Community News

A New Report Card on Mobile's Economy
November 16, 2017

South's Center for Real Estate and Economic Development is releasing its free 'Mobile Bay Economic Snapshot.' ...

A performance from the 2016 USA holiday concert.

Join South for its Annual Holiday Concert
November 15, 2017

USA musicians will bring 'Joy to the World' with familiar classics during a free Dec. 1 performance at the Mitchell Center. ...

Supraja “Sippy” Sridhar, a second-year medical student, and other students are helping to provide food for hungry South students through the Donor to Diner organization she created.

An Oasis in a Student's Food Desert
November 15, 2017

Jags are donating to a newly opened food pantry as short-term relief to a common problem 鈥� hungry students low on cash. ...

Theatre majors Thomas Deen IV and Abigail St. John will star in Theatre USA’s upcoming production of “Our Town.”

"Our Town" Heads to USA
November 7, 2016

The critically acclaimed classic American drama will open Nov. 10 at Theatre USA. Tickets are available. ...

USA to Host Science Olympiad
October 26, 2017

The 2018 Alabama Science Olympiad for middle and high school students will take place March. 3. ...

Stokes Center to Host Reading Event
October 18, 2017

Nathan Poole, assistant professor of creative writing, will read from his two books of fiction. ...

USA Celebrates Homecoming 2017
October 10, 2017

New events and special honors for the 50th anniversary Golden Jaguars will highlight this year鈥檚 Homecoming festivities. ...

An African-American soldier with the 12th Armored Division, Seventh U.S. Army, stands guard over a group of captured German soldiers. Photo courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Nazi Germany, Jim Crow Discrimination Topic of Talk
October 10, 2017

'Racial Discrimination & Institutionalized Violence in Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South' Forum to be held 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday. ...

USA senior German Cruz-Torres, center, a native of Puerto Rico, concentrates on mapping areas of the island during the GeoClub’s Map-a-thon.

Delivering Aid, From Inside a Classroom
September 29, 2017

South faculty and students help in Puerto Rico's recovery by providing a link between satellite maps and computer software. ...

From left, Dr. Julee Waldrop, Dr. Krista Harrell and Chandra Brown are among the featured speakers at the Junior League of Mobile’s Focus Women’s Conference at the Mobile Convention Center.

USA Leaders Speak at Women's Conference
September 22, 2017

Dr. Julee Waldrop, Dr. Krista Harrell and Chandra Brown are among the speakers at the Junior League of Mobile's symposium. ...

South Launches Speakers Directory
September 18, 2017

Need an expert to speak to a non-profit or civic group? USA opens a speakers bureau with a searchable online directory. ...

'Adrift in Macao' Opens Theatre USA Season
September 18, 2017

The comical musical set in the early 1950s will open at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 22, and run through Sept. 30. ...

Outfielder Travis Swaggerty earned second-team All-America honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings and first-team all-Sun Belt Conference accolades during his sophomore year as he helped lead South Alabama to its first SBC Tournament title since 2005.

Playing for USA, and a Nation
September 14, 2017

'Self-made' outfielder and Major League prospect Travis Swaggerty spent the summer representing his country with Team USA. ...

South Partners in 'Empowering Change'
August 30, 2017

USA and community organizations launch a series of educational, cultural and social events focused on inclusion. ...

Expert Negotiator to Speak at Real Estate Conference
August 25, 2017

Professor Stuart Diamond will be the featured speaker at USA's 2017 Gulf Coast Real Estate & Economic Education Conference. ...

South volunteers participated in the 2017 Jaguars Care: WOW Day of Service

New School Year Begins With Service
August 14, 2017

Jags begin a new tradition by taking time out to volunteer on campus and across the community during a morning of service. ...

Gov. Kay Ivey, center, tours the 麻豆社 Medical Center and talks with Sam Dean, hospital administrator, before announcing a $4 million bond issue to renovate and expand the hospital’s Level 1 Trauma Center.

Medical Center Awarded $4M for Trauma Center
August 9, 2017

Gov. Kay Ivey visits South to announce funds for renovating and expanding the region's only Level 1 trauma center. ...

