University of Montevallo

The university opened in October 1896 as the Alabama Girls’ Industrial School (AGIS), a women-only technical school that also offered high school-level courses. In the fall of 1968, three African American women, Carolyn Burpo, Ruby Kennbrew and Dorothy (Lilly) Turner, enrolled in the university. On September 1, 1969, Alabama College was renamed the University of Montevallo.

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Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment’s (IRPA) function is to support planning, assessment, and management by providing information in the form of quantitative data, qualitative evaluations, analyses and expertise to officials charged with developing, recommending or implementing University policy. We are comprised of two main components:

Provides accurate and timely information to support the University’s decision making and institutional effectiveness.

Supports institutional strategic planning as well as all sub-units in planning and improvement activities.

The University of Montevallo Career Development Center staff is committed to assisting students with not only developing a career plan but in finding meaning and purpose in life through their chosen vocation. Students are encouraged to enter into a journey of vocational discernment, which reflects and compliments the University’s liberal arts mission.