“Descendant,” co-written by University of South Alabama Director of African American Studies Dr. Kern Jackson, has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award for outstanding documentary film. The film tells of the last known ship to carry enslaved Africans to the United States, the Clotilda, and follows the personal stories of its descendants and the history of […]

Dr. Danny L. McCarty, assistant professor at the University of South Alabama, recently wrote an article that is now the third most-read article ever published in the Journal of Constructivist Psychology. McCarty’s article, titled “Experiential Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reflective Process,” also has been cited 11 times since publication. “I find it hard […]

Increasing the diversity of the nursing workforce is a key focus of the University of South Alabama College of Nursing, which recently received a $1.9 million federal grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to support the advancement of diversity in the nursing field. The grant will fund a new initiative known as the EMPOWER […]

After more than one year of closure due to COVID-19, the University of South Alabama Archaeology Museum on the main campus in the Alfred and Lucile Delchamps Archaeology Building will reopen its doors to the general public starting Tuesday, July 13, 2021. The regular museum hours will be scheduled from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, and there will […]

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 130 people in the United States die every day after overdosing on opioids. This national crisis includes the Gulf Coast, but a new program at the University of South Alabama will help address this problem. USA’s College of Nursing has received a $1.3 million grant from […]

University of South Alabama College of Nursing instructor Tyler Sturdivant was recently recognized by the Nephrology Nursing Journal for his research into the use of color-coded wristbands for patients. Sturdivant, a USA nurse who also has a bachelor’s and master’s in nursing from South, is working on his doctor of nursing practice degree. “I was given a […]

Cole Stephens left Anniston, Ala., to enroll in the physician assistant program at the University of South Alabama. This spring he found himself in Peru, with his classmates, treating patients at risk for cervical cancer. “We serviced 237 women patient by doing Pap smears for about three hours,” Stephens said. “We were worn out by the end […]

The University of South Alabama community reflects with joy, sadness, optimism and apprehension on the discovery of the Clotilda in the Mobile Delta. The remains of the Clotilda were recently found by marine archaeologists in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta near the Plateau/Africatown area of Mobile. The Alabama Historical Commission unveiled the discovery to descendants of the […]

Everyone wants to be valued and contribute to society in some way, and graduates of the inaugural class of the University of South Alabama’s PASSAGE USA program have completed the two-year requirements and are ready to start their next journey filled with education and improved technology, social and work skills. The first student to be accepted into […]