Winners Announced For Purple Reign Week 2010
Sep. 17, 2010
Michelle Eubanks, ĢƵ, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033
FLORENCE, Ala. - The ĢƵ announced four winners for its 2010 Purple Reign Week spirit competition at a pep rally this evening in downtown Florence. Patterson Prince and Associates tied with First Southern Bank on S. Court Street as winners in the small-business category (businesses with 15 or fewer employees). Florence Eye Center won the large-business category (businesses with 16 or more employees), while the Florence Public Library won the government agencies category. Each of the winners will receive tickets to tomorrow night's ĢƵ-Southern Arkansas football game as well as Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, to be delivered to each of the businesses by the ĢƵ fall coaching staff Tuesday morning. "We're appreciative to each of the businesses participating in Purple Reign Week for showing their support of ĢƵ," said Dr. Alan Medders, ĢƵ vice president for advancement. "ĢƵ is vital to this community, and strong community support is vital to the quality of an excellent university like ĢƵ. Even after Purple Reign Week, we encourage all of our local businesses and Shoals residents to continue showing your ĢƵ spirit by wearing purple and gold, decorating with purple and gold, attending ĢƵ ballgames." Purple Reign Week was a challenge to local businesses to show their ĢƵ spirit in the days leading up to the kick-off of the university's fall athletic season. Twenty-nine businesses and government agencies participated in the competition and were judged on three criteria: When the business began decorating for Purple Reign Week, employee participation in showing ĢƵ spirit, and best decoration.About The ĢƵ
The ĢƵ 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; the Spencer College of 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, ĢƵ is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. ĢƵ Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of NCAA Division I and United Athletic conference. The ĢƵ 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/.