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Will Riley, Allison Ray Crowned Homecoming King And Queen

Sep. 24, 2011



Michelle Eubanks, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

FLORENCE, Ala. - William Evan Riley, of Tuscumbia, and Allison Ray, of Huntsville, were crowned the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's 2011 Homecoming King and Queen this evening. Riley, a junior integrated communications major, has served with several Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student organizations, including the Student Government Association; SGA for UPC, for which he has served as vice president; the LaGrange Society; Alpha Tau Omega; the Student Conduct Board; and Once a Runner (O.A.R.). Ray, a senor sociology and international studies major, has served as a community advisor in Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's LaGrange Hall, an advisor for the Student Multicultural Advisory Committee (SMAC), a LaGrange Society member, SGA secretary for international affairs, peer facilitator with K4L, and volunteer and supervisor for the Language Partner Program. Ray has also received a scholarship with the U.S. State Department Critical Language Program to study Arabic in the Middle East the past two summers. Other members of the 2011 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Homecoming Court include Thanh Bui, of Seattle, Wash.; Brandi Lewis, of Birmingham; Chelsea Murdock, of Muscle Shoals; Marshall Hess, of Miami, Fla.; Kelvin Jones, of Madison; Jennie Sun, of Jasper; Whitney Hargett, of Killen; and Chase Hoagland, of Tuscaloosa.

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