Company Profile
University of North Alabama
Company Overview
MISSION AND VISION
As a regional, state-assisted institution of higher education, the University of North Alabama pursues its Mission of engaging in teaching, research, and service in order to provide educational opportunities
for students, an environment for discovery and creative accomplishment, and a variety of outreach activities meeting the professional, civic, social,
cultural, and economic development needs of our region in the context of a global community.
The Vision of the University of North Alabama builds upon nearly two centuries of academic excellence. We commit ourselves to design and offer a rich undergraduate experience; to respond to the many educational and outreach needs of our region, including the provision of high quality graduate programs in selected disciplines; to provide an extracurricular environment that supports and enhances learning; to provide a global education
and participate in global outreach through distance learning programs; and to foster a diverse and inclusive academic community. We promote global awareness by offering a curriculum that advances understanding of global interdependence, by encouraging international travel, and by building a multinational student population. We pledge to support and encourage intellectual growth by offering primarily small, interactive classes taught by highly educated professionals, and through mentoring, internships, and other out-of-class educational opportunities.
UNIVERSITY VALUES
The members of the University of North Alabama community maintain a culture that:
• Adheres to personal academic and intellectual integrity;
• Embraces the diversity of cultural backgrounds, personal characteristics, and life situations represented in this community;
• Values an environment for the free expression of ideas, opinions, thoughts, and differences in people; and
• Respects the rights, dignity and property of all.
Company History
The University occupies the beautiful campus of over 130 acres in a residential section of Florence, Alabama. Florence is located just north of the Tennessee River and is the largest city in a four-city area that includes Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Muscle Shoals. The entire metropolitan area has a combined population of approximately 140,000 people. The University of North Alabama, established in 1830 as LaGrange College, became in 1872 the first state-supported teachers’ college south of the Ohio River and one of the first coed colleges in the nation. The University of North Alabama has developed into a comprehensive regional university providing quality
educational opportunities for students, with majors in four colleges–arts and sciences, business, education, and nursing and allied health. Graduate studies were introduced in 1957 with the establishment of master’s degree programs in education, and have been characterized by continued expansion: a sixth-year program in education (1971), a master of business administration degree program (1975), a master of science in criminal justice degree program (1994), a master of arts in English degree program (1999), and a master of science in nursing (2006).
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