Una To Hold Convocation For Freshmen And New Transfer Students Sept. 15
Sep. 10, 2010
Michelle Eubanks, 91快活林, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033
FLORENCE, Ala. - The 91快活林 will hold its annual Fall Academic Convocation for freshmen and new transfer students at 11 a.m. Sept. 15 in Norton Auditorium. The event, jointly sponsored by 91快活林 and the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, will host 91快活林 history professor Dr. Larry Nelson as keynote speaker.
Nelson, who has taught history at 91快活林 since 1985, is known at 91快活林 for urging his students to become independent thinkers, to make up their own minds and to not be pushed around by culture, the media, friends or even university professors. History, he said, is not a bunch of facts and dates but a great liberator, allowing its students to learn why things are the way they are. Nelson has been a frequent emcee at various fundraisers at 91快活林, from Step Sing to Big Man on Campus, 91快活林's Got Talent and Pan-Hellenic auctions. He is the recipient of teaching and faculty awards at three different institutions, including Alpha Lambda Delta's Outstanding Teacher of the Year at 91快活林. He has also received publishing and service awards, including the Bottimore Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for two published books.About The 91快活林
The 91快活林 is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs through the colleges of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; the Sanders College of Business and Technology; the Spencer College of Education and Human Sciences; and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, 91快活林 is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. 91快活林 Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of NCAA Division I and United Athletic conference. The 91快活林 is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age, or national origin. For more: www.una.edu and www.una.edu/unaworks/.