UM 101
UM 101 is a course for all new undergraduate University of Mobile students that focuses on exploring majors and developing career readiness.



UM 101 INSTRUCTORS
Your instructor will be a faculty member from the academic area of your major. This is to connect you, in your first semester at UM, to UM faculty experts in your chosen career field.

Hannah Clardy
Transfer Students

Julie Biskner
Social Sciences

Dr. Lori Delong
Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences

Dr. Wanda Jones
Lab Sciences and Biology

Rusty Roberts
Department of Business

J.B. Locke
Department of Business

Jenna Goodwin
Alabama School of the Arts

Collin Clardy
Alabama School of the Arts

Tammy Brown
Nursing

Dr. Olsen
Christian Studies

Michael Rands
Liberal Arts

Dr. Erikson
School of Education
PEER LEADERS
Each class has a UM student serving as your Peer Leader. Peer Leaders will help answer any questions you have along the way, aid class lectures, and help inform you of campus events and UM opportunities.
Throughout the semester, you will encounter a range of issues, both philosophical and practical, to strengthen your academic growth and professional readiness.
- Study Strategies and Time Management Skills
- Interpersonal Skills and Relationship Building
- Helpful Career Skills and Resources
- Learn more about faculty in each Department, and how each department works (this wording is a bit weird)
- Academic and Scholarship Requirements
- Tutoring and Support Services
- Stress Management Strategies
- One-on-One Mentoring and Academic Advising