University of North Alabama (UNA)

University of North Alabama (UNA), a Florence, Alabama is located coeducational university and the state's oldest four-year state universities. In a residential section of Florence, 130 acres (0.5 km2) campus occupied UNA in Tuscumbia, including Sheffield and Muscle Shoals is located in the Quad Cities area. Four cities form a metropolitan area with a combined population of 140,000 people.

In 2005 celebrated its 175 anniversary of the University of North Alabama, it has undergone many drastic changes during its long history. Originally founded in 1830 as LaGrange College, the first state-supported teachers that south of the Ohio River was re-established in 1872 as a college. A year later, he was one of the first mixed college in the country.

Over the last half century, North Alabama University of North Alabama, cultural, social, and implement a major impact on the economic life and art colleges students pursuing a degree offered through and graduate offering educational opportunities for majors has become a comprehensive regional university and Sciences, Business, Education and Nursing and Health.

UNA academic quality, maybe a top-tier public university in US News and World Report's America's Best University in the College of 2008 reflected an effort to improve the print has a strong commitment.

UNA record with 7243 undergraduate and graduate students for the fall semester, underwent continued growth in 2009.


History


University of North Alabama in the first northeast of Franklin County, Alabama Leighton in a mountain hamlet a few miles south, opened its doors on January 11 as LaGrange College 1830s. LaGrange French "Barn" means. Twenty-one local university trustees Alabama are listed in the Eleventh Annual Session Messengers.


Today, only the dismissal quietly nine tons of stone monuments and burned by the But until then Union troops in 1863, both in LaGrange and live college, once crowded protects the small town of ghosts, but like a university, Florence Tennessee River had moved north. Franklin County chapter contains LaGrange Mountain is no longer Colbert County. Florence Wesleyan University in 1855 was LaGrange College, now the University of North Alabama.

LaGrange College to establish a university would Methodist Episcopal Church Tennessee Conference has emerged with the idea presented in the November 28, 1826 meeting "religious or theological." In January 1829, LaGrange Lawrence Hill Mountain is the choice made for school sites.


A year later, LaGrange College, two three-story brick buildings.th Rev. Robert Paine was the first president in opened to students of all denominations. North Carolina native was also a professor of moral science and belles lettres and taught geography and mineralogy. He was assisted by two other professors. The first board of trustees of two Native Americans, there were a total of Choctaw and politicians, including the leader of the Cherokee 50 members. In 1830, Turner Saunders, Virginia native, became the first President of the Board of Trustees. Saunders' mansion still stands c1826 Lawrence County. Among the many remote trustee John Florence Brown, Andrew Jackson was a friend. 1850 Governor's race between local trustees Jefferson Davis Mississippi and defeat would act was Tuscumbia Henry Stuart Foote. J.D. Malone, Limestone County, became the first graduates in 1833.

In 1850, LaGrange College was added to a grammar school. (Today, the UN only university has owned and operated the primary laboratory school with - Kilby Professional Laboratory School -. Alabama), president of the school in 1858 deaths and most of the loss of nearby Florence students, the university suspended and LaGrange College with the superintendent as James W. Robertson and the Military Academy, as re-established. Under the new name, build additional school buildings and reached the highest prosperity. Alabama province, every county has made provision for the inclusion of two cadets and its 171 students were cadets in 1861 with 47 states. Alabama is losing time records were assigned back to school and university in the county surrounding Robertson in March 1862 and received approval of cadets from 35 Alabama Infantry enlistees records Alabama governor.

April 28, 1863 the day, including a 4,000-volume library buildings, was destroyed by 10 Missouri Cavalry soldiers.

Lagrange graduates from various generals, Alabama Governor Edward A. O'Neal and David P. Lewis, Alabama Supreme Court Justice William M. Byrd and the first American Civil War novel, and wrote the first western novel US Senator Jeremiah Clemens.


