National award-winning columnist Quin Hillyer, whose sharp insights into American politics have made him a “must-read” for politicians, policy makers and political observers, has been named Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mobile. Hillyer will write a weekly column, “Current Events with Quin Hillyer,” which will address important issues facing the nation. To receive the free email column, go to www.twelve23.org and click on “sign up.”

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be the keynote speaker at the seventh annual University of Mobile Leadership Banquet on Nov. 10, which also celebrates the school’s 50th anniversary, UMobile President Dr. Mark Foley announced today. For information on tickets and sponsorships, visit www.umobile.edu/banquet or call the UMobile Development Office at 251.442.2212 or email banquet2011@umobile.edu.

The University of Mobile is proud to present alt-rock band MUTEMATH in concert at historic Saenger Theatre in downtown Mobile, Ala., on Saturday, Aug. 20 at 7 p.m.

University of Mobile honors students explored southern England on a tour that was the culmination of a course on John Henry Newman and the Oxford movement.

Voices of Mobile, a vocal ensemble of the University of Mobile Center for Performing Arts, is performing across the United States on a 10-state concert tour this summer.

University of Mobile professor Gene Perkins has walked up three flights of stairs on his hands to get to class. Before a crowd of his students he balanced upside down on one finger jammed into a Coca-Cola bottle. The day before his 80th birthday he challenged students to a physical stamina test - and won.

The University of Mobile has named legendary soccer coach Dr. Roy Patton to lead the school’s elite NAIA men’s soccer program. For Patton, the announcement marks a return to the city that honored him in 1996 by naming May 30 “Roy Patton Day.”

University of Mobile students majoring in education were making puppets, flannel board figures and putting on a puppet show Thursday, June 2 as part of their "Storytelling and Puppetry" class taught by Cynthia Biegler, professor of education and chair of the Department of Early Childhood Education.

Christians have a responsibility to promote cultural and spiritual transformation, University of Mobile President Dr. Mark Foley told pastors and church leaders at a UMobile Center for Leadership conference in Montgomery, Ala.

University of Mobile President Dr. Mark Foley and UMobile’s Twelve23 Movement director Dr. Joe Savage have been invited to lead a session about the university’s grassroots movement to transform a nation during the 2011 Global Day of Prayer, a worldwide movement started a decade ago in Cape Town, South Africa.