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

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@m (giiiiiiiiipiiiis DTniiii?IkDiiii|] m dl(§(giidl(g ©1! ir®MIln Urn {tGn© CliiiiDW(ii?§Dfl o M( (§i? ©Oil (issiiiiminnii©lln(o)ijii ©(F GGnns dl©(g©dl(i 5y(§ (Fnundl ©laffgciDw g Il©©Iknijnf ft© life© Wnmrci niadl IS(gdlnir(i(g6n(Q)nii§o In a dynamic world, no environ- ment is immune to change. The univer- sity campus is no exception. Not only is change inevitable, but it is a neces- sary ingredient to keep higher educa- tion alive. Students themselves come to college to be transformed from seek- ers of knowledge to educated individ- uals. They leave, however, realizing how little they really know as com- pared to what is yet left to be compre- hended in this constantly changing uni- verse of ours. Though characteristic of every year and of every aspect of life, we saw more than the usual number of changes in university life this year, war- ranting it the right to be called a year of redirections This was also a year of tens. Dr. Robert Guillot recently celebrated his tenth anniversary as the tenth universi- ty president. Our mascot Leo the lion turned 10 years old in April. Greek organizations have been on campus for 10 years now. The university was reor- ganized into schools 10 years ago. Futhermore, we completed a 10-year self-study and hosted a visiting team from the Southern Association of Col- leges and Schools on campus. There- fore, we had reached a point in time for reflecting upon past accomplishments and for charting new courses. Part of these redirections were brought about by circumstance. With the dollar being hard to come by and even more difficult to keep, a student could not expect all pleas for parental support to be answered. Often he or she had to be his or her own provider, budgeting time and money according- ly. (Continued on page 5) STUDYING IS A DEFINITE must for anyone who plans to redirect his life by acquiring a college edu- cation. Gladys Tucker takes advantage of a nice day by studying outside on the SUB wall. (Photo by Shelia Mines) Introduction 3