Campus

University of North Alabama and the surrounding residential area, we share a rich history. UNA campus Synodical Female College street and that is where the name of the seminar two Alabama governor-O'Neal Historic District, adjacent. also draws attention to the building housing the National Register of Historic Places listed town, built between the years 1908 and 1943, and represented a wide range of architectural styles.

Unai's first campus facilities master plan, Olmsted Brothers in New York's Central Park, designed by architect son has been developed. Rector displayed in a permanent copy of the original Olmsted plan Bibb Graves Hall.

its modern campus, shaded walkways, wide green lawns, fountains, statues and historic buildings are distinguished by. UNA also noted that three antebellum structures: Wesleyan Hall; Rogers Hall; and Coby Hall. All three buildings are listed on the National Historic Register.

UNA campus and alumni and friends have made possible a major refurbishment federal grant to conform with goodies from the originally formulated by the Olmstead Brothers landscape design. A brick walkway nearby Tennessee River and Florence were added to simulate the architecture firm Hill and JANGAARD ​​Hugo university accented with fountains designed by Dante, has become almost completely pedestrian campus.







Undergraduate programs

North Alabama University offers more than 60 majors through four colleges

Graduate Programs


North Alabama University offers graduate business programs; criminal justice; The English; community counseling; the promotion of health and human performance improvement and special education; primary education; Secondary Education; and educational administration.

Recently, the Alabama Commission on Higher Education approved the proposal of the history of art master.

spring 2007, students began to accept advanced degree program, offered a full course load this fall. University was founded in part to meet the local demand for such a degree program, 15 and 20 new students each year is estimated to be between draw. Dr. Evan Ward, director of the program, instructors in institutions that take part in all historical research and teaching quality is similar course of study says this would be competitors.

 Different academic programs

One was developed with the development and addition of UNA Entertainment Industry Center - North Alabama University, has become one of the university's most successful programs in commercial music, was the first major university offering four-year bachelor's entertainment industry is important. In subsequent years, the UN transition to a fully functioning academic department Entertainment Industry Center. Entertainment Industry Entertainment Business and Entertainment Technology Department offers degrees. Section NoiseBlock Music Group recently moved next door to the city of Florence off campus. UNA commercial music majors Nashville, New York, Los Angeles, London, Stockholm and has offices close to Muscle Shoals for the record industry internship for the world-famous recording industry.

Ironically, commercial music program known as Unai national can claim one of the most successful recording artists ever associated with the university.

University of Georgia as a guest lecturer to the music business certificate program, speaking in January 2006. North Alabama students Patterson Hood, nationally acclaimed South songwriter for the rock band and front man of the old University Drive-By Truckers, he said he would have welcomed the opportunity through trial and error instead of building your career, be enrolled in a music business program. Florence tried but failed to get into local Unai's nationally acclaimed commercial music program. "They would not let me!" still affected by visual memory, he said. Hood's father, renowned bassist David Hood, also joined the flour.

UNA a bachelor's degree in industrial hygiene is one of only 11 schools nationwide.

culinary arts - - In 2007, after approval by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in June, the UN announced to add another course to its curriculum work. University becomes the first four-year public institutions in the state to offer such a program.

University "regional unique" as characterized by other programs include marinelogy and hospitality management programs.


University Honors Program

University of North Alabama Honors Program was established in 2005 and graduated first in the recent cohort 2009 The Honors Program at all major colleges and campus class is an outstanding option for extraordinary degree students. limited primarily as freshmen and transfers On the course during the Honors Program, social and cultural enrichment program, a residential home, a civic engagement component, travel opportunities, scholarships, and a capstone project our year consists of 27 credit hours. Graduation Project in key areas of work through independent research and / or asthma and consists of a graduation project by senior seminars. Honorary faculty teaching students learning enthusiasm, knowledge selected for their discipline and dedication. Student applicants who were hired throughout southeast and GPA, community service, leadership, and writing skills using standardized test score are considered holistically. Students accepted to the program, maintain a grade point average of 3:25, and the program must attend events. Alumni "Honors Program" feature with a degree and are eligible for a special assignment in their transcripts.