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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South Receives Grant to Expand Behavioral Health Services and Workforce
September 10, 2021$1.8 million will help expand and improve mental health services for at-risk youth and teens in Mobile and the Gulf Coast region. ... -
South Wins Grant for Study Abroad Accessibility
September 10, 2021The grant will subsidize an affordable option for students interested in studying French language, culture and business in France. ... -
Satsuma Grad Awarded Trustees Scholarship
September 9, 2021Connor Holm, a member of South's Honors College, shifts into college life with plans to do research, study medicine and enjoy ... -
Jaguar Wins Gold in Tokyo
September 9, 2021South graduate and runner Nate Riech used a childhood injury to fuel a competitive spirit that propelled him to first place in the ... -
Helping Others Engineer Their Dreams
September 3, 2021Longtime educators Drs. John and Sally Steadman pledge a $3.8 million gift to South's College of Engineering to benefit stude ... -
ABC News correspondent and host of "What Would You Do" John Quinones is the keynote speaker during South's Alumni W ... -
USA National Alumni Association Recognizes Outstanding Faculty
August 27, 2021Five USA faculty members are recognized for their achievements as well as one young alumnus. Three alumni also elected to USA Nati ... -
Mobile Muralist
August 27, 2021South graduate Andy Scott makes his mark with retro signs and bold murals, including a USA Student Center painting that will serve ... -
Tracking Amberjack
August 25, 2021South leads a 'Dream Team' of Gulf Coast researchers in an $11.7 million greater amberjack study that could have signifi ... -
South Accounting Major Receives A National Scholarship
August 19, 2021Macario Kelley lands a $10,000 scholarship from Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for the 2021-2022 academic year. ... -
Hitting the Ground Running - Mollie Wade
August 19, 2021Mollie Wade, a graduate of South's Honors College, is bringing her education and a new set of sneakers to her nursing job at ... -
USA Professor's Recent Article Widely Read
August 13, 2021South assistant professor Danny McCarty's recent article is the third most-read article ever published in the Journal of Cons ... -
Jaguars Pounce On Fall Semester
August 13, 2021South greets freshmen and returning students with a Week of Welcome and Beyond calendar full of everything from scavenger hunts an ... -
Meteorologist Follows Forecast to Fort Wayne
August 9, 2021DeVonte' Dixon, influenced by the deadly tornado outbreak of April 2011, heads north for broadcasting job at Fox 55 News in I ... -
Bay Watch
July 29, 2021South marine scientists monitor environmental trends throughout Mobile Bay in a multi-year program that seeks to prevent decline o ... -
SURF Students Get Feet Wet
July 28, 2021Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships offer South students an introduction to academic analysis and communication. There' ... -
Back to the Lab
July 28, 2021South welcomes local science educators to a summer research experience program for middle and high school teachers. ... -
The grant will fund a new initiative known as the EMPOWER project advancing USA's goal of educating a more diverse nursing wo ... -
Too Much of a Good Thing
July 28, 2021Fertilizer may increase plant size or make your grass greener this summer, but possibly at the cost of biological diversity, accor ... -
South, MGCCC Collaborate on Nursing Program
July 23, 2021Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College nursing students can get a jump start on earning their bachelor's degree, saving bot ... -
Career Launch
July 22, 2021Satellite projects at South helped an engineering graduate land an internship with the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and a position with ... -
Racing Start
July 13, 2021A South graduate uses his college broadcasting experience to land a job doing graphics and editing for NASCAR coverage at Fox Spor ... -
A Rising Star In Research Administration
July 9, 2021USA's David Furman was selected to Society of Research Administrators International's 'Future of the Field' re ... -
USA Archaeology Museum to Hold Grand Reopening
July 8, 2021Alfred and Lucile Delchamps Archaeology Building will reopen its doors to the general public starting Tuesday, July 13, 2021. ... -
'To Leave Things Better'
