Una's English Department To Have Shakespeare Lecture

Oct. 15, 2019

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

Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at meubanks@una.edu, 256-606-2033 or 256-765-4392 FLORENCE, AL - The fifth Albert S. Johnston Jr. Memorial Shakespeare Lecture event will be Oct. 22, at 3:30 p.m. in room 330 of the Wendell Wilkie Gunn Commons Building on the University of North Alabama campus. Dr. Molly Hand, a scholar and editor with backgrounds in academic and technical writing, editing, and research, will provide the program. "The generosity of the Johnston Endowment has allowed us to bring world-class speakers with diverse interests in Shakespeare to the UNA campus, and Molly Hand is no exception," said Dr. Cynthia Burkhead, Professor and Chair of the Department of English. "Not only will Dr. Hand be speaking on literary aspects of Shakespeare, from her experience as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Florida State University, she will also share the varied professional opportunities outside academia available to English and other humanities majors." The event is free and open to the public. About The University of North Alabama The University of North Alabama is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs through the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, 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, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. UNA 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 Big South 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/