University of South Alabama News

Western Michigan University announced it has named Edmund Tsang interim dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, effective July 1. Tsang, who is currently associate dean, will lead the college while the university conducts a national search for a replacement for Anthony Vizzini.

In the early 1700s, France sent thousands of colonists and slaves to Louisiana in the belief that tobacco would refill a treasury drained by wars.

Christian James Campbell has been awarded a $7,000 four-year Fraternal College Scholarship in a national competition with other students who are members of Modern Woodman of America.

MOBILE, Alabama -- Backed by a new economic impact study, BayFest organizers are restating their case that the event is a rainmaker that has a broad economic impact on the region, with returns that fully justify city and county support of the event.

Editor's note: As the Press-Register celebrates its 200th anniversary, the newspaper and AL.com are taking a decade-by-decade look at major events that shaped Mobile and Baldwin counties, the Gulf Coast and the nation during those years.

U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin has announced her plans to resign from her post as "America's doctor" in July.

Stephen F. Dill, longtime pastor of Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, stands in the study of his home on Fowl River on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013.

As the average price of single-family homes throughout the country edged up in May, so did prices in both Mobile and Baldwin counties.

The University of South Alabama is now extending enhanced scholarships to in- and out-of-area residents of up to $12,000 a year for tuition and are still available for 2013 high school graduates.

Mobile, AL, Jun 12, 2013 -- Jay Bavisi, president of EC-Council, warned thought-leaders from the Department of Homeland Security , the National Security Agency , and the finest academic minds of the NSA's centers of academic excellence of the worsening Cyber Plague at the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education .

MOBILE, Alabama --Today at 12 p.m., bring a sack lunch, enjoy free beverages and soak up some smarts at The History Museum of Mobile's Learning Lunch.

MOBILE, Ala. Governor Bentley recently signed legislation to give Alabama's Nurse Practitioners more power when it comes to prescribing medications, especially narcotics.

The expansion at the University of South Alabama Children's & Women's Hospital is on track to be finished by the end of the summer.

Cabrini High School has announced its West Bank graduates for 2013. Twenty-six seniors from the West Bank were among the 86 graduates of Cabrini High School awarded diplomas by Ardley R. Hanemann, Jr., president, and Yvonne L. Hrapmann, principal, at the 2013 Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement Ceremony on May 18 at St. Dominic Church.

Kennon Barton, 31, grew up in Jackson County and lives with his wife in Pascagoula, but he's spread his talent for the past 10 years or so in several cities including Nashville, New Orleans, Hattiesburg and Mobile.

MOBILE, Ala. Friday's Board of Trustees meeting was the last one for University of South Alabama President Gordon Moulton.

The 6-foot-4, 205-pound junior at the University of South Alabama is listed as a right fielder, but scouting reports say he can play multiple positions, including first base, where he played much of this season.

The University of South Alabama Board of Trustees will consider a 4.5 percent increase in tuition and fees and additional hikes for student housing and meal plans at its meeting Friday.

MOBILE, Ala. The British newspaper The Guardian reports that a court order is requiring Verizon Wireless to turn over private phone records to the national security agency.

Even though you're not from here, as long as you can gain people's trust you're part of the family.