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The ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Foundation has received notice of a $3 million planned gift that will support student success and academic enrichment. The planned gift from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous is one of the largest in the University’s history.
Through perseverance and resolve, attorneys Alice Lee and Mahala Dickerson challenged entrenched social barriers, earned pioneer status and left legacies rooted in gender and racial equality.
The day after President Biden signed the National Heritage Act into law, the phone rang on Dr. Tina Jones’ desk at the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú. The caller was two time zones away, a Ph.D.-holding Californian who sought Jones’ help.
From day one, aspirations and expectations have lived alongside education at University Charter School. They’re baked into its foundation, thoughts of academic achievement and varsity football and alumni returning every fall. But none has been more transformational than dreams about a senior class walking the hallways of the school located on the campus of the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú.
ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Skills on Wheels trailer.

Since its establishment, the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s Division of Economic and Workforce Development has focused on improving the outlook for industries and residents in and around Sumter County. That assistance is now receiving national attention.

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú nursing students.

Nursing students at the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú benefit from the experience of the Ira D. Pruitt Division of Nursing faculty and a rigorous curriculum that prepares graduates for licensure examinations and employment.

Up in DeKalb County, near Lake Guntersville and about an hour’s drive from Huntsville, is where Brandon Renfroe teaches science at Geraldine High School. By almost any metric, from demographics and geography to socioeconomics and politics, that region of northeast Alabama’s Appalachian foothills seems as far from Livingston and the Black Belt’s western counties as it can be. 
Webb Hall

Dr. Valerie Burnes’ goal isn’t merely to house the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame and its plaques at the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú. She envisions something ultimately grand that celebrates not only the enshrinees’ lives but also introduces the university to a wider audience.

Dr. Amy Jones.

As silly as it seems, good-ol’ doughnuts -- not beignets from France, not baklava from Turkey, not cannoli from Sicily -- partially fueled Dr. Amy Jones’ path to the honorees’ table at the upcoming West Alabama Young Leaders Awards.

Life at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú

Your ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú education is so much more than going to class. Learn more about the countless opportunities to be a part of something great, from service organizations and Greek Life to clubs and much more.

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