| 词条 | University of South Alabama | |||||
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|name = University of South Alabama |image_name = University of South Alabama seal.png |image_size = 200px |motto = |established = 1963 |type = Public Research university Sea Grant Space Grant |president = Tony Waldrop |city = Mobile |state = Alabama |country = U.S. |endowment = $497 million[1] |enrollment = 14,834 |staff = 992 |campus = Main Campus, 1,224 acres |affiliations = NCAA Division I – Sun Belt Conference |nickname = Jaguars |mascot = South Paw |colors = Blue, Red, and White[2] {{color box|#00205B}} {{color box|#BF0D3E}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} |website = {{url|www.southalabama.edu}} |logo = File:University of South Alabama wordmark.svg |logo_size = 250px }} The University of South Alabama (USA), officially nicknamed "South" is a public, national research university in Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in May, 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. Currently, USA is divided into ten colleges and schools and includes one of Alabama's two state-supported medical schools. As of the fall semester of 2018, South Alabama has an enrollment of 14,834 students.[3] To date, the university has awarded over 90,000 degrees[4]. USA has an annual payroll of more than $400 million (US), with over 6,000 employees, and is the second largest employer in Mobile.[5] The University of South Alabama has an annual economic impact of US$3 billion.[6] Academics{{Infobox US university ranking| Forbes = 616 | USNWR_NU = 230–301 | Wamo_NU = 234 }} The university offers a range of undergraduate and graduate degrees in ten colleges and schools. Several programs offer masters level degrees in addition to undergraduate degrees. Doctoral level degrees are offered in several areas, including Business Administration, Nursing, Medicine, Basic Medical Sciences, Instructional Design, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Audiology, Marine Science, Psychology, Physical Therapy, and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree offered in collaboration with Auburn University. The psychology doctoral program was initiated in 2009 and offers a Combined degree, emphasizing both Clinical Psychology and Counseling Psychology. USA offers classes in nearby Baldwin County at its Fairhope campus, and recently opened its new Gulf Coast Campus in Gulf Shores.[7] In all, undergraduate students at South Alabama can choose from more than 50 bachelor's degree and certificate programs while there are more than 40 master's degree programs. As of 2011, USA ranks as the 22nd best public university in the southern United States, and 52nd overall (in the South). It has an acceptance rate of 86.5%.[8] The student-faculty ratio at USA is 18:1[9], and the school has 44.1 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. USA students are 57% female and 43% male.[8] As of 2014 the university maintains a 43% six year average graduation rate for four-year courses.[10] As of 2018, the university maintains an 18% four year graduation rate.[11] CollegesThe University of South Alabama has ten colleges:
AdministrationThe University is governed by a Board of Trustees appointed by and including the governor of Alabama. The Board appoints a president of the University. Since the founding of the University, there have been three presidents: Frederick Palmer Whiddon (served 1963–1998) and V. Gordon Moulton (served 1998–2013). John W. Smith, the current executive vice president, served as an interim president until the arrival of Tony G. Waldrop in 2014. Athletics and traditions{{main|South Alabama Jaguars}}The Jaguars participate in 17 NCAA sanctioned sports (8 men 9 women), and are founding members of the Sun Belt Conference. Men's sports include Football, Basketball, Baseball, Tennis, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, and Outdoor Track and Field. Women's sports include Basketball, Softball, Soccer, Tennis, Cross Country, Volleyball, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, and Golf. All sports participate in the Sun Belt Conference, a Division I/FBS conference. The school is often referred to as simply "South", "USA", or the "Jags", but the more formal South Alabama is often used as well. The university announced the creation of a NCAA sanctioned football team on December 6, 2007, with the goal of fast tracking the program to full FBS status by the 2013 season. The school's first ever game was played on September 5, 2009 in front of 26,000+ fans. The Jaguars football team is led by head coach Steve Campbell. The Jaguars lost at NC State 35-13 during the 2011 football season, the program's first game against a FBS opponent and its first loss after going a combined 19-0 during its first 2+ seasons.[12] While the games for the football team are currently played at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, South is in the middle of constructing an on campus stadium, Hancock Whitney Stadium. It is scheduled to open in September of 2020. The Jaguars have future football contests scheduled with Mississippi St, NC State, Hawaii, Navy, Tennessee, LSU, Oklahoma St, Tulane, South Carolina, Nebraska, Louisiana Tech, and Southern Miss, including home contests with Mississippi State, NC State, Oklahoma State, Louisiana Tech, Tulane, and Navy.