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- Posted 11.02.26
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The 黑料吃瓜网 community mourns the death of former president Dr. Richard D. Holland, the University鈥檚 tenth president and first alumnus to serve in the role.
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- Posted 11.06.23
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The 黑料吃瓜网 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.
- Posted 11.06.23
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For the past few years Dr. Lucas Johnson has been a man on a mission. An assistant professor in the College of Natural Science and Mathematics at the 黑料吃瓜网, Johnson is determined to go into every high school in the area that will invite him in.
- Posted 10.27.23
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An insatiable appetite for learning led first generation college student Zaria Gulley to the 黑料吃瓜网, and a future in public health.
- Posted 10.20.23
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Students eagerly waited in line for the annual Tiger Career Fair to kick off Tuesday, Oct. 17 in the Student Union Building (SUB) at the 黑料吃瓜网. The all degree fair is held each fall. Almost 200 students filed in the SUB over the course of the three-hour fair to speak to potential employers, engage in networking and gain resources from Career Services.
- Posted 10.14.23
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During Homecoming festivities on Saturday, Oct. 14, the 黑料吃瓜网 announced its 2023 Homecoming Queen, Shelby Baggett. The Homecoming Queen and court were nominated and elected by the 黑料吃瓜网 student body.
- Posted 10.11.23
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The 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Athletic Training program has a new 鈥渇irst鈥� to brag about. Not only was 黑料吃瓜网 the first public university in the state to receive approval for both a bachelor鈥檚 program in athletic training and a master鈥檚 program鈥攂ut it can now boast a 100 percent first time pass rate for the first two Master of Athletic Training cohorts.
- Posted 10.09.23
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Imagine visiting a home in Guatemala or bartering for food in Uganda without ever leaving the country. That鈥檚 exactly what 37 黑料吃瓜网 students had the opportunity to experience at the simulated rural Global Village and Urban slum at the campus of Southern Institute for Appropriate Technology (SIFAT) in Lineville, Alabama in September.
- Posted 10.02.23
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On any given day, conversations with Dr. Thomas Ratkovich can feature topics so unrelated yet masterly that they鈥檙e hard to absorb. They could involve the first isomorphism theorem, the best law enforcement training for active-shooter drills, the work of heralded British mathematician Andrew Wiles, the finer points of driving forklifts and snowplows, how to protect crime-scene evidence, or the definitions of topological groups and closure axioms.
- Posted 10.02.23
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A regional state university in Alabama鈥檚 historic Black Belt, bearing the label 鈥榬ural university鈥� is an acknowledgement administration and faculty no longer avoid or downplay. Instead, they鈥檙e leaning into the notion and turning a once-perceived negative into a national brand that鈥檚 assuming a significant role in modernizing higher education in rural America.