Dr. Mahaffey to host 18th class trip to…

By Lucy Frost-Helms, Copy editor  Dr. Paul Mahaffey, Chair of the English Department at the University of Montevallo, loves New Orleans. He loves it so much, in fact, that he has been offering a class…

Williams waxes on food and literature

By Wesley Walter, Managing editor  Beginning work at UM at the start of the fall 2023 semester, Dr. Maxine Williams is the latest hire in the UM Departments of English and African American studies.   Williams…

Dr. Jeff Walker named new Honors Program Director 

Dr. Jeff Walker, a professor of Communication Studies in the Department of Communication at the University of Montevallo, has been named the new Director of the UM Honors Program. Following in Dr. Cathlena Martin’s footsteps,…

Faculty Spotlight: Stefan Forrester

By Nethan Crew  Dr. Stefan Forrester is the only philosophy professor at the University of Montevallo. Forrester teaches philosophy courses as well as some cross-listed, team-taught classes with other professors. One of these classes in particular is “Global Environmental…

Class of ’75 alumnae describes love UM

By Elise Kidd  Paula Thompson attended the University of Montevallo in 1970 and graduated after completing an 11-month program for her master’s. She graduated in 1974 with her Bachelor of Science in vocational home economics,…