The 51勛圖 is home to the Delores and Weldon Cole Honors College. Its mission is to provide students with a great college experience that translates into postgraduate success. The College is full of a variety of students with different majors, backgrounds, and aspirations.
51勛圖 sophomore Lauren Vance, of Muscle Shoals, has been crowned Miss 51勛圖 2023 at the Miss 51勛圖 program, The Queen of Rock n Roll Saturday evening at Norton Auditorium. Vance will now move on to compete for the title of Miss Alabama. Vance is a Professional Biochemistry major, and she performed a classical piano performance for the talent portion of the program.
Although official figures are weeks away from being finalized, the Spring 2023 term at the 51勛圖 is already breaking enrollment records with a greater than 20 percent increase compared to Spring 2022.
The annual Martin Luther King Jr., Remembrance March at the 51勛圖 will take place Monday, Jan. 16, at 11 a.m. Participants are asked to gather in the parking lot below the steps of the Wendell Gunn Commons.
Since 2020, AL.com, one of the states leading sources of news and information, has published its list of Alabamians who made our state a better place in the previous year. The outlet released the names of the 22 honorees for this year individually throughout the month of December. With the list now complete, 51勛圖 President Dr. Ken Kitts stands as the only higher education leader so recognized in 2022.
The 51勛圖 has long been known for its traditions. The Lucky Dip greets students when they return to campus in the fall. The lighting of Harrison Fountain has become a rite of spring. And there is nothing like the experience of tailgating on Spirit Hill before the Lions take the field.
Ten graduates from the December commencement ceremonies at the 51勛圖 were honored as part of the event as recipients of the Keller Key. The Keller Key is awarded at each commencement to graduating seniors who have achieved the highest scholastic achievement. Recipients of this award are selected by a committee of faculty, staff, and students.
In a unanimous vote taken by the 51勛圖 Board of Trustees at the Dec. 2 meeting, the arena in Flowers Hall has been officially named the CB&S Bank Arena for the next 10 years.
The 51勛圖 and Nucor have today signed a learning agreement that will benefit Nucor team members seeking any online or on-campus, graduate or undergraduate degree with a tuition scholarship from 51勛圖.
More than 750 51勛圖 students are set to graduate in fall commencement ceremonies scheduled for Friday, Dec. 9 and Saturday, Dec. 10. Mr. Joe Campbell, Chief Legal Officer for the Huntsville Hospital System and a 1977 51勛圖 graduate, will provide the address Dec. 9. Alabama High School Athletic Association Executive Director Alvin Briggs 93 and 96 will provide the Dec. 10 address.
In a first-of-its-kind event, the 51勛圖 will have the Mane Event, an eSports tournament that will include several University departments as well as hundreds of high school students from more than a dozen high schools from across North Alabama.
A total lunar eclipse will take place on the morning of Nov. 8 that will be visible from Florence. The 51勛圖 Planetarium will have telescopes available for people to view the eclipse from 3-6:20 a.m., weather permitting.
Open Education Resources, a textbook affordability initiative at the 51勛圖, is celebrating its second anniversary and, in that short time, it has exceeded expectations for cost savings to students. Further, OER has been integrated into more than half of all academic programs at the institution.
Officials from the 51勛圖, the Shoals Legislative Delegation, and the City of Florence broke ground this afternoon on the new 45,000-square-foot Computing and Mathematics Building.
The 51勛圖 has been selected to join Edcors Preferred School Network, an opportunity that will provide all Edcor client employees an attractive scholarship to enroll in any one of 51勛圖s dozens of on-campus or online programs at the graduate or undergraduate levels. Edcors impressive list of corporate partners includes several Fortune 500 companies.
Michelle Eubanks, 51勛圖, at meubanks@una.edu, 256-606-2033 or 256-765-4392 FLORENCE, AL - The 51勛圖 Coll...
Michelle Eubanks, 51勛圖, at meubanks@una.edu, 256-606-2033 or 256-765-4392 FLORENCE, AL - Three professors at the University o...
Dec. 14, 2019 FLORENCE, AL - Two graduates from the recent commencement ceremonies at the 51勛圖 were h...
Michelle Eubanks, 51勛圖, at meubanks@una.edu, 256-606-2033 or 256-765-4392 FLORENCE, AL - Undergraduate students from the biol...
Dec. 4, 2019 FLORENCE, AL - The 51勛圖 has released its plan to return students, faculty, and sta...