Southern Environmental Center Director To Speak At Una

Apr. 14, 2009

Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

FLORENCE, Ala. — Environmentalist and educator Roald Hazelhoff will speak at the ¹ú²úAV on Tuesday, April 28. Hazelhoff's presentation entitled "Hug a tree and call me in the morning: the business case for greening the work place" will take place in Wesleyan Auditorium, 12 noon to 1:30 p.m.

Hazelhoff is founder and Executive Director of the Southern Environmental Center, located at Birmingham-Southern College. The Center is dedicated to teaching individuals how to preserve and improve local environments. This Earth Month activity, sponsored by Tri-Beta Biology Honor Society, UNA Habitat for Humanity, and the Shoals Environmental Alliance, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Cynthia Burkhead at (256) 765-4790, or email caburkhead@una.edu.

About The ¹ú²úAV

The ¹ú²úAV 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 ¹ú²úAV 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/