SUMMeR 2010 • VoLUME 18 • No. 2 For alumni and friends of the University of North Alabama Cover Story 14 .... Tim Garner Features 3 .... Six Million Grant Announced 20 .... A Little River Music 24 .... Top Ten 28 .... UNA Sportsman’s Club Celebrity Golf Clasic 34 .... A Vision for the Future 38 .... From the Court Room to the Class Room 40 .... Pig Dinner 41 .... Lessons Learned from HealthSouth Departments 2 .... President’s Message 4 .... Around the Campus 30 .... Athletics 32 .... UNA Alumni President 42 .... Class Notes 46 .... In Memory UNA Magazine UNA Magazine 2 3 2010 summer 2010 summer Members of the UNA Unicycle Club Bo Xue, Cheri Kamel, Michelle Gabriel, and James Baxley in action in front of Norton Auditorium. SIXmillion SUMMeR 2010 • VoLUME 18 • No. 2 for alumni and friends of the University of North Alabama Received foR New ScieNce aNd TechNology BuildiNg ADMINISTRATION president’s message President William G. Cale, Jr. William G. Cale, Jr. Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost John Thornell Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs Spring semester always ends One key element of the reaffirmation The University of North The new UNA science industrial hygiene, biology, and Steve Smith with a flurry of activity that includes process is development of a Quality Alabama stepped $6 million building is projected to be a $30- physics and earth science. Most of Vice President for Student Affairs David Shields various celebrations, ceremonies, Enhancement Plan which must be closer to breaking ground on 35 million project. According the programs are currently housed Vice President for University Advancement and a rush to a new initiative. We a new science and technology to the university’s proposed new in UNA’s Floyd Science Building. Alan Medders finish projects. have chosen Academic building when state Sen. Roger campus master plan, the facility Constructed about 40 years ago, Vice Provost for International Affairs Renovation Research Literacy in the Bedford visited campus May 12 will be situated on the west side Floyd is now limited in its ability Chunsheng Zhang of Keller Hall Disciplines: A Bridge to a to announce a state grant to be of campus, on Pine Street near to fully serve the advanced needs STAFF is nearing Four-Year Sequence and awarded for the project. Flowers Hall and Kilby Laboratory of UNA’s continually growing Editor completion as our implementation Carol Lyles (’70) “The commitment of Sen. School. science programs. other projects plan is being Designers Bedford to the success of UNA Cale said that, with the “Science and technology are Karen Hodges (’84), Chuck Craig (’79) begin. Funded developed. is in clear evidence through his new facility, the Shoals area critical knowledge areas that are Photographer through a federal UNA has efforts to secure funding for this and surrounding region can shaping the future,” Cale said. Shannon Wells (’05) grant with reached agreement critical need,” said Dr. William expect “opportunities for new “The University of North Alabama Contributing Photographers matching funds with the University Carol Lyles (’70) G. Cale Jr., UNA president. “The collaborations with business is committed to providing to every Evan Whisenant from State bonds, of Alabama for university is deeply grateful for the and industry to assist in student an understanding of the Eric Brown construction of a them to offer their Senator’s dedication to our success product development, testing, basics of scientific discovery and Contributing Writers new, $4 million doctoral program Stuart E. Ausborn (’98) and for keeping us on a path that environmental safety and other the opportunity for those who so John Battcher (’65) maintenance and in Educational will lead to success.” technical areas.” choose to pursue successfully a William G. Cale, Jr. bus storage facility Administration Cale also applauded state Sen. University departments and career in a scientific or technical Gregory Carnes on East Campus on our campus. Jeff Hodges (’82) Bobby Denton and state Reps. programs to be housed in the field.” Carol Lyles (’70) has begun. Once A new master’s Mike Curtis (’77), Tammy Irons building include chemistry and Cody Wix complete the William G. Cale, Jr. degree program Josh Woods (’86), Johnny Mack Morrow and Physical Plant in Geospatial Marcel Black for their dedication Send correspondence and facility on Pine Street will be closed. Sciences is pending before the address changes to: Our new Campus Master Plan (check State Commission, as are new and continued efforts. UNA Magazine it out using the link on the UNA baccalaureate programs in Mass Bedford said the new funding Office of Alumni Relations comes at a critical time for the UNA Magazine UNA Magazine homepage) advises us that the Pine Communications and Entertainment UNA Box 5047 economy of the north Alabama 4 University of North Alabama Street site should become home to Industry. These continue to be 5 Florence, AL 35632-0001 our proposed science and technology exciting