UNA Athletic Academic Support
UNA Athletic Academic Support has the goal of assisting student-athletes in maintaining focus on the proper balance of academic and athletic excellence.
Purpose:
Our broad based program has been designed to assist student-athletes in realizing their potential academically as well as athletically by providing academic support and continually monitoring academic athletic eligibility and progress toward degree. The program promotes initiative, independence and success in achieving educational, personal and social goals. With an underlying emphasis on developing the total person, it is our goal that at the end of their collegiate career every student-athlete is prepared to enter and excel in the career of their choice.
Contacts:
Sherry Kennemer - Senior Associate Athletic Director for Student Success - Email: skennemer@una.edu - Phone: 256-765-4694
Anna Milwee Hovater -Â Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance and Student Success - Email: amilwee@una.edu - Phone: 256-765-5268
Abby Patterson - Academic Support Specialist - Email: apatterson13@una.edu
University and Department Services:
The University of North Alabama is a comprehensive regional institution that prides itself on a strong teaching environment which includes:
- Committed full-time professors
- Smaller classes with student to teacher ratio of 18:1
- More than 300 degree programs and concentrations
- Average class: 24 students
- Strong academic and career advising
- Abundant computer access
- Free tutoring
- Assistance for those students with learning disabilities
The UNA Athletic Department provides additional academic support through Sherry Kennemer (Senior Associate Athletic Director for Student Succes), Abby Patterson (Academic Support Specialist), Anna Milwee Hovater (Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance and Student Success) and the active involvement of the entire coaching staff. Areas of additional support include:
- Acting as a main point of contact regarding questions involving academics and athletics
- Class scheduling and registration
- Admissions tracking
- Supplemental advising concerning NCAA regulations
- Monitoring classroom performance several times per semester, identifying areas of need and providing appropriate assistance
- Continuing work with all student/athletes on matters of academic eligibility and progress toward degree
- Each team has its own study hall and sets its own hours. Student/athletes are required to complete a designated number of study hall hours per week based upon cumulative GPA or entrance status.
UNA Athletic Department Academic Policies:
All student-athletes have an expectation to attend all classes. The Athletic Department regards class attendance as paramount in ensuring academic success. Student-athletes are expected to attend every class meeting unless authorized team travel, serious injury/illness or emergency prevent attendance, including classes which do not have a mandatory attendance policy.
All student-athletes are expected to proactively work with professors concerning missed classes and assignments caused by travel to away competitions.
The UNA Athletic Department follows the Universities academic code of conduct and reinforces that code with additional expectations.
All members of the university community are expected to be honorable and observe standards of conduct appropriate to a community of scholars. Students are expected to behave in an ethical manner. Individuals who disregard the core values of truth and honesty bring disrespect to themselves and the university.
It is in the best interest of the entire university community to sanction any individual who chooses not to accept the principles of academic honesty by committing acts such as cheating, plagiarism or misrepresentation. Offenses are reported to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost for referral to the University Student Judicial System for disposition.
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