The third UNAfied Dinner, a showcase of the creative culinary skills of students in the Jeff Eubanks Culinary Arts Management program at the University of North Alabama is scheduled for Thursday, April 25 at the Marriott Shoals Conference Center.
Four University of North Alabama alumni will be inducted into the inaugural Greek Hall of Fame as part of the upcoming 50th anniversary weekend celebrating Fraternity and Sorority Life at UNA.
Dr. Brien Smith, of Youngstown State University, has been named the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of North Alabama after an extensive nationwide search. His tenure at UNA is expected to begin around June 1.
Students in the Jeff Eubanks Culinary Arts Management and Digital Media programs have once again partnered with Singin’ River Brewery for the annual brew challenge which is set for April 11 at the Singin’ River Brewery on East College Street.
Homecoming weekend at the University of North Alabama has been set for Oct. 11-12. Shine On, Gold has been selected as this year’s theme in honor of the ongoing comprehensive campaign to raise $100 million for the University.
A University of North Alabama team competed recently in the Student Bowl at the Southeast American College of Sports Medicine conference. The team from UNA’s Department of Kinesiology placed 5th in the Southeast chapter, which includes 10 states and averages approximately 1,200 attendees at the annual meeting.
The University of North Alabama has recently completed its reaffirmation process with its accrediting agency – the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges – with no findings and no recommendations for follow up. This is the best possible outcome for any SACSCOC institution. The reaffirmation process takes place every 10 years and entails a campus-wide effort that involves academic and non-academic areas as well as members of the community.
Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04) has spearheaded an effort to secure special funding for a dedicated engineering building for the University of North Alabama. The $13 million appropriation was included as part as part of a larger federal spending bill which was recently signed by President Biden.
Three of the robotics teams from Kilby Laboratory School have qualified for the VEX Robotics World Competition, which is slated for April 29 through May 4 in Dallas. Only 13 VEX World slots were available for Alabama, and the Kilby teams earned their berths after winning at the regional competition that took place recently in Auburn.
FLORENCE, AL – The University of North Alabama Division of Advancement has recently launched Healthcare Heroes Plaza; the site is directly in front of the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions, which is housed in Harrison Hall, and is designed to honor UNA alumni and friends who serve in a healthcare or healthcare-related field.
Dr. Butler Cain, a Communication Professor at the University of North Alabama, has been invited to present a series of lectures at the Nuremberg Institute of Technology in Nuremberg, Germany, in May. The Ohm Lecturship Program is invitation-only and aims to “promote internationality in teaching and to increase the number of lectures in [the] English language,” according to the institute.
Kilby Laboratory School’s Robotics Program recently qualified for the Alabama State Regional VEX IQ Championship competition that recently took place at Auburn University. Only 40 teams from the state earned the chance to compete in this competition, with an impressive six teams hailing from Kilby Laboratory, which is on the University of North Alabama campus.
The Department of Social Work at the University of North Alabama is celebrating its 50th anniversary. This will be commemorated during its annual Social Work Conference on March 12 that will be from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the of the Guillot University Center.
FLORENCE, AL – The Sunseri Speaker Series at the University of North Alabama will feature Chef Lisa Ramsey, who will deliver a presentation titled “How Science, Music, and Art Influence the Culinary World.” The event will take place March 19 at 6 p.m. in the Performance Center of the Guillot University Center on the UNA campus.
Light the Fountain, the beloved springtime tradition on the University of North Alabama campus, is set for 6:30 p.m. March 14 at Harrison Fountain and Plaza. Joel Anderson II, a member of the UNA Board of Trustees as well as a co-chair of the Shine On, Gold comprehensive campaign for UNA, is slated to light the fountain at 7:30 p.m.
The month of March is meaningful at the University of North Alabama for a few reasons – Light the Fountain takes place; students, faculty, and staff disperse for Spring Break; and, perhaps most important of all, UNA embarks on a tradition of encouraging 1,830 donors to give to the institution throughout March as part of the 1830 Giving Initiative.
The second Urban Music Symposium will be March 15 from 1-6 p.m. at the Mane Room, with recent Grammy award-winning and Billboard No. 1 platinum and gold selling producer, Luke Crowder, set to speak. Crowder has worked with notable artists including Drake, Lil Wayne, and Childish Gambino.
University of North Alabama’s Dr. Michael Pretes, Professor and Chair of Geoscience, has been selected as the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Geography at the United States Air Force Academy for the 2024-25 academic year, beginning in July.
Jesselin Unger, a student in the University of North Alabama Fashion Merchandising and Design program, will showcase her apparel designs during the 2024 Fashion Week Alabama fashion show, produced by the Alabama Fashion Alliance. Jesselin was chosen as the Style Tank Emerging Designer Finalist for the work she submitted. The show is set to take place March 1 in Huntsville.
The George Lindsey UNA Fill Festival will kick off its 27th year Thursday, Feb. 29 at 9 a.m. at Norton Auditorium on the University of North Alabama campus, with the festival’s kick-off party slated for 7 p.m., also at Norton. As Alabama’s longest-running film festival, the George Lindsey UNA Film Festival is a unique platform for student, emerging, local, and international filmmakers.
