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Visual artist Garland Farwell kicked off a year-long artist-residency, Monday, Feb. 19 at the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ’s Julia Tutwiler Library, with a folk-art exhibit of hex signs, a uniquely American art form and best-known symbol of the Pennsylvania Dutch, interpreted through an African American, southern and rural lens.

The ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ has recorded its highest enrollment in university history for the fall of 2023, with total enrollment at 6,195. The nearly-six percent increase from the previous fall represents both on-campus and online enrollment, ranging from freshman undergraduate through doctoral degree students.

A regional state university in Alabama’s historic Black Belt, bearing the label ‘rural university’ is an acknowledgement administration and faculty no longer avoid or downplay. Instead, they’re leaning into the notion and turning a once-perceived negative into a national brand that’s assuming a significant role in modernizing higher education in rural America.

The ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Police Department has brought back a successful campus transportation program that’s designed with both convenience and safety in mind. Student Nighttime Auxiliary Patrol, sponsored by ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Police Department, provides a safe option for on-campus transportation during from 6 p.m. until midnight, Sunday through Thursday.

Homecoming week kicks off with one of the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ campus’s favorite traditions, the search for the Key to Victory. Clues for the Key to Victory will be released to students beginning Monday, Oct. 9, at 9 a.m. and continuing at noon and 3 p.m. each day until the key is found and turned in at Brock 202. The student who finds the key wins $1,000.

The ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ has launched a new design for its collegiate license plate available to Alabama residents. The design, which will be available August 1, features red and white University branding, including a sleek and fierce red and white tiger profile. Proceeds from sales of the plate benefit a scholarship program at ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ.

Citing the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ’s dedication to safety and emergency preparedness, the National Weather Service has renewed ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ’s status as a StormReady University. The status lasts through April 21, 2026.

The ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ’s proposal to freeze tuition for the sixth consecutive year has been approved by its board of trustees. The decision comes as part of the board’s approval of the school’s operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year, and this reaffirms ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ’s various rankings as one of the best values of any university in the state