July 2, 2021Increasing retention and graduation rates. An expanding healthcare footprint. The opening of Hancock Whitney Stadium. The tenure o ... -
The World Is Her Oyster
July 1, 2021Marine scientist Merritt McCall turns her experience at South and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab into a fisheries job with the state o ... -
State of Alabama Funds South's Tick Study
June 22, 2021South's program is awarded a $75,000 grant from the State of Alabama to study the prevalence of ticks and tick-borne diseases ... -
From 'Willing Intern' to New Hire
June 22, 2021Taylor Dicker, who was named outstanding undergraduate in the School of Computing, begins his career as a system administrator. On ... -
The fellowship will allow Reichert to work with other vice presidents for research at Universities around the country. ... -
USA Receives Grant for Students to Study Abroad
June 17, 2021The grant will enable 25 小蝌蚪APP students to obtain a U.S. passport and support their study abroad journeys. ... -
USA Student Wins Competitive Gilman Scholarship
June 17, 2021The 小蝌蚪APP announces senior Rebecca Culberson as a 2021 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship recipien ... -
The Common Read program is for all South students, especially freshman, as well as faculty, staff and the Mobile community. ... -
AT&T Foundation Gives $25,000 for IT Scholarships
June 15, 2021AT&T Foundation makes a generous contribution supporting the 小蝌蚪APP's aspiring leaders in informatio ... -
'We Have Expectations for You'
June 14, 2021Broderick Morrissette was inspired by his grandmother. Two degrees later, he's helping others achieve their goals as South� ... -
New Concentration Offered in Business Analytics
June 9, 2021South's Mitchell College of Business adds a business analytics concentration to its Business Administration Ph.D. program. ... -
Donation Doubles McCall Photo Archives
June 8, 2021More than a million photos chronicling life along the Gulf Coast, from commerce to chasing the elusive Eastern Shore Jubilee, have ... -
Return on Investment
June 7, 2021After four years at South, where she ran cross country, worked as a tutor and ambitiously pursued what became an eventful internsh ... -
Pilot Nurses a Dream
June 1, 2021Angelo Bautista, a 2009 South graduate, worked as a nurse while training to become an airline pilot. During the coronavirus pandem ... -
A Passion to Serve
May 26, 2021A dozen recent South graduates devoted more than 100 hours of community service each through USA's South Serves program. ... -
South to Host PASSAGE USA Camp
May 25, 2021PASSAGE USA's Postsecondary Education Preview Overnight Summer Camp for rising sophomores, juniors and seniors is June 15-17. ... -
A New Working Reality
May 21, 2021小蝌蚪APP assistant professor Dr. Matt Howard is researching the use of virtual reality in workplace training. ... -
Setting Sail from South
May 20, 2021Rear Admiral Gayle Shaffer, a 1987 biology graduate, went on to join the Navy, travel the world and become the first dentist to se ... -
Six Years Later, She Walks
May 11, 2021Kearria Freed was critically injured and using a wheelchair following a 2015 shooting. With determination, and the help of Pathway ... -
USA Spring Commencement Ceremonies
May 6, 2021The University is honoring more than two thousand degree candidates in eight colleges and schools May 6-8 at the USA Mitchell Cent ... -
Greek Council Creates Endowed Scholarship
May 3, 2021College Panhellenic Council's gift will be matched by the Mitchell-Moulton Scholarship Initiative making the endowment $50,00 ... -
'Safe Harbor' on the Gulf Coast
April 29, 2021A documentary produced by Assistant Professor Dr. Lorraine Ahearn will focus on a tight-knit Vietnamese fishing community that has ... -
Alabama Power Foundation donates to Leadership in Social Justice and Perseverance Scholarship
April 29, 2021The Alabama Power Foundation grant is the largest corporate donation the scholarship has received since its inception in 2020. ... -
Fourth Annual USA Giving Day Raises $95,585
April 28, 2021234 donors supported South's priorities including scholarships, student emergency funds, social justice initiatives and USA H ... -
'A Flamethrower of Chemicals'
April 26, 2021Vaping remains popular among those seeking to quit tobacco smoking and young people enticed by flavors from watermelon to creme br ... -
New Interdisciplinary Ph. D. Program Begins in the Fall
April 26, 2021Chemical and biomolecular engineering program is expected to be mostly self-supporting through research grants and contracts. ...