Category: Press Releases

The University of Montevallo will continue to waive the ACT/SAT test score requirement for admission through the fall 2024 semester, while also continuing to offer scholarships to students based on their high school GPA. UM originally made the decision in September 2020 to waive the test score requirements for admission due to the cancellation and… Continue reading UM to Continue Waiving Test Score Requirement Through Fall 2024

The University of Montevallo bookstore on Main Street will have a new name and customer experience May 31, thanks to a new partnership with Follett Higher Education. The new name for the campus bookstore, Freddie’s Books and More, is based on the University’s mascot Freddie the Falcon. With nearly 150 years of experience in higher… Continue reading UM Partnering with Follett Higher Education to Launch New Bookstore

The University of Montevallo’s Carmichael Library was selected as one of 200 libraries nationwide, and one of only 33 academic libraries, to receive a American Library Association’s American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grant, awarded to libraries recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. “We are honored to be selected for this national grant and are excited about the programs… Continue reading UM’s Carmichael Library One of 33 Academic Libraries Nationwide Awarded Humanities Grant

The University of Montevallo Family and Consumer Sciences Department will offer a new hospitality and tourism concentration beginning this fall. Dr. Donna Bell, associate professor of family consumer sciences, said the hospitality and tourism concentration will be an optional group of classes offered to students majoring in family and consumer sciences. “We’re creating this because hospitality and… Continue reading UM Family and Consumer Sciences Adds Hospitality and Tourism as New Concentration

The University of Montevallo family is sad to announce the death of David W. Wheeler, a member of the Board of Trustees since 2008 and a UM alum ’72. David Wheeler In his term as a trustee, he served as vice chair of the board and chair of the personnel and trustee committees. After graduating… Continue reading University of Montevallo Mourns Loss of Trustee David W. Wheeler

The University of Montevallo was designated as a  Military Friendly School for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 cycles – a designation the university has received multiple times in the past. “The Office of Veteran and Military Affairs is thrilled to be awarded this honor,” said Traci Crenshaw, director of the Office of Veteran & Military Affairs. “Our… Continue reading University of Montevallo Again Designated a Military Friendly School

The University of Montevallo College of Fine Arts and Department of Theatre is proud to present Naomi Iizuka’s “ANON(YMOUS),” opening Thursday, March 3 at UM’s new Center for the Arts. The production is directed by Dr. Bart Pitchford, who also designed sound. Elements and performances are by UM students. Based on “The Odyssey” by Homer, Iizuka’s… Continue reading Anon(ymous) production opens March 3 at Center for the Arts

​If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the profound and historic work of freelance photographer Lynsey Weatherspoon could fill a library. Weatherspoon, a 2006 University of Montevallo graduate and McNair Scholar, was selected as the recipient of the 2022 Nathalie Molton Gibbons Alumni Achievement Award by the UM National Alumni Association (UMNAA) at… Continue reading Weatherspoon awarded 2022 Nathalie Molton Gibbons Alumni Achievement Award

​The University of Montevallo National Alumni Association (UMNAA) awarded the 2022 Nathalie Molton Gibbons Young Achiever’s Award to 2009 UM graduate Marvin J. Price at its homecoming awards luncheon Saturday. The award is given annually to an alum age 35 or younger whose career and community contributions have reflected positively at the local, state or… Continue reading Price awarded 2022 Nathalie Molton Gibbons Young Achiever’s Award