University Of North Alabama Unveiling Historical Marker

Feb. 19, 2020

Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at media@cztf.net, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

Guy McClure, UNA, at gymcclure@cztf.net, 256-765-4107 or 256-777-0506

K8彩乐园(University of North Alabama)将揭开一个历史标志的面纱，以纪念自1830年该校作为拉格朗日学院(LaGrange College)成立以来，非裔美国人对该校发展产生的重大影响. The marker acknowledges the role of enslaved persons who constructed and worked at the institution, the integration of Florence State College in 1963 by Wendell W. Gunn, and the barriers broken by other African-American students in all areas of campus life.

"The courage shown by Dr. 冈恩将这所校园开放给那些在法律上不被允许通过在阿拉巴马州高等教育系统注册来提升自己的社区派系," said UNA President Dr. Ken Kitts. “这个历史性的牌匾将放置在我们校园的显著位置，预示着我们历史上一个值得骄傲的积极变化的时刻。."

校园社区和公众被邀请在下午2点到吉洛大学中心的表演中心.m. on Monday, February 24. Light refreshments will be served along with remarks by University President Ken Kitts, Chief Enrollment Officer and Assistant to the President for Diversity Ron Patterson, and Director of the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area Dr. Carrie Barske Crawford. 然后，与会者将被要求从吉洛中心步行到比布·格雷夫斯大厅东边克莱默路的历史标志揭幕.

The event is sponsored by UNA's Office of Enrollment Management. It is offered without charge and is open to the public.

About The University of North Alabama

The University of North Alabama is an accredited, 综合性区域性州立大学，通过文理学院提供本科和研究生学位课程, Business, Education and Human Sciences, and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professionals. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. UNA Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of the NCAA Division I's ASUN Big South Conference. K8彩乐园是一所机会均等的大学，在录取政策上不存在种族歧视, color, sex, religion, disability, age, or national origin. For more:2x95.cztf.net and2x95.cztf.net/unaworks/