Founded in October of 1896, the Alabama Girls’ Industrial School opened its doors to some 150 young women from all parts of the state. They had come to participate in a great experiment, in an innovation in education for Alabama. These young women came to expand their minds and dreams in a state, poverty-stricken by economic circumstances, that could provide little public education for its citizens.
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UM provides students with a public higher educational experience of high quality with a strong emphasis on undergraduate liberal studies, designed for their intellectual and personal growth in pursuit of meaningful employment and responsible citizenship.