For the fifth year, the Department of Foreign Languages will have a multicultural Mardi Gras celebration, which will include Karneval and Carnavales, on Tuesday, March 4, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Guillot University Center on the UNA campus.
The University of North Alabama Sport and Recreation Management program has achieved a significant milestone by securing first place in the Dr. Samantha Roberts Case Study Competition at the 2025 Applied Sport Management Association (ASMA) Conference, hosted by the University of Cincinnati.
The Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions has expanded the offerings of its popular Tiny Cubs Community Baby Shower and Sibling Event. The Tiny Cubs Boutique, in collaboration with Women of Influence, has launched this semester as a way to support University of North Alabama students who are expecting a baby by providing them with access to maternity clothing.
The University of North Alabama French Film Festival, in its eighth year, will begin March 3 with the 2024 release of Auction and conclude March 19 with 2022’s The Night of the 12th. The festival includes a total of six screenings, and admission is free to UNA faculty, staff, students, and members of the community.
The University of North Alabama’s Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions has received approval from the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship to serve as an apprenticeship sponsor for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing accelerated track.
The University of North Alabama Studio Jazz Band and the Shoals Area Big Band, both of which are under the direction of Dr. Lloyd Jones, will perform their annual Valentine’s Concert on Feb. 16, at 2 p.m. in Norton Auditorium. Special guests will be various alumni vocalists who have performed with both the UNA Band program and the Shoals Area Big Band through the years.
The Marching Pride of the University of North Alabama will be headed to New York City in November to participate in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Covering the costs of the trip got easier with the help of a significant gift from a donor.
The University of North Alabama Clarinet Quartet has been accepted to perform at the International Clarinet Association’s international conference – ClarinetFest 2025 – in July in Fort Worth, Texas.
Music was changing in fall of 1975. Glen Campbell’s “Rhinestone Cowboy” had lost ground to “Fame,” David Bowie’s super-charged funk rock song that features John Lennon. Disco was becoming more firmly entrenched on the radio waves; meanwhile punk rock was in its nascent stages, a reaction to the mainstream progressive and string-heavy pop that dominated the times.
Born out of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Advisory Board, The Shine podcast has provided a unique opportunity for first-year University of North Alabama students to learn a special skill while also meeting and interviewing alumni of the institution. The first season has just launched on the CASE YouTube channel and is available at this link.
Ann Berry, who graduated from the University of North Alabama in 1978, is being honored by the State of Alabama with a portrait that was unveiled in the Alabama Department of Archives and History as part of a ceremony today in Montgomery. Berry was sworn in as the 34th secretary of the United States Senate on March 1, 2021; she is the first African American to serve in this position and only the eighth woman to hold the office.
University of North Alabama Senior Caroline Coleman, of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., has been crowned Miss UNA at the Miss UNA program Saturday evening in Norton Auditorium on the UNA campus. Coleman will now move on to compete for the title of Miss Alabama at an event that will take place later this year. Coleman is a psychology major, and she performed a classical opera aria for the talent portion of the program.
Two-time University of North Alabama College of Education and Human Sciences graduate Dr. Prentice T. Chandler has been named Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Tennessee Southern in Pulaski, Tenn.
Seven students from the recent winter commencement ceremonies at the University of North Alabama were honored as part of the event as recipients of the Keller Key. The Keller Key is awarded each commencement to graduating seniors who have achieved the highest scholastic achievement.
The University of North Alabama commemorated 195 years of educational excellence Jan. 13 as part of its annual Founders’ Day event. UNA is Alabama’s oldest four-year public higher education institution, having been established on the LaGrange College site in Colbert County in 1830.
University of North Alabama alumni Dillon Hodges and his wife Heidi Feek have taken their creative partnership to new heights, winning the 2024 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song with their piece “We’re Home,” featured on PBS’ popular show Reconnecting Roots. This award recognizes their work on the theme song, which was reimagined for the latest season with what Hodges described as a “fresh coat of paint.”