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To encourage safety on the road before the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s spring break, March 25 through 29, the University Police Department is offering two events: a tire change instructional clinic Wednesday, March 20, from 1-3 p.m. and an impaired driving and Fatal Vision® presentation Thursday, March 21 beginning at 6 p.m. that lasts approximately 60 to 90 minutes.

Visual artist Garland Farwell kicked off a year-long artist-residency, Monday, Feb. 19 at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Julia Tutwiler Library, with a folk-art exhibit of hex signs, a uniquely American art form and best-known symbol of the Pennsylvania Dutch, interpreted through an African American, southern and rural lens.

The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has recorded its highest enrollment in university history for the fall of 2023, with total enrollment at 6,195. The nearly-six percent increase from the previous fall represents both on-campus and online enrollment, ranging from freshman undergraduate through doctoral degree students.

A regional state university in Alabama’s historic Black Belt, bearing the label ‘rural university’ is an acknowledgement administration and faculty no longer avoid or downplay. Instead, they’re leaning into the notion and turning a once-perceived negative into a national brand that’s assuming a significant role in modernizing higher education in rural America.

The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Police Department has brought back a successful campus transportation program that’s designed with both convenience and safety in mind. Student Nighttime Auxiliary Patrol, sponsored by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Police Department, provides a safe option for on-campus transportation during from 6 p.m. until midnight, Sunday through Thursday.

Homecoming week kicks off with one of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø campus’s favorite traditions, the search for the Key to Victory. Clues for the Key to Victory will be released to students beginning Monday, Oct. 9, at 9 a.m. and continuing at noon and 3 p.m. each day until the key is found and turned in at Brock 202. The student who finds the key wins $1,000.

The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has launched a new design for its collegiate license plate available to Alabama residents. The design, which will be available August 1, features red and white University branding, including a sleek and fierce red and white tiger profile. Proceeds from sales of the plate benefit a scholarship program at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.

Citing the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s dedication to safety and emergency preparedness, the National Weather Service has renewed ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s status as a StormReady University. The status lasts through April 21, 2026.