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The university was founded in 1961 by the Alabama Baptist State Convention under the name of Mobile College. [2] In 1993, the college was renamed the University of Mobile in reference to its location in Mobile County, not to be confused with the City of Mobile. [3] For the 2018-2019 year, it had 1,885 students. [4]
Bishop State Community College was founded in 1927 as the Mobile, Alabama, extension of Alabama State College, and initially offered courses to African-American certified teachers. In 1936, it was organized into a two-year college and renamed Alabama State College - Mobile Center, with O.H. Johnson serving as the first dean.
The student's family filed suit against the university, the officer involved, and the police chief, Herbert Earl "Zeke" Aull. [23] In February 2013, a Mobile County judge ruled that the university was not liable for the student's death. [24] in 2014 the case moved to federal court. [25] In 2015, the officer was cleared in a civil suit. [26]
The University of Alabama has a reputation for hauling in an annual catch of blue-chip athletic recruits, but the university is increasingly casting a net to snare top-level academic recruits as well.
The 15,000-square-foot center will include areas for prospective students and their families to gather for campus tours, along with admissions offices. University of Alabama leaders, Randall ...
There are four institutions of higher learning in Alabama that are listed among Tier 1 national universities by U.S. News & World Report - The University of Alabama (UA), Auburn University (AU), the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).
In 1936, the University of Alabama Extension Center was opened in Birmingham. [4] In 1943, Governor Chauncey Sparks created the four-year Medical College of Alabama with the passage of the Jones Bill (Alabama Act 89). In 1944, Roy R. Kracke was named dean of the Medical College of Alabama and began assembling teaching staff. [citation needed ...
Mitchell Center is a 10,041-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. It was completed in 1998 and is the home to the University of South Alabama Jaguars basketball teams. The Center is named for the Mitchell family, local real estate developers who have given over US$35 million to various ...