University of North Alabama

A team from University of North Alabama is celebrating after competing in the Student Bowl at the Southeast American College of Sports Medicine conference. The team from UNA’s Department of Kinesiology took fifth place in the Southeast chapter.

Three robotics teams from the Kilby Laboratory School will be competing in the VEX Robotics World Championship on April 29 through May 4 in Dallas. The teams are actively preparing for the upcoming contest through fundraising and practice sessions.

The University of North Alabama is embarking on a tradition of encouraging 1,830 donors to give to the institution throughout March as part of the 1830 Giving Initiative. The campaign's goal for this year is to raise $100 million for UNA.

For the second year, teams from Kilby Laboratory School’s Robotics Program will compete in the VEX Robotics World Championship competition. This is the largest robotics contest in the world, with sponsors including Amazon, NASA and Tesla. The competition is taking place in Dallas from April 25 through May 3.

Light the Fountain, the annual springtime tradition on the University of North Alabama campus, is set for 6:30 p.m. on March 14. The event will take place at Harrison Fountain and Plaza and is free and open to the public.

A yearly showing of international media is beginning at an Alabama college. The University of North Alabama’s seventh annual French Film Festival starts on Monday, March 4, with a French themed reception.

The University of North Alabama is celebrating the 75th year of an iconic mascot, Leo the Lion. The tradition started in 1949 when Leo was created as a cartoon.

The University of North Alabama will be the home of the spring 2024 statewide Esports competition. This event will bring in high school students and coaches across Alabama.

The University of North Alabama has been welcomed into the Alabama Space Grant Consortium, a network of schools that focus on expanding student’s knowledge and participation in space-related fields.

Over two thousand students will be coming to UNA to build robots. The University of North Alabama is set to host the annual BEST Robotics competition in December