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Senior Wins Miss Una 2017, Hannah Zimmer

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Victoria Roose is crowned Miss UNA 2017 by Miss UNA 2016, Jocelyn Barnes.

*Article from The Flor-Ala*

Williams Selected Winner At Una, Robert Palmer

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Kimberly Williams crowned Miss UNA 1999.

*Article from The TimesDaily*

Nix Crowned Miss Una, Andy Hutto/Una Student Photographer

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Miss UNA 2005 Mallory Wooten crowns the new Miss UNA, Nicole Nix.

*Article from The Franklin County Times*

Here They Go...To Miss Alabama..., Franklin County Times

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Miss UNA 2006 Nicole Nix, along with Miss Hamilton and Miss Northern Highlands enjoy a reception to wish them well at the Miss Alabama pageant.

Phil Campbell's Graben Crowned 2002 Miss Una, Franklin County Times

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Miss 2002 Elishaba Graben.

Parker Wears Two Crowns, Ralonda Boddie

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Miss UNA 1996 Laura Parker also was named UNA Homecoming Queen.

*Article from The Flor-Ala*

Best Friends, Jim Hannon/Staff

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Kicking off National Pet Week with Miss UNA 1985, Alyssa Ashley, and her dog.

Freshman Wins Miss Una Title, Timesdaily

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Bridgette DeLon Smith wins crown.

Cissy Ashley Commended By Alabama Legislature, East Lauderdale News

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Miss UNA 1985 commended by the Alabama Legislature for her outstanding accomplishments.

Kitchens Chosen Miss Una, Itawamba County Times

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Sondra Patrice Kitchens chosen as Miss UNA 1989.

Why We Must Commune: Rethinking The Role Of Marketing Communications In Turbulent Times, Javier Garcia

Publications and Research

“Communications” is often thought of as a noun, representing the messages we receive on a daily basis from people, brands, and institutions alike. 

"Communications" is also often associated with an industry that exists to produce such messaging in service of capitalism, with a commercial or otherwise actionable outcome desired from its receiving audience. 

This presentation, hosted by two-time CCNY graduate and senior marketing communications professional and Assistant Professor Javier Garcia, will examine the urgency and opportunity in rethinking the value and study of marketing and communications. 

In his presentation, Professor Garcia will offer suggestions on how to guide students towards …

Our Own 'Miss Alabama' Pam Long Leaves Saturday For Atlantic City, The Flor-Ala

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Miss UNA and Miss Alabama Pam Long busily gets ready for the Miss America Pageant 1974.

Battles Busy; Miss America Could Be Next, Kaye Franklin Veal

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Miss Alabama Pam Battles looks to the future and the Miss America Pageant.

Best Of State's Beauties Competing For A Crown As 1986 Miss Alabama, The Birmingham News

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Miss Alabama 1986-Amy Beth Jones and DeLon Smith pictured.

Battles Wins Miss Alabama, The Timesdaily

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Miss UNA 1982 Pam Battles wins Miss Alabama 1983.

Past Miss Point Mallard Winners, Decatur Daily

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Yesteryear, Athens News Courier

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25 Years ago... Karen Pressnell of Elkmont was crowned Miss UNA during a pageant at the University of North Alabama in Florence.

Florence State Junior Wins Miss Alabama Title, Associated Press

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Miss UNA 1974, Pam Long, wins the title of Miss Alabama at Birmingham-Southern College Theater.

They'll Know Susie "Country Girl' Is Going City (Atlantic), Cindy Greene

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Interviewing Susie Vaughn on her upcoming trip to Atlantic City, New Jersey and the Miss America Pageant.

*Article in The TimesDaily*

The Miss America Pageant, Miss America Pageant

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The Miss America Pageant Program 1974

To Be Busier, The Times-Journal

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Miss Alabama Pam Battles

Goodbye, Pam, Jim Hannon/Staff

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Off to crown the next Miss Alabama.

Pamela Kaye Long 'Our' Miss Alabama, Sara Prater

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News article and photographs of Miss Alabama Pamela Kaye Long, who also was the first Miss UNA 1974.

Local Girls Miss Crown But Take Scholarships, Daily Mountain Eagle

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Miss Alabama Pageant 1984

Inaccessibility Harms: Exploring The Impact Of Inaccessible Campus Organizations On Disabled Students, Francis W. Q. Corvin, Natalie G. Horgan

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

There are 3.5 million Disabled college students in the United States, with 4,671 utilizing disability services at Purdue University. Nationwide, 8–14% of students in higher education are Disabled, indicating a substantial number of students whose needs should be prioritized and supported. Inaccessibility impacts the way Disabled college students are able to engage with the college experience. Inaccessible classes, restrooms, clubs, job fairs, and campuses create significant barriers thatthat extend far beyond the classroom. Disabled students face challenges in securing scholarships, finding employment, graduating on time, and achieving long-term socioeconomic stability. Recognizing these barriers, HonorServes, a community service student committee at …

The Last Human Place: Efficiency Is Killing Libraries, Gabriel Morley

Mississippi Libraries

This essay argues that libraries should de-prioritize efficiency. Instead, libraries should promote their value around connective labor, which is the human work of attention, care, and emotional understanding. Libraries are increasingly dominated by automation, data metrics, and speed. This essay puts forward the idea that libraries should shift focus to human relationships as an organizing principle. Drawing on Allison Pugh’s concept of connective labor, this essay contends that human-to-human engagement is essential infrastructure, as vital as technology or buildings. Efficiency-focused metrics like circulation and attendance fail to capture the deeper social function libraries play in communities and on campuses related …

Empowering Rural Voices Through Deliberative Mini-Publics, Elizabeth B. Hinchcliff

The Rural Educator

This conceptual paper explores the tension between valuing and listening to community voices, while also providing a space wherein rural advocates and community members can come together to address difficult issues prevalent within rural schooling, through deliberative mini-publics. A multiplicity of reasons supports deliberative mini-publics, but I explore three in particular, the first being that they provide a space wherein an intentionally diverse set of community voices and perspectives can be shared, listened to, and explored. Second, the goal of any democratically deliberative space is to explore multiple perspectives as part of the process to seek solutions that contribute to …

Community Engagement Newsletter, February 2026, University Of Northern Iowa. Office Of Community Engagement.

Community Engagement Newsletter

Contents:

UNI’s Day of Service - April 8, 2026
Service-Learning & Engaged Department Institutes
Inspire Conference
UNI's 150th on IPR's "Talk of Iowa"

Girl Center Special Feature: 2025 Impact Report, Population Council

Adolescents and Young People

This report highlights the impact, research, publications, events, and activities that the GIRL Center accomplished in 2025.

Bridging Policy And Grassroots Action With Technology: A Framework For Civic Engagement In Environmental Sustainability, Mikhail Ola Adisa, Sonny Rosenthal, Shola Oyedeji, Ifeoma Adaji, Jari Porras

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

Grassroots and civic organizations are increasingly recognized as “middle actors” in sustainability, leveraging ICT-driven solutions to bridge top-down policies with bottom-up citizen engagement and behavioral change. This study examines how civic organizations in Finland and Singapore integrate digital tools to support sustainable waste management practices aligned with Sustainable Development Goals 11, 12, and 17. Guided by a Design Science Research (DSR) approach and drawing on Middle-Out and multi-level governance theories, we developed and validated the Integrated Sustainability Engagement Framework (ISEF) based on interviews with 21 civic organizations and iterative feedback. Findings highlight the central roles of policy translation, localized practices, …