Autumn Baxter, Davidson High School, listens as Chris Flight of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab talks about what she found while snorkeling in the grass beds at St. Andrews Park in Florida.

'Emerging Scholars' Link Environmental, Human Health
August 7, 2017

Mobile County high school students get hands-on experiences on South's campus and at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. ...

USA Student Broderick Morrissette is a mentor to Vigor High School student Carrington Bush, a participant in South’s Upward Bound Program. The program recently received a $1.2 million dollar grant to continue for the next five years.

Mentoring the Next Generation of Jags
August 4, 2017

South's Upward Bound program is giving high school students the skills needed to succeed before getting to campus. ...

USA Gives Teens Primer on Cybersecurity
August 2, 2017

Students at Mobile's Davidson High School participated in the 3rd Annual GenCyber Camp at Shelby Hall. ...

South to Leverage MIT Mentoring Program
July 14, 2017

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology program was licensed to and will be administered in Mobile by USA. ...

Canned food for Boxing Out Hunger. Through phase one of the Boxing out Hunger program, the Stanton Road Clinic will distribute 1,000 healthy pre-packaged boxes to food insecure patients that contain an assortment of shelf-stable ingredients such as canned produce, protein, dairy and grains.

South Clinic 'Boxing Out Hunger'
June 29, 2017

USA partners with Feeding the Gulf Coast to improve health by addressing patient food insecurities. ...

Dr. Joel Lewis Billingsley, a faculty member in the College of Education and Professional Studies, presented along with her family a personal historic perspective about the last survivor of the last slave ship that docked in Mobile Bay, as part of a workshop for elementary school teachers. From left, Lewis Billingsley; her father, Robert Lewis; her mother, Paulette Lewis; and her great uncle, Israel Lewis III.

Teacher Training Focuses on Alabama History
June 27, 2017

Presentation on oral history led by USA's Dr. Joel' Lewis Billingsley is a part of the Alabama Bicentennial Summer Institute. ...

Returning South Leads to More Career Success
June 9, 2017

The ink on Monica Whatley鈥檚 diploma was barely dry before the math and statistics major packed up and moved to Washington, D.C. ...

Nick Barton, a junior finance major from Alabaster, will spend part of his summer raising money for people with disabilities during Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity's national philanthropy, "Journey of Hope."

A 'Journey of Hope,' on Two Wheels
June 1, 2017

Junior Nick Barton, after biking 900 miles in Florida, will serve as crew chief in a Pi Kappa Phi fundraiser across the U.S. ...

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Community News Archive

A New Report Card on Mobile's Economy November 16, 2017

Join South for its Annual Holiday Concert November 15, 2017

An Oasis in a Student's Food Desert November 15, 2017

"Our Town" Heads to USA November 7, 2016

USA to Host Science Olympiad October 26, 2017

Stokes Center to Host Reading Event October 18, 2017

USA Celebrates Homecoming 2017 October 10, 2017

Nazi Germany, Jim Crow Discrimination Topic of Talk October 10, 2017

Delivering Aid, From Inside a Classroom September 29, 2017

USA Leaders Speak at Women's Conference September 22, 2017

South Launches Speakers Directory September 18, 2017

'Adrift in Macao' Opens Theatre USA Season September 18, 2017

Playing for USA, and a Nation September 14, 2017

South Partners in 'Empowering Change' August 30, 2017

Expert Negotiator to Speak at Real Estate Conference August 25, 2017

New School Year Begins With Service August 14, 2017

Medical Center Awarded $4M for Trauma Center August 9, 2017

'Emerging Scholars' Link Environmental, Human Health August 7, 2017

Mentoring the Next Generation of Jags August 4, 2017

USA Gives Teens Primer on Cybersecurity August 2, 2017

South to Leverage MIT Mentoring Program July 14, 2017

South Clinic 'Boxing Out Hunger' June 29, 2017

Teacher Training Focuses on Alabama History June 27, 2017

Returning South Leads to More Career Success June 9, 2017

A 'Journey of Hope,' on Two Wheels June 1, 2017