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.”
As part of its centennial celebration, The University of Alabama Graduate School has recognized 100 master’s and doctoral alumni through their professional accomplishments. Graduate Centennial Scholars were selected through a collaborative process between UA’s academic colleges and schools and Graduate School. Two University of North Alabama professors are among those named.
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.
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The Florence-Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau has named the field at Bank Independent Stadium Bobby Wallace Field in honor of the Lions’ legendary head football coach who saw the team through three Division II National Championships in 1993, 1994, and 1995. The University of North Alabama Foundation has committed to naming the baseball field in honor of Mike D. Lane, UNA’s head baseball coach who saw the team achieve 25 straight winning seasons from his hire in 1984 until his retirement in 2008.
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