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hosts Super Tiger Day on March 1--The
University of West Alabama will celebrate the second
annual Super Tiger Day on Saturday, March 1 on the
UWA campus. Six Tiger athletic teams will be
competing that day, with Gulf South Conference
action on the diamond and the hardwood.
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UWA launches new
emergency alert system--As
part of the continuing emergency response efforts
initiated by The University of West Alabama, the
University is announcing the use of a new,
state-of-the-art rapid alert and notification system
named SchoolCast. This system will help ensure the
safety of UWA students and staff using the most
advanced express communication program available for
schools, said UWA President Richard D. Holland.
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UWA Fulbright Lecture Series
welcomes Taiwanese scholar--The
University of West Alabama continues the 2008
Fulbright Lecture Series as the Julia S. Tutwiler
College of Education welcomes Dr. Shu-Hua “Sophie”
Tang of Taiwan, who was chosen to teach this year in
the University of Connecticut’s Department of
Educational Psychology. The third of four Fulbright
scholars visiting UWA this semester, Tang will
present a public lecture, “Closing the Gap for
Diversity Learners,” on Monday, March 3 at 5:45 p.m.
in UWA’s Brock Y-Hall.
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College of Education awarded scholarships
grant--The
University of West Alabama's Julia S. Tutwiler
College of Education recently received a $120,000
grant from the Daniel Foundation of Alabama in
support of the University’s Partnership Schools
Program.
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Calling all teams: Sucarnochee BBQ & Blues
Cook-off set for April 18-19--The
University of West Alabama will host the first
Kansas City Barbeque Society sanctioned Sucarnochee
BBQ & Blues Cook-off on April 18-19 in Livingston,
in conjunction with the fifth annual Sucarnochee
Folklife Festival.
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Diamond Tigers sweep Arkansas Tech--The
12th-ranked University of West Alabama baseball team
completed the sweep of Arkansas Tech on Sunday
afternoon, turning back the Wonder Boys (8-6) 12-1
at Tartt Field. The sweep was the first since the
Tigers (12-3) opened the season taking three from
Columbus State.
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 UWA
tennis continues hot start--The
UWA netters each picked up two wins on Saturday, as
the men continued its string of consecutive wins,
seven, with a 5-4 victory against Georgia
Southwestern and 9-0 win over Fort Valley State. The
UWA women also improved its record, winning their
fifth-straight with a 5-4 win also over the
Hurricanes and then a 9-0 sweep of FVSU.
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 UWA
travels to West Florida for road finale--The
UWA women’s basketball team returns to action on
Monday, Feb. 25, as the Tigers (11-14, 6-4 Gulf
South Conference) tangle with West Florida in a GSC
East action. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. The game
will be carried on Y-104.9-FM and will be available
on live stats at
athletics.uwa.edu.
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 UWA
travels to UWF with tourney hopes still on the line--The
University of West Alabama men’s basketball team
will take on West Florida in Pensacola tonight in a
key GSC tilt in determining postseason fate for both
squads.
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 UWA
falls twice on Sunday at UAH Chillout--The
University of West Alabama softball team finished
the UAH Charger Chillout with two setbacks on
Sunday, falling 2-1 to Kentucky Wesleyan and
suffering a 6-2 loss in the finale against Southern
Indiana.
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- Feb. 26--UWA Health
Fair. 11 a.m. at the Bell Conference Center.
- Men's tennis against
Morehouse. 1 p.m. at the Vaughan Complex.
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- Feb. 27--Baseball
doubleheader against
Stillman. 2 p.m. at Tartt Field.
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- Feb. 29--Softball
hosts Tiger Invitational. Doubleheader against
Crichton. 2 p.m. at the Softball Complex.
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- March 1--SUPER
TIGER DAY
- 10 a.m.--Football
scrimmage in Tiger Stadium.
- Women’s tennis
against Arkansas Tech at the Vaughan
Tennis Complex.
- 11:30 a.m.--Preview Day
lunch at the Student Union Building.
- Noon--Softball against
Crichton at the Softball Complex.
- 2 p.m.--Women’s
basketball home finale against
Montevallo in Pruitt Gym.
- Baseball doubleheader
against Delta State at Tartt Field.
- 4 p.m.--Men’s basketball home
finale against Montevallo in Pruitt
Gym.
- Softball against
Christian Brothers at the Softball
Complex.
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- March 2--Baseball against
Delta State. 1 p.m. at Tartt Field.
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- March 3--UWA Board of
Trustees meeting. 10:30 a.m. in the Bell Conference
Center.
- 2008 Fulbright Lecture Series
welcomes Dr. Shu-Hua “Sophie” Tang of Taiwan for
her lecture, “Closing the Gap for Diversity
Learners." 5:45 p.m. in Brock Y-Hall.
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- March 4--Baseball
doubleheader against
Arkansas-Monticello. 1 p.m. at Tartt Field.
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- March 5-9--Gulf South
Conference men's and women's basketball
championships. DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven,
Miss.
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- March 6--Higher
Education Day rally. 11 a.m. at the Alabama
Statehouse in Montgomery.
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- Ongoing until March 1--“Black
Belt 100 Lenses: Sumter County Photography
Exhibition."
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Webb Hall Gallery.
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- Ongoing until April 15--Volunteer
Income Tax Assistance program. Tuesdays from 2-4
p.m. and Thursdays from 4-6 p.m. or by
appointment in Wallace Hall room 214. For more
information or to make an appointment, call
205-652-3846 or 205-652-7408.
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