[13] The Jaguars include current players David Freese, who was both the 2011 National League Championship Series MVP and 2011 World Series MVP for the St. Louis Cardinals, and Juan Pierre, a World Series winner with the Florida Marlins in 2003. Coach Steve Kittrell retired at the end of the 2011 season and handed over the position to the coach in waiting, Mark Calvi, who had been on staff for that final year. Calvi was the pitching coach at the University of South Carolina when the Gamecocks won the College World Series in 2010. The basketball program has reached the NCAA tournament eight times, with its only win coming against the University of Alabama in 1989. The Jaguars have been beaten by the eventual national champion 3 of those 8 times (Michigan, Arizona, & Florida), with the Michigan loss occurring in the second round. Campus lifeHousing
The Grove: is a privately owned apartment complex on campus that offers individual leases of 2br/3br apartments to only USA undergraduate and graduate students. (Not affiliated with USA Housing & Residence Life.) Greek lifeOrganizations
The following are Greek organizations that existed at the University of South Alabama that are no longer active sorted by the date they received their national charter
Notable faculty and alumniNotable faculty of the University of South Alabama include:
Notable alumni of the University of South Alabama include:
Publications
CriticismsCampus safetyIn 2012, Business Insider listed USA as the eighth most dangerous campus in the United States, due to numerous burglaries, two counts of rape, and one killing.[17] In 2014 there were three counts of rape, 19 counts of burglary, and one count of arson.[18] In 2015, however, University of South Alabama was named as one of the 50 safest colleges in the country by BestColleges.com.[19] Shooting of unarmed studentOn October 12, 2008, 18-year-old freshman Gil Collar was shot by a campus police officer. [20] The university released a statement saying a campus police officer "was confronted by a muscular, nude man who was acting erratically." [21] Authorities state that Collar appeared to be on drugs when the incident occurred [22]. The student's family filed state and federal lawsuits against the university, the officer involved, and the police chief, Herbert Earl "Zeke" Aull [23]. In February 2013, a Mobile County judge ruled that University was not liable for the student's death.[24]. Federal discrimination lawsuitOn April 4, 2014, a large group of students belonging to Students for Life USA, a pro-life student organization, filed a complaint about alleged discrimination in federal court against numerous University of South Alabama officials. The university later settled the lawsuit, paying the students an undisclosed amount of money. According to a copy of the settlement document provided by the Alliance Defending Freedom, the university "denied all material allegations and Plaintiff's claims of constitutional infirmities".[25] USA agreed to change a portion of its policy on use of its space and facilities, and to pay an unspecified sum settling "all of plaintiff's remaining claims, including liability, damages, and attorney's fees".[26][27] First Amendment violationsOn April 15, 2016, campus police stopped several students who were handing out pro-concealed carry information in the student center. The students were unarmed and had not violated any laws, however police stated they would "come up with something" and cited the students for violating university policy. After an investigation, the citations were rescinded and one officer was placed on unpaid 3-day suspension.[28] Sexual Assault LawsuitOn August 30, 2017, a student filed a widely reported 75-page lawsuit against the university and administrators Michael Mitchell and Andrea Agnew alleging a "biased" disciplinary system that was "skewed in favor of the accusers". The lawsuit alleges that the university administrators were grossly biased against students who had been accused of violating policy, even before any hearing. The lawsuit notes that the university allowed students to "hang banners and flyers in the common areas" where disciplinary hearings are held in an effort to intimidate accused students.[29] References1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2014_Endowment_Market_Values_Revised.pdf|title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY2013 to FY 2014|access-date=9 February 2017}} 2. ^{{cite book|url=http://southalabama.edu/departments/publicrelations/brand/resources/usa_brand_guidelines.pdf |title=USA Brand Guidelines |accessdate=2016-03-28}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.southalabama.edu/departments/publicrelations/brand/resources/templates/quickfacts.pdf|title=University of South Alabama Quick Facts|last=|first=|date=|website=University of South Alabama|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.southalabama.edu/departments/publicrelations/brand/resources/templates/quickfacts.pdf|title=University of South Alabama Quick Facts|last=|first=|date=|website=University of South Alabama|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 5. ^University of South Alabama, Office of Public Relations, "Quick Facts.". Southalabama.edu (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2012-05-25. 