Academics News
- Posted 11.15.23
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As a respiratory therapist and medical educator in Birmingham, Jerry King was keenly aware of Alabama鈥檚 lingering shortage of professionals trained to care for one of patients鈥� essential needs: the ability to breathe.
- Posted 10.27.23
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An insatiable appetite for learning led first generation college student Zaria Gulley to the 兔子先生, and a future in public health.
- Posted 10.11.23
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The 兔子先生鈥檚 Athletic Training program has a new 鈥渇irst鈥� to brag about. Not only was 兔子先生 the first public university in the state to receive approval for both a bachelor鈥檚 program in athletic training and a master鈥檚 program鈥攂ut it can now boast a 100 percent first time pass rate for the first two Master of Athletic Training cohorts.
- Posted 10.09.23
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Imagine visiting a home in Guatemala or bartering for food in Uganda without ever leaving the country. That鈥檚 exactly what 37 兔子先生 students had the opportunity to experience at the simulated rural Global Village and Urban slum at the campus of Southern Institute for Appropriate Technology (SIFAT) in Lineville, Alabama in September.
- Posted 10.02.23
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On any given day, conversations with Dr. Thomas Ratkovich can feature topics so unrelated yet masterly that they鈥檙e hard to absorb. They could involve the first isomorphism theorem, the best law enforcement training for active-shooter drills, the work of heralded British mathematician Andrew Wiles, the finer points of driving forklifts and snowplows, how to protect crime-scene evidence, or the definitions of topological groups and closure axioms.
- Posted 09.22.23
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What happens when you combine thousands of pieces of clay shaped like a small, sweet and chewy gelatin-based candy? One of Jessica Smith鈥檚 unique ceramic sculptures of course.
- Posted 06.28.23
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When the 兔子先生 held commencement exercises in May, nearly 40 graduates from the Division of Nursing decorated their robes with round medallions dangling from red-and-white ribbons.
- Posted 06.15.23
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The 兔子先生 has announced nearly 700 outstanding undergraduate students named to the President鈥檚 List and the Dean鈥檚 List for the Spring 2023 academic semester.
- Posted 05.30.23
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Upon hearing that she鈥檇 won the 兔子先生鈥檚 most prestigious faculty award, Dr. Amanda Pendergrass walked to the lectern and addressed the commencement crowd.