University Hosts 6-year Birthday Party For Leo And Una

Mar. 19, 2009

Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

FLORENCE, Ala. - The University of North Alabama will host a public birthday party for its lion mascots, Leo and Una, at 10 a.m. April 13 at Harrison Plaza, near the lion habitat. A rain date is scheduled for 10 a.m. April 15. The event is free and open to the public.

Cake, cookies and Coca-Cola products will be served. The Student Athletic Advisory Council (SAAC) is also sponsoring four games for children: face painting, a bean-bag game, bucket toss, and pin the tail on the lion. The games will be open from 9 to 11:30 a.m. For more information, contact Judy Jackson at 256-765-4896 or jtjackson@una.edu.

About The University of North Alabama

The University of North Alabama is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs through the colleges of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; the Sanders College of Business and Technology; Education and Human Sciences; and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. UNA Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of NCAA Division I as part of the Atlantic Sun and United Athletic conferences. The University of North Alabama is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age, or national origin. For more: una.edu and una.edu/unaworks/.