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.southalabama.edu/departments/presidentsoffice/engagement.html|title=University of South Alabama Engagement|last=|first=|date=|website=University of South Alabama|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.southalabama.edu/departments/publicrelations/pressreleases/051215gulfcampus.html |title=USA Opens Gulf Coast Campus in Gulf Shores |publisher=Southalabama.edu |date= |accessdate=2015-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716060913/http://www.southalabama.edu/departments/publicrelations/pressreleases/051215gulfcampus.html |archive-date=2015-07-16 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 8. ^1 South Alabama | University of South Alabama | Best College | US News. Colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-25. 9. ^{{cite web |title=About USA Page |url=https://www.southalabama.edu/aboutusa/ |website=University of South Alabama}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.southalabama.edu/departments/institutionalresearch/resources/graduationandretentionrates.pdf|title=University of South Alabama Institutional Research|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 11. ^https://www.scholarships.com/colleges/university-of-south-alabama/graduation-rates/ 12. ^University of South Alabama – 2011 Football Schedule. Usajaguars.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-25. 13. ^South Alabama Jaguars Football Schedules and Future Schedules. Fbschedules.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-25. 14. ^Hevesi, Dennis. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/nyregion/19mcfarlane.html "Rodger McFarlane, Who Led AIDS-Related Groups, Dies at 54"], The New York Times, May 18, 2009. Accessed May 19, 2009. 15. ^{{cite web|url=https://thevanguardusa.com/ |title=The Vanguard | South Alabama Student Newspaper |publisher=thevanguardusa.com |date= |accessdate=2015-07-15}} 16. ^{{cite web | title = A Journal Pertaining to College Students: College Student Journal | url = http://www.projectinnovation.com/college-student-journal.html | website = projectinnovation.com | publisher = Project Innovation, University of South Alabama }} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/most-dangerous-colleges-in-america-2012-11?op=1&IR=T/#louisiana-state-university--baton-rouge-17|title=The Most Dangerous Colleges In America|date= 20 November 2012|last=Rogers|first=Abby|publisher=Business Insider|accessdate=9 February 2017}} 18. ^{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/south-alabama-1057/campus-safety|title=University of South Alabama - Campus Safety|access-date=9 February 2017}} 19. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2015/07/usa_ranked_as_one_of_50_safest.html|title=USA ranked as one of 50 safest colleges in the country|access-date=28 February 2019}} 20. ^https://www.cnn.com/2012/10/07/justice/alabama-student-killed/index.html 21. ^https://www.cnn.com/2012/10/07/justice/alabama-student-killed/index.html 22. ^https://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2014/07/university_of_south_alabama_st.html 23. ^https://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2014/07/university_of_south_alabama_st.html 24. ^https://www.apr.org/post/ala-judge-dismisses-shooting-suit-against-college#stream/0 25. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.adfmedia.org/files/StudentsForLifeUSAsettlement.pdf|title=In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama Southern Division|publisher=Alliance Defending Freedom|accessdate=25 February 2017|page=2}} 26. ^{{cite web|url=http://fox10tv.com/2014/04/09/pro-life-students-file-suit-against-university-of-south-alabama/|title= Pro-life students file suit against University of South Alabama|publisher=Fox 10 TV|date=9 April 2014|last=Perez|first=Andrew|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528013905/http://fox10tv.com/2014/04/09/pro-life-students-file-suit-against-university-of-south-alabama/|archivedate=28 May 2014}} 27. ^{{cite web|url=http://studentsforlife.org/big-pro-life-free-speech-win-at-the-university-of-south-alabama/|title=Big pro-life free speech win at the University of South Alabama!|date=10 May 2016|accessdate=25 February 2017}} 28. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2016/04/watch_video_of_usa_student_cit.html|title=Watch video of South Alabama student cited by campus police for wearing empty holster|publisher=|accessdate=9 February 2017}} 29. ^https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4057424-John-Doe-v-University-of-South-Alabama.html External links{{Portal|Alabama|University|University of South Alabama}}
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