days for our University. region. e-mail: [email protected] building. We are using a new federal “UNA plays an important role in the economic vitality of STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION grant to initiate architectural and Sincerely yours, It is the policy of the University of North Alabama to afford equal opportunities our region, and this new science in education and in employment to qualified persons regardless of age, color, site preparation work. The State has William G. Cale, Jr., President 2010 summer 2010 summer creed, disability, national origin, race, religion, or sex, in accordance with all building will add to the university’s laws, including Title IX of Education Amendments of 1972, Title VII of the Civil awarded UNA a $6 million grant Rights Act of 1973, Americans with Disabilities Act, Civil Rights Act of 1991, and Executive Order 11246. The coordinators for nondiscrimination policies to assist with funding that building, research and development are: for students, Irons Law Firm, 219 North Court Street, Florence, AL 35630, and for employees, the Director of Human Resources and Affirmative Action, capability,” he said. “This kind of 217 Bibb Graves Hall, telephone 256-765-4291 or taking us a step closer to making this email: [email protected]. much needed project a reality. research and funding is important Information contained herein is as it currently exists but Work progresses well on to me, and I will continue to work is subject to change without prior notice. our self-study for reaffirmation to find the investments we need to of accreditation by the Southern expand our universities and grow Association of Colleges and Schools. jobs in Alabama.” It’s No expose the entire campus and community to research like this, Keys-Mathews Topics Run said, “demonstrates that research is not something that happens inside a black t pIa box or an ivory tower. It can happen U the Gamut at in common everyday society and environments. We want to use Research StUdeNtS deAl With Research Day Day to introduce other students to GloBAl ChAlleNGeS research and to show them that research 2010 experiences are fascinating and provide Global challenges such as support for their future careers.” border security, terrorism and energy Just days before Research Day, Keys- dependence were more than news headlines for a class of 35 students in Social analysis of The Farm peace “nobody is born being a researcher, but Mathews had seen the projects of several April. They were real issues the students and love community. Conservation of an the skills learned while doing research are of her students and colleagues presented had to work together to resolve. And they endangered fish species. Spatial patterns career-critical.” on a national stage. She and five other did just that, after two days as officials in of identity theft. Those were just a handful A perfect case in point, social work geography faculty members and 13 a simulated national government at the of the dozens of student and faculty instructor Freda Coleman-Reed said, students, including Miller, were each university’s 2010 Geopolitics Symposium. research projects displayed on campus for was a project undertaken by a group of research presenters at the Association of “The symposium has the purpose the third annual Research Day April 20. social work students this past spring. American Geographers annual conference of educating the students about these While they all sounded interesting The students, as part of their Groups, in Washington, D.C. global issues and challenges, but also to enough to Andy Miller, a senior Organizations and Communities class, got UNA’s annual Research Day is now train them in communication skills and geography major, he wanted to share to choose a community and analyze the in its third year. This year, the event professional presentation at a different a project a little closer to his heart. His community’s economic makeup, housing promoted research from students and level than they’re getting in class,” said research, displayed in a series of maps, patterns, community life, geography, faculty in all four of UNA’s academic Dr. Michael Pretes, associate professor of geographically tracked the western social services and similar factors. colleges and 25 departments, doubling the geography. migration of a national subculture that “Then they had to engage in problem number of departments involved from the In its second year, the symposium is Miller happens to be a part of. analysis,” Coleman-Reed said. “They had event’s first year. the capstone project for a special-topics “I hypothesized that California is to identify the strengths of the community class, Geopolitics of Global Challenges, pretty dominant for skaters,” he said. as well as the needs.” team-taught by Pretes and Lt. Col. Wayne “So I started gathering data to figure What the students found, she Bergeron, chair of the Department of out if there was some kind of pattern of said, was that The Farm community in Military Science.