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University Hosts 6-year Birthday Party For Leo And Una

Mar. 19, 2009



Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

Leo and Una's 6th Birthday Party

FLORENCE, Ala. - The University of North Alabama will host a public birthday party for its lion mascots, Leo and Una, at 10 a.m. April 13 at Harrison Plaza, near the lion habitat. A rain date is scheduled for 10 a.m. April 15. The event is free and open to the public.

Cake, cookies and Coca-Cola products will be served. The Student Athletic Advisory Council (SAAC) is also sponsoring four games for children: face painting, a bean-bag game, bucket toss, and pin the tail on the lion. The games will be open from 9 to 11:30 a.m. For more information, contact Judy Jackson at 256-765-4896 or jtjackson@una.edu.

About The University of North Alabama

The University of North Alabama is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering credential, certificate, baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral programs in the colleges of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; Business and Technology; Education and Human Sciences; and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions. The first-choice University for more than 10,000 on-campus and online students, UNA is on a bucolic campus in Florence, Alabama, part of the historic and vibrant Shoals region. Lions 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 Conference. The University of North Alabama 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/