What's up, guys?

I'm Ferrari St. Paul,
and you are tuning

in to YOUniversity TV,
where we put "you"

in "university."

Today, we are taking a tour of
the University of West Alabama.

Let's take a look around.

Come on.

The University of West Alabama
is in Livingston, Alabama

and is one of the oldest
universities in the South.

Students can go out to
the Livingston Country Club

here, go out and play golf.

There are many different
places on the river,

water sports, fishing, camping.

With the interstate being
as close as it is,

if students want to take
a weekend trip somewhere,

they're right here on
the interstate and can go

anywhere possible.

I know a lot of times people
may think that Livingston is

in the middle of nowhere,
but we like to think that

it's in the middle
of everything.

Love to hike or fish?

There are nature trails
and a lake right on campus.

Lake LU spans more
than 50 acres.

UWA has 2,400
on campus students.

Fifty-five percent are women,
and forty-five percent are men.

The average class size is
a comfortable 30 students.

General admissions to get
into our university is

an 18 on the ACT.

Our average ACT score
is around a 21.

The University of West Alabama's
in-state tuition fee is about

$8,000, while out-of-staters
pay around $12,000.

UWA has over 60 undergraduate
programs to choose from

and ten Master's level programs.

Some of the most common among
students are Education,

Business, Liberal Arts,
and Sciences and Math.

We get business and industry
to come into our classrooms.

We get our students to go
into business and industry.

So they get a lot of hands-on,
application oriented,

experiential learning
that you wouldn't get

at other institutions.

Yee-haw!

UWA is one of the few schools
to have their very own

rodeo program and fully
equipped equestrian riding rings

on campus grounds.

Plus, they've qualified for
college national finals

four out of their first five
seasons riding.

Teachers from the University
of West Alabama

are some of the best.

Seventy-eight percent even
hold a terminal degree.

Students are lucky enough to
get a chance to build a close

learning relationship
with their teachers,

thanks to a student to
faculty ratio of 18:1.

Professors here at UWA
are very friendly,

and they care about you.

They know your name by
the second week of school

in every classroom.

The West Alabama Tigers
compete in the Eastern Division

of the Gulf South Conference
at the NCAA Division II level.

Alabama sponsors 12 different
sports in men's and women's

teams, such as football,
baseball, basketball, tennis,

rodeo, and cross country.

UWA students are learning how
to help athletes stay on top

of their game.

Injured softball or baseball
players use this weighted ball

and trampoline for
their shoulder injury.

The University of West Alabama
has six residence halls.

All are apartment style and will
hold up to 700 students.

Plus, they offer an additional
apartment complex for graduate

and married students,
and all buildings are

conveniently located near
classes and campus services.

My freshman year,
I lived on campus.

I lived in the dorms.

And it was the best experience
I could have, because you meet

so many new people and you know
everything that's going on.

I enjoy living on campus.

It's like a small apartment.

I have my own refrigerator
and stove and my own

bathroom and stuff.

I like it.

The University of West Alabama
offers plenty of clubs

and organizations to give
students a chance to be

a great leader, a planner,
organizer, musician, athlete,

or a member of one of the 12
sororities or fraternities.

Well, I wasn't gonna do it at
first, and then I went to rush.

And everybody was really nice.

And formals and mixers,
and it's really fun.

Keeps me busy.

The games and the athletics
have a big, big support.

There's cheerleading,
which I am a cheerleader,

and there's baseball, softball,
basketball, rodeo.

So if you're looking for a small
school with a southern flavor,

be sure to check out
the University of West Alabama.

Thanks for riding along with us
here in Livingston

on our tour of UWA.

I'm Ferrari St. Paul,
and I'll see you later.

Ooh, ha ha ha.