HJR306 Summary

• Honors the University of West Alabama on its 175th anniversary during the 2009-2010 academic year, marking 175 years since its 1835 charter as a church-related female academy.

• Recognizes the institution's growth to serve 5,000 students pursuing associate, baccalaureate, master's, and education specialist degrees through traditional and online instruction.

• Acknowledges Julia Strudwick Tutwiler's 1881-1883 role in securing the first state appropriation exclusively for women's education in Alabama and her position as the institution's first president.

• Documents the school's name changes from State Teachers College at Livingston (1929), to Livingston State College (1957), to Livingston University (1967), to University of West Alabama (1995), while maintaining teacher training as a major educational mission.

• Recognizes the university's current organization into six instructional units and its accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and five other accrediting bodies as a cornerstone of educational progress in Alabama.