UNA, Hartselle Chamber of Commerce Sign Learning Agreement

Jun. 28, 2023

Michelle R. Eubanks , UNA, at meubanks@una.edu, 256.765.4392

FLORENCE, AL – The University of North Alabama and the Hartselle Chamber of Commerce have signed a learning agreement that will benefit all full-time employees of Chamber member businesses who are interested in pursuing any online, on-campus, graduate, or undergraduate degree with a tuition scholarship from UNA. 

“The Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce is delighted to be entering into this partnership with the University of North Alabama to offer our membership such generous and incentivizing scholarships,” said Missy Evans, Hartselle Chamber President. “The purpose of the Chamber is to advance the welfare of Hartselle and the surrounding area, and there is no better way to prosper our community than through higher education. Providing our businesses with a skilled and ready workforce is a key focus for the Chamber, and this partnership will not only benefit individuals but strengthen the workforce that fuels our community.” 

The partnership between UNA and the Hartselle Chamber of Commerce is effective immediately and expected to benefit its 370 member businesses and their full-time employees. 

“As the fastest-growing and most innovative university in the state, UNA is more than prepared to provide educational solutions for our partners and their employees in Hartselle,” said Dr. Ross Alexander, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. “I am pleased with this partnership, and we look forward to welcoming the employees into one of our many academic programs.”

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/