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  • Freddie Blanche in front of graffiti on a wall.
    Playing with Fire
    June 28, 2021
    As a kid, Freddie Blache loved to play with fire. So it shouldn't have been a surprise when, after just one elective glassblo ...
  • Courtney Dortch in her office at From Me to You Massage Therapy.
    Courtney Dortch's first love was basketball, but when she started throwing shot put in middle school, she starting winning. A ...
  • Brandon Marcus
    A Life Reimagined
    June 25, 2021
    Brandon Marcus did not plan to study musical theatre at South. He began his college career as a voice and music therapy student at ...
  • Lorenzo Ferguson in his food truck.
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  • USA Health Worker helps administer vaccine
    USA leads vaccine efforts on the Upper Gulf Coast ...
  • Avalisha Fisher standing outside.
    Driven to Succeed
    June 25, 2021
    When Avalisha Fisher received her bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1993, there were only four other students who gra ...
  • The Waldrops
    The tenure of retiring president Tony Waldrop marks a pivotal time in South's history. ...
  • Dr. Mike Mitchell, Juan Peasant, Dr. Andre Green, Margaret Sullivan, Rufus Hudson, Dr. Paul Frazier, USA President Dr. Tony Waldrop and Tramaine Perry.
    This summer, in the midst of a global pandemic and social unrest across the country, Dr. André Green saw a window of opport ...
  • Cassandra Kellum and Les’Lee Gilberry
    After building a career and starting a family in Mobile, Cassandra Kellum began to take stock of her life. ...
  • Keith Griffith
    Keith Griffith made a splash at the University of South Alabama even before he first set foot on campus as a student in 2017. The ...
  • Louis and Melinda Mapp
    Servant leaders
    December 15, 2020
    On a glorious fall afternoon -- their favorite time of the year -- Louis and Melinda Mapp pull up a pair of rocking chairs on the ...
  • Upward & Onward Campaign with Moulton Tower and campus
    Upward & Onward
    December 15, 2020
    In October 2015, the University launched the most ambitious capital campaign in its history, with a goal of $150 million. On Septe ...
  • Hancock Whitney Stadium
    On campus at last
    December 15, 2020
    After years of dreaming, planning and construction, the USA Jaguars have an on-campus stadium to call home. ...
  • Jan-Louw Kotze throwing disc
    Jan-Louw Kotze came to the University of South Alabama hoping to compete for a discus gold medal in the Olympics ...
  • Gabi Wilson in kitchen working
    Clad in chef's whites, instructor Gabi Wilson addresses the class. "Tonight we've got avocado toast. It's supe ...
  • Rick Green
    Like many great inventions, Rick Green's was born out of necessity. A necessity for the perfect smoked ribs. ...
  • Kelvin Herring
    Kelvin Herring has always loved meeting new people. It's what drew him to the field of psychology and the goal of one day bec ...
  • Kelsey Moon
    The Art of Learning
    December 12, 2019
    As a nursing student, Kelsey Moon never imagined she would be studying art history in Italy. But pushing herself beyond her comfor ...
  • Ken Simon
    USA alumnus and recent chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ken Simon followed footsteps to South and then walked his own path. ...
  • University Hospital
    In order to improve the level of awareness among the communities, and encourage additional referring doctors and patients to use U ...
  • Jeremy Fletcher in Shelby Hall
    "You adapt to the environment you're put in." As a graduate-level physical therapy assistant professor in USA ...
  • Dr. Todd McDonald and Dr. Todd Andel in front of Shelby Hall
    Cybersecurity Camp
    November 19, 2018
    Cybersecurity is typically not high on the list of priorities for rising high school freshmen. However, for 60 ninth-graders at W. ...
  • People with shovels at groundbreaking ceremony
    Welcome Home
    November 19, 2018
    The University of South Alabama National Alumni Association held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Julian and Kim MacQueen Alu ...
  • On-Campus Stadium Rendering
    Get On Campus
    November 19, 2018
    The University launched a fundraising campaign in August with the goal of building an on-campus football stadium by 2020. The camp ...
  • Nest founders
    Edmond Naman '87, a Mobile County Circuit Court judge and head of Mobile County Juvenile Court, dreams big. He co-founded an ...
  • SouthFund
    South Fund
    June 29, 2018
    THE SOUTH FUND is a way for alumni, parents, businesses, employees and friends to provide annual support for the University's ...
  • Natalie Fox
    Natalie Fox left her rural hometown of York, Ala., near the Mississippi line, with an open mind about her life path. She had once ...
  • Closing Cases by Unearthing the Past
    Dr. Lesley Gregoricka never knows when the phone will ring, but every single call from the Mobile Police Department represents an ...
  • STEPHANIE EADS-WILLIAMSON and husband with dogs
    The world of Stephanie Eads-Williamson has literally gone to the dogs...and, the cats...and, really, any stray animal that crosses ...
  • MacQueens
    For people who recently flew around the world in their new jet, University of South Alabama alumni Julian and Kim MacQueen are inc ...
  • The original charter class of 25 for the first year of the Whiddon College of Medicine
    This year marks the 50th anniversary of the entry of the charter class of the University of South Alabama Whiddon College of Medic ...