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.”