University of Mobile is the 185th “All-Steinway School” in the world, after completing a year-long fundraising campaign to replace an inventory of aging pianos with 24 Steinway pianos. Now, students in the Christian university’s Alabama School of the Arts are …
Before there were computers, there was Doris Davis and her Rolodex. When attorney Massey Bedsole wanted to correspond with someone, he would call out from his office in Mobile to his longtime legal secretary, whose desk was just a few …
“University of Mobile is not just a university which students attend to gain an education but a pivotal point in each of their lives in shaping their intellectual understanding of one’s desired discipline while understanding the implications and practice within …
Few people have had as many job titles – and as much of an impact – at University of Mobile as Dr. Fred Lackey, who died on July 2 at the age of 81. Kevin Wilburn ’99, UM vice president …
The Louise VanLandingham Memorial Endowed Scholarship After their mother passed away at age 84, Maureen Nichols was a bit afraid to tell her older sister what she did with a portion of the inheritance. She shouldn’t have worried. “I …
Introducing the 4th President of University of Mobile: Timothy L. Smith, PhD, PhD, CRNA, APRN On the morning of April 11, 2016, the University of Mobile Board of Trustees gathered in Harrigan Center conference room on campus for a …
Jordan Van Matre ’07, Owner/President, The Law Office of Jordan K. Van Matre, P.C. “I’ve got this outward appearance that I’ve got it all together,” he said. “But God knows my heart, and I know the condition of my …
When 47-year-old Mark Foley walked out of the Board of Trustees meeting in Harrigan Center and into his first press conference as the newly elected president of the University of Mobile on Feb. 13, 1998, he was stepping onto shaky …
When the contemporary-classical vocal group Veritas sang at a conference in Houston early this year, they impressed a future presidential candidate who was also on the conference agenda. But it still was a surprise when the campaign manager for Dr. …
How do you turn a moving train? What if that train is the American culture and the track is unstable, the foundation has eroded, and all the people you love are aboard? Is the only outcome a horrible train wreck? …