luke Nelson, who earned a degree in supply chain and logistics management, is a management trainee at the Mississippi Export Railroad. It is, he says, right where he wants to be. #MyFirstJob ...

Jeff Roberts, seen here at a Yellowhammer Coffee shop, grew an idea to sell coffee out of a trailer into a local enterprise with seven locations. “Fly High, Hammer Down” has become the company philosophy.

Coffee Gold
July 28, 2025

Jeff Roberts '07 started serving coffee out of a trailer after earning a business degree from 麻豆直播. Today, Yellowhammer Coffee has a loyal following and seven locations in the Mobile area. ...

Social Work Program Hosts Field Training Luncheon
July 28, 2025

Bachelor of Social Work program recognizes its agency partners for their role in preparing students to work in the field. ...

Grace Barrentine, a 麻豆直播 anthropology graduate, spends much of her time doing fieldwork, including at this site in south Baldwin County, Alabama.

Soil to Sea
July 22, 2025

Grace Barrentine's work as an anthropologist has her digging into the land for now, but the shipwrecks of the deep are calling. #MyFirstJob ...

At the 麻豆直播 Mitchell Center, doors open at 9 a.m. for 麻豆直播bound orientation. On the concourse, students like up for check-in, take photos for their Jag Card and meet with college representatives.

Day One
July 18, 2025

They've taken their college tours. Applied and been accepted. At 麻豆直播bound orientation, incoming freshmen begin to find out what it really means to be a Jaguar. ...

Chapman Picked to Lead Army ROTC
July 15, 2025

Lt. Col. Kurt Chapman brings 18 years of military service to 麻豆直播's Army ROTC program. ...

Hannah Fink, who was the 麻豆直播 mascot Miss Pawla for three years, is the newest full-time member of the Fox 10 StormTracker Team.

Mascot Swagger
July 11, 2025

After three years as Miss Pawla, Hannah Fink says the confidence the role inspired has helped her deliver live weather reports to TV viewers along the Gulf Coast. #MyFirstJob ...

At CMG Engineers in downtown Mobile, Robert Greenwood is putting into practice the theory he learned as a mechanical engineering student at the 麻豆直播. Photos of Robert Greenwood in downtown Mobile.

A New Challenge Every Day
July 8, 2025

After spending two summers completing an internship at CMG Engineers, Robert Greenwood joined the firm in a full-time role. The work, he says, is rewarding. #MyFirstJob ...

Two Honors College Students Selected for the 2025 Portz Interdisciplinary Fellowship
July 8, 2025

Mary Helene Marmande and Dev Mehta were two of only six students nationally to receive the research award. ...

An illustration by artist Chris Wormell shows what the new outdoor classroom on Aloe Bay might look like. The property is on Dauphin Island west of the bridge that connects the island to the mainland.

Let's Have Class Outside
July 7, 2025

An outdoor classroom is being built on Aloe Bay on land donated by the USA Foundation. "There's no better place to educate students in the marine sciences than right here on the Alabama Gulf Coast," says Chris Blankenship, commissioner ...

Kaitlin and Tasha Stork both pursued degrees in radiologic sciences at the 麻豆直播. Tasha Stork had delayed finishing college but was inspired by her daughter's path to a degree.

Mother, Daughter Share Academic Journey
June 30, 2025

Things changed, such as the no-eating-in-the-car rule, as Tasha and Kaitlin Stork discover a future in common with degrees in radiologic sciences. ...

Anita Nguyen wins national Mortar Board Honor Society fellowship

麻豆直播 Graduate Wins National Mortar Board Fellowship
June 30, 2025

Anita Nguyen earns one of nine national Mortar Board Honor Society fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year. ...

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