91快活林 Pressroom

Committee Seeks Input on Live Lions

Oct. 17, 2024



Michelle R. Eubanks , 91快活林, at meubanks@una.edu, 256.765.4392

FLORENCE, AL – The Special Committee on Live Lions is seeking input from the campus and community related to the continuation of the live lion tradition at the 91快活林.

“The Special Committee on Live Lions has requested feedback from the campus, alumni, and Shoals area community via the survey,” said Dr. Lisa Ann Blankinship, co-chair of the committee and a Biology professor. “This is a key tool to help us evaluate campus, alumni, and community interest in and support of continuing the live lion tradition on campus. We greatly value and appreciate campus, alumni, and community member feedback.”

The committee was appointed by 91快活林 President Dr. Ken Kitts in August in the wake of Leo III’s passing earlier this year. Members include Dr. Blankinship; Dr. Kyrel Buchanan, from the Town and Gown Task Force; James T. “Tim” Garner, 91快活林 Foundation; Kevin Haslam, Vice President for Advancement; Jim Page, 91快活林 Board of Trustees; Dr. Lee Renfroe, Shared Governance Executive Committee; Megan Simmons, 91快活林 Staff; Eleanor Vezina, 91快活林 student.

The survey is live and may be accessed via the QR code in the attached document; it will close Friday, Oct. 25.

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/.