USA News Archives
The USA Office of Marketing and Communications has provided the following press releases
for use by media outlets. For assistance, contact Lance Crawford, Director of Media Relations.
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USA Receives $150K Gift from Volkert
December 20, 2024Volkert gives $100,000 to Stokes School of Marine & Environmental Sciences and $50,000 to USA's College of Engineering. ... -
South Purchases Traditions Apartment Complex
December 20, 2024The University of South Alabama expands campus housing with a $20 million purchase of the 560-bed apartment complex. ... -
USA Supports the 2025 Mobile Jewish Film Festival
December 17, 2024South will host the 2025 Mobile Jewish Film Festival from Jan. 12 through Jan. 30 at campuses in Mobile and Fairhope. ... -
Wu Named Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professor
December 17, 2024Dr. Ray Wu has been named one of the 50 Best Undergraduate Business Professors in 2024 by business school publication Poets & ... -
Celebrating 100,000 Graduates
December 13, 2024The University of South Alabama reaches a milestone at Fall Commencement; Mayor Sandy Stimpson addresses South's newest alumn ... -
A House Divided Reunited
December 12, 2024Twins Lilly and Lucie Johnson enrolled in different colleges: The University of South Alabama and Western Michigan University, two ... -
USA Hosts Alabama Numeracy Act Workshop
December 11, 2024More than 60 higher education leaders from 35 Alabama institutions unite to advance K-5 mathematics education. ... -
Jaguar Jingle All the Way
December 6, 2024Musicians in the University of South Alabama Department of Music entertain at USA's annual Holiday Concert. ... -
Drawing Attention
November 25, 2024South animation artists are successfully competing in film competitions against other academic and professional submissions. ... -
USA Set for Annual Holiday Concert
November 22, 2024South's annual Holiday Concert will be held December 5, 2024, and will showcase the University's entire Music Department ... -
First Resort
November 13, 2024A hospitality graduate works her way through college and starts her career at a beach hotel on the Alabama coast. #MyFirstJob ... -
USA by the Bay Speaker Series Features Dr. Richard Carter
November 6, 2024The next USA by the Bay Speaker Series event will be held Nov. 21, at the USA Baldwin County Campus in Fairhope. ... -
South Celebrating First-Generation Students
November 5, 2024South's Office of Community Engagement is hosting a series of events to celebrate National First-Generation Day. ... -
South Lands Award That Helps Students Through Financial Challenges
November 4, 2024South receives PATH grant to assist students who face financial challenges that could disrupt their academic journeys. ... -
Alabama Businesswoman Appointed to the USA Board of Trustees
November 4, 2024Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey appoints Meredith Mitchell Hamilton to an at-large seat on South's Board of Trustees, effective immedia ... -
Peer Training
October 31, 2024A CPR initiative started by Honors College Junior Suhas Patil aims to educate and train all incoming freshmen in CPR and AED use. ... -
Five South Professors Recognized for Research
October 30, 2024Drs. Todd McDonald, Alison Robertson, Troy Stevens, Bret Webb and Shenghua Wu are honored at 3rd annual Research & Technology ... -
Hair's Half-Million
October 25, 2024Dr. Joe Hair, director of the Ph.D. program at the Mitchell College of Business, reaches a milestone when his marketing research a ... -
Class Act
October 16, 2024A South education graduate draws on her theater experience to engage third-graders at Saraland Elementary School. #MyFirstJob ... -
South Professor Receives National Grant to Support Hearing Research
October 15, 2024Dr. Nicholas Stanley receives a National Institutes of Health grant to conduct research involving patients with communication diff ... -
South Lands Major Grant to Study Equity in STEM Education
October 14, 2024Dr. Kathy Thompson secures a $2.7 million NSF grant to promote access and success for diverse learners in STEM education. ... -
Glass Pumpkin Patch Festival Set For Oct. 25
October 8, 2024USA's glass art program will hold its 5th annual Glass Pumpkin Patch Festival on Oct. 25 at Marx Library. ... -
USA Stallworth Lecture on Bankhead Family Dynasty
October 8, 2024The speaker for the Jack Stallworth Lecture will be Dr. Kari Frederickson, professor of history at the University of Alabama. ... -
USA Students Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship
October 3, 2024Maura Hawkins and Milena Mata were recently awarded the nationally competitive Phi Kappa Phi scholarships to study abroad. ... -
