Updated: December 15, 2017

TWO BUILDINGS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA WILL SOON GET NEW NAMES.  ACCORDING TO THE TIMES DAILY, THE STUDENT COMMONS BUILDING WILL BECOME THE WENDELL W. GUNN UNIVERSITY COMMONS IN HONOR OF WENDELL WILKIE GUNN, THE FIRST BLACK STUDENT TO ATTEND U-N-A AND THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BUILDING WILL BE NAMED AFTER THE LATE DR. MITCH BURFORD, WHO WAS THE UNIVERSITY'S LARGEST INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE DONOR.  BOTH NAMING DISTINCTIONS WERE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY TUESDAY BO THE UNIVERSITY'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES.  NAMING CEREMONIES FOR THE BUILDINGS WILL BE ORGANIZED IN 2018.