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  • 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

    Â鶹ֱ²¥ 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. ...
  • Â鶹ֱ²¥'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.

    Â鶹ֱ²¥ 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 Â鶹ֱ²¥'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

    Â鶹ֱ²¥ assistant professor Danny McCarty's recent article is the third most-read article ever published in the Journal of Constructivist Psychology. ...
  • Â鶹ֱ²¥ students, from left, Liz Seiler, Ian Singley and De’Asia Aaron each earned a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

    SURF Students Get Feet Wet
    July 28, 2021

    Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships offer Â鶹ֱ²¥ 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 Â鶹ֱ²¥ 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 Health 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 Â鶹ֱ²¥ and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College announced Friday an initiative that will expand access for MGCCC students to enter Â鶹ֱ²¥'s Early Acceptance Program for nursing.

    Â鶹ֱ²¥, 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 Â鶹ֱ²¥ helped an engineering graduate land an internship with the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and a position with Boeing in Seattle. #MyFirstJob ...
  • The Â鶹ֱ²¥ 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 Â鶹ֱ²¥. Waldrop stepped down as president after a seven-year tenure that marked a pivotal time in Â鶹ֱ²¥'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 Â鶹ֱ²¥'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 Â鶹ֱ²¥.

    The World Is Her Oyster
    July 1, 2021

    Marine scientist Merritt McCall turns her experience at Â鶹ֱ²¥ and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab into a fisheries job with the state of Mississippi. #MyFirstJob ...
  • Dr. John McCreadie, Â鶹ֱ²¥ 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 Â鶹ֱ²¥'s Tick Study
    June 22, 2021

    Â鶹ֱ²¥'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 Â鶹ֱ²¥ 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 ...
  • Â鶹ֱ²¥ Alabama is one of 40 institutions named to the inaugural cohort for the IIE American Passport Project grant, with a goal of promoting diversity, inclusion, access and equity in study abroad opportunities.

    USA Receives Grant for Students to Study Abroad
    June 17, 2021

    The grant will enable 25 Â鶹ֱ²¥ students to obtain a U.S. passport and support their study abroad journeys. ...
  • Rebecca Culberson, a senior international studies major at Â鶹ֱ²¥ Alabama, is the recipient of the 2021 Gilman Scholarship.

    USA Student Wins Competitive Gilman Scholarship
    June 17, 2021

    The Â鶹ֱ²¥ 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 Â鶹ֱ²¥’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 Â鶹ֱ²¥ 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 Â鶹ֱ²¥'s aspiring leaders in information technology. ...
  • Broderick Morrissette was a graduate assistant in the Â鶹ֱ²¥ 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 Â鶹ֱ²¥'s Campus to Career coordinator. #MyFirstJob ...
  • Â鶹ֱ²¥ 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

    Â鶹ֱ²¥'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 Â鶹ֱ²¥, 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 Â鶹ֱ²¥ 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 Â鶹ֱ²¥ 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, Â鶹ֱ²¥ 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 Â鶹ֱ²¥ graduates devoted more than 100 hours of community service each through USA's Â鶹ֱ²¥ Serves program. ...
  • PASSAGE USA is a comprehensive transitioning program focusing on education and employment for students with intellectual disabilities.

    Â鶹ֱ²¥ to Host PASSAGE USA Camp
    May 25, 2021

    PASSAGE USA's Postsecondary Education Preview Overnight Summer Camp for rising sophomores, juniors and seniors is June 15-17. ...
  • Â鶹ֱ²¥ assistant professor Matt Howard has been researching the use of virtual reality in workplace training since he was in grad school. He has two soon-to-be published articles he believes will have a significant impact in that space.

    A New Working Reality
    May 21, 2021

    Â鶹ֱ²¥ assistant professor Dr. Matt Howard is researching the use of virtual reality in workplace training. ...