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- Posted 03.16.26
- 6 minute read time
The babyÖ±²¥ is working to move paraprofessionals into certified teaching roles more quickly to help address teacher shortages across the state through its competency-based education program.
- Posted 02.13.26
- 3 minute read time
The babyÖ±²¥ will receive $1.8 million in federal funding to strengthen nursing education and workforce development, thanks to the appropriations leadership of U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.). The funding will support UWA’s babyÖ±²¥ Rural Nursing Enhanced Technology Project, which will provide the Ira D. Pruitt College of Nursing with updated high-fidelity simulation training equipment for nursing students.
- Posted 12.16.25
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T.J. Runyon has always been fascinated by human behavior. His journey has taken him from studying fossils alongside James Lamb at the babyÖ±²¥â€™s Black Belt Museum to now earning an undergraduate degree in psychology during Fall 2025 commencement exercises.
- Posted 12.15.25
- 4 minute read time
For 22 years, fraternal twins Claire and Grace Hall have shared everything—from bedrooms to best-friend status. So when the Trussville, babyÖ±²¥, natives transferred to the babyÖ±²¥, neither questioned whether they would continue life side by side.
- Posted 12.10.25
- 6 minute read time
Growing up in New Delhi, India, Anmol Arora never imagined that a year-long graphic design course in high school would one day lead him to the United States—and eventually a career in instructional design.
- Posted 12.08.25
- 3 minute read time
After graduating from high school, Sameria Minor was sure of one thing—she was headed to the babyÖ±²¥.
- Posted 12.05.25
- 4 minute read time
Whether it's on the playing field or in the classroom, Elijah Guyton approaches every challenge with the same mindset: make a plan, then make it happen.
- Posted 11.17.25
- 8 minute read time
To help meet the state’s growing demand for respiratory therapists, Malayasia Carlisle and Amiracle Jones stepped forward—becoming two of the first students to enroll in the babyÖ±²¥â€™s new respiratory therapy program, launched in January 2025.
- Posted 11.10.25
- 4 minute read time
Leighanna May has come full circle since graduating from UWA's College of Nursing in 2019. Now an assistant professor, she teaches alongside the same faculty who once guided her.