University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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From Deep Roots Reaching.... The 92 acres which encompass the University of North Alabama campus do not bind students within its radius. UNA is reaching out to offer its students other activities besides the routine classroom environment. Students are offered the opportunity to extend their knowledge of cultures, community services, national and world events. Deeanna Lott, Linda Hilldring and Debbie Stevens Yeates enjoy the beautiful sunshine of Hawaii during the spring break from classes. The trip was sponsored by the Social Work Department and the Education Department at UNA through the travel agency of Bryan Tours, Inc. (Photo by Keith Absher) Joe Lee, Vocational Rehabilitation Services Counselor for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired for C olbert, Lauderdale, and Franklin counties, shows Carleen Cooper, a UNA student, the basic hand movements of the sign language. Dr. Elizabeth Walter of the UNA Art Department, Joan Neidert, and Tony Mapes admire the bronze cast statue of David by Verrocchio at the Bargello Museum in Florence, Italy. Dr. Walter was the field director for the tour. The group presented their namesake city with the key to Florence, Alabama. Native Italian Ferdinand Sannoner, a surveyor from Leghorn near Florence, Italy, planned and named the town of Florence, Alabama in the early 1800 ' s. (Photo by Frank Williams) Chuck Rehage, a marine biology major, studies examples of marine invertebrates at the marine lab on Dauphin Island. Chuck and other marine biology students took trips to an airport marsh and to Petit Bois Island to look for invertebrates in the sand such as sand crabs, and to collect shrimp and jellyfish. (Photo by Kathy Osborne) S»%.tiS!ffi8ffi!ffi8Hl

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This marble monument was erected in April 1950 by the Alabama State Legislature to mark the site of LaGrange College. LaGrange College was located on a spur of the Cumberland Mountains four miles southwest of Leighton in Colbert County. LInion troops destroyed the college by fire during the Civil War. This past summer a 1940 aerial view of the Florence State Teachers College was discovered during the renovation of Bibb Graves Hall. In those forty years the campus has undergone many changes: 1947 — Keller Hall is constructed. 1 948 — Courtvlew is purchased and re-named Rogers Hall. 1957 — The name of the institution is changed to Florence State College. 1960 — Massive building program is launched and five structures are completed: addition to Collier Library, LaFayette Hall, LaGrange Hall, Floyd Hall, Student Union Building. 1967 — Three new structures are completed: Rice and Rivers Hall, the green house, and the Planetarium. 1 968 — The Board of Trustees changes name of institution to Florence State University. 1969 — Apartments for married students are constructed. The Lurleen Burns Wallace Fine Arts Center is opened. 1970 — Bennett Infirmary is opened. 1972 — Flowers Hall is opened. 1974 — The Board of Trustees approves a change in name to the University of North Alabama. 1978 — Education-Nursing Building is opened.

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- »x xr :ig President Carter waves to the crowd in Tuscumbia ' s Spring Park following his Labor Day address. It ' s been a long time since I have been to a big old-fashioned Alabama picnic like this — and I love it, said Carter as he officially launched his presidential campaign. His comment prompted newsmen and voters to realize that Carter had not forgotten his roots while being in the White House for four years. The UNA Pride of Dixie Marching Band played Hail to the Chief at the event. (Photo by Scott Long) United States Congressman Ronnie Flippo and wife Faye Flippo enjoy reviewing the homecoming parade as it comes to an end at the head of Court Street. Congressman Flippo, who represents the Fifth Congressional District, is an alumnus of UNA. (Photo by Scott Long) ' Introductions 5