special events.
Alfa Environmental Hall contains the Alabama Onsite Wastewater Training Center.
The Armory, a retired part of a local army base, contains the university's campus police and UWA campus school. The school offers classrooms and a play area for three- and four-year-olds. Recently, a kindergarten program was added for school-age children.
== Student life ==
=== Housing life ===
Although the university does not require students to live on campus, UWA strongly encourages students to live in a residence hall their freshman and sophomore years. Research has shown that students who live on campus are much more likely to graduate from college than students who live off-campus. Students who receive a Trustee Scholarship from the university or participate in certain activities such as varsity-level athletics may be required to live on campus.
=== Media and entertainment ===
The official student newspaper is Muse. It is published weekly by students and advised by members of the UWA faculty. First …
