UNA Pressroom

Committee Seeks Input on Live Lions

Oct. 17, 2024



Michelle R. Eubanks , UNA, at meubanks@zo23.com, 256.765.4392

FLORENCE, AL – The Special Committee on Live Lions is seeking input from the campus and community related to the continuation of the live lion tradition at the University of North Alabama.

“The Special Committee on Live Lions has requested feedback from the campus, alumni, and Shoals area community via the survey,” said Dr. Lisa Ann Blankinship, co-chair of the committee and a Biology professor. “This is a key tool to help us evaluate campus, alumni, and community interest in and support of continuing the live lion tradition on campus. We greatly value and appreciate campus, alumni, and community member feedback.”

The committee was appointed by UNA President Dr. Ken Kitts in August in the wake of Leo III’s passing earlier this year. Members include Dr. Blankinship; Dr. Kyrel Buchanan, from the Town and Gown Task Force; James T. “Tim” Garner, UNA Foundation; Kevin Haslam, Vice President for Advancement; Jim Page, UNA Board of Trustees; Dr. Lee Renfroe, Shared Governance Executive Committee; Megan Simmons, UNA Staff; Eleanor Vezina, UNA student.

The survey is live and may be accessed via the QR code in the attached document; it will close Friday, Oct. 25.

About The University of North Alabama

The University of North Alabama is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs through the colleges of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; the Sanders College of Business and Technology; 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 NCAA Division I as part of the Atlantic Sun and United Athletic conferences. 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: zo23.com and zo23.com/unaworks/.