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VOL. 53, NO. 16
“If it matters to the USA family, it matters to us.”
NOV. 11, 2013
Trustees vote to continue search
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By STUART SOX sgsox@att.net
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► Life: Kohl’s gives back to USA hospitals. See JagLife, page 4
JAG SOCCER WINS FIRST SBC TITLE ► Life: Alpha Gamma Delta to host dodgeball tournament. See JagLife, page 5
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USA aids local economy By NOAH LOGAN
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► LOC: USA Rugby ends season with tournament.
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outh Alabama’s Board of Trustees met Nov. 6 and voted unanimously to consider additional candidates after Dr. Arthur Ross withdrew from the race. This was the committee’s first meeting since Ross, the dean of medicine at West Virginia University, spoke at the latest candidate forum in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center on Oct. 28. He officially withdrew from the presidential race on Nov. 5. The other two candidates, Dr. Sheri Everts and Dr. Jerome Gilbert, spoke at candidate forums earlier last month. Everts is the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Illinois State University and Gilbert is the provost and executive vice president at Mississippi State University. The board also voted to continue the presidential search because they could not come to a consensus about the remaining two candidates, according to Bob Lowry, the interim director of South Alabama Public Relations.
lected officials, businessmen and USA officials gathered to witness the unveiling of USA’s Coastal Innovation Hub on Wednesday. The new hub is an incubator dedicated to helping grow the technology sector and regional economy by diversifying it. The dedication ceremony included comments from a few of the dozens of dignitaries and elected officials in attendance. Nearly every one preached messages of cooperation and support for startup businesses. “I don’t think there is any way to put a value over what is happening in our city today,” said Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson. “The reason I say that is that where we stand today, we have an outstanding reputation for the business re-
cruitment, going outside and bringing people in. We need to have the same kind of reputation about developing from within and growing our own businesses.” “We’re here to support (Stimpson’s) goals for diversifying the economy, by providing a nurturing environment,” said Lynne Chronister, USA’s vice president of research and economic development. “In this resource-rich and supportive environment, we’ll be able to provide these companies, (and) the university will be able to promote economic development.” The center will provide tenant companies with concrete resources like conference rooms, more space for offices and labs. It will also provide services like on-site consulting, networking opportunities and access to student interns. See Hub Page 2
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Mayor Sandy Stimpson speaks at the Coastal Innovation Hub’s open house, located in USA Technology and Research Park, on Nov. 6.
Students share culture, embrace USA family By SAM ANDREWS thevanguardeditor@gmail.com
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Bader Almutairi CISO President
eginning today, USA’s International Education Week will encourage international students to converge and celebrate the cultures they left and the culture they embrace here. Bader Almutairi, president of the Counsel of International Student Organizations, holds
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weekly meetings with the intent to make the stay of more than 750 international students at the University of South Alabama more comfortable. “We’re a family that speaks many languages and comes from many cultures,” Almutairi said. “We’re a family because we have one aim and that aim is a world without war and without races.
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Brenda Hinson, interim director of international student services and admissions, has taken up the role of international mom for this unique family. “Mrs. Hinson is my mother and she is mother for all international students,” Almutairi said. “Since she’s come back, the life has come back to her office.” See International Page 2
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