Supply Chain Resilience
October 2, 2024Watch for price increases, but free markets can handle a dock workers' strike, says Mitchell College of Business Assistant P ... -
Drafting Her Start
September 30, 2024A civil engineering graduate crosses Mobile Bay to begin her career at one of Alabama's largest firms. #MyFirstJob ... -
Homecoming 2024 Events Announced
September 27, 2024Country music artists Niko Moon and Blanco Brown will perform at the Mitchell Center. The Jags to take on UL-Monroe. ... -
South Launches Executive Global Leadership Study Abroad Program
September 23, 2024The new study abroad program is open to any undergraduate student who is interested in exploring leadership at a global level. ... -
Social Justice Awards Fund Faculty Projects for Community Impact
September 23, 2024The grant program was created in 2020 to support faculty research on social stratification, environmental justice, health disparit ... -
Medicine and Music
September 20, 2024Noah Sugg, this year's Board of Trustees Scholar, arrived at South with a perfect 36 on the ACT, a 4.56 GPA and National Meri ... -
Silver Presidential Lectureship to Feature Ivan Maisel
September 18, 2024Ivan Maisel, author and hall of fame columnist, will be the featured speaker at the Silver Endowed Presidential Lectureship Octobe ... -
South Goes Big for Local Teachers
September 18, 2024South and the College Football Playoff's annual partnership celebrates educators and helps in the classroom. ... -
The gift is the largest from an individual for the facility that will allow the University to graduate more physicians and enhance ... -
USA Receives $2.5 Million EPA Grant
September 9, 2024The Gulf Coast Environmental Equity Center will fund projects focused on improving water quality and reducing pollution. ... -
Enrollment Grows for Second Consecutive Year
September 9, 2024More students than ever are living on campus as enrollment at the University of South Alabama tops 14,000. ... -
Paper Trail
September 6, 2024A mechanical engineering graduate starts his career at an International Paper mill in Bogalusa, Louisiana. #MyFirstJob ... -
South Creates Office of Military Services
September 3, 2024The expansion of support for active-duty members of the U.S. military, their dependents and veterans will be led by David Blair, a ... -
School of Computing Alumni Connect at Summer DOE Internship
August 30, 2024USA doctoral student Tristan Clark and Dr. Tristen Mullins worked together over the summer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ... -
A View to the Future
August 29, 2024Finance major Gabriel Kucala turns a summer internship into an extended stay, then a full-time job with Airbus on the 26th floor o ... -
South's Collegiate 100 chapter recently placed second for their research presentation at the 100 Black Men of America's ... -
James Named College of Engineering Dean
August 26, 2024Dr. Darryl James will lead South's College of Engineering after serving more than 30 years at Texas Tech University. His focu ... -
Engineering Honor Society Recognizes USA's Dr. John Steadman
August 23, 2024The Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society names Dr. John Steadman its 2024 Distinguished Alumnus Award winner. ... -
Pence Wins National Poetry Fellowship
August 21, 2024Charlotte Pence, director of the Stokes Center for Creative Writing recently won a $50,000 fellowship from the Academy of American ... -
Exhibit Brings Substance Use Disorder into the Light
August 21, 2024USA is collaborating with the INTO LIGHT Project to host the exhibition, "Drug Addiction: Real People, Real Stories," Th ... -
Code Mode
August 20, 2024After learning software development at South, this information systems graduate landed a job with an international consulting firm ... -
Leading Role
August 16, 2024Students in South's Honors College kick off the semester early with a retreat. It's a tight-knit group whose members enr ... -
South Alumna Receives Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
August 16, 2024South mechanical engineering graduate, Julia Nelson has been selected as a 2024 Phi Kappa Phi recipient. ... -
USA Receives $1 Million Grant to Create Semiconductor Package
August 16, 2024National Science Foundation grant will be used to create and develop a semiconductor course package within the College of Engineer ... -
Student Success Summit Features Engaging and Empowering Sessions
August 14, 2024The Student Success Summit at South connects students with university resources while fostering relationships among students, facu ... -
Launching a Career
August 13, 2024After restarting the student rocket program at South, an engineering graduate lands a job with a missile defense firm in Huntsvill ...