The University of West Alabama (abbreviated as UWA) is a public university located in Livingston, Alabama, United States. It is currently on probation with its regional accrediting body for "falling short of the accreditor's standard on assuring institutional effectiveness in its educational programs." Founded in 1835, the school began as a church-supported school for young women called Livingston Female Academy. The original Board of Trustees of Livingston Female Academy was selected in 1836, and four of the seven board members were Presbyterian,s. The university serves students in several academic colleges and divisions on a 600-acre (2.4 km) campus in west-central Alabama. UWA offers a wide arrangement of degree programs including associate, bachelor's, master's, and educational specialist degrees. The university hosts concerts, lectures, fall and spring theatrical productions, fall and spring commencement exercises, and intercollegiate athletic events. Its athletics teams — known as the UWA Tigers — are members of the Gulf South Conference East Division and compete in the NCAA's Division II in all sports except two.