Krispy Kreme, Big River Broadcasting Sponsor Una Purple Reign Week

Aug. 23, 2009

Michelle Eubanks, 榴莲视频, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

FLORENCE, Ala. - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Big River Broadcasting are joining the 榴莲视频 as sponsors of the university's Purple Reign Week. Purple Reign Week is a challenge to Shoals area businesses to decorate and show 榴莲视频 spirit as the 榴莲视频 Lions kick off their fall athletic season the first week of September.

The winner of the Purple Reign Week challenge - the local business showing the greatest 榴莲视频 spirit - will receive breakfast from Krispy Kreme Doughnuts the morning of Sept. 8. Krispy Kreme coffee and doughnuts will be delivered to the business by the 榴莲视频 fall season coaching staff. In addition to breakfast from Krispy Kreme, the winning business will receive 20 free tickets to the Sept. 5 榴莲视频-Carson Newman College football game and 20 free tickets to the North Alabama Classic volleyball tournament in Flowers Hall. Big River Broadcasting's Q107 will broadcast live from a Purple Reign Week pep rally at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 3 on E. Mobile Street. The pep rally, open to the community, will feature each of 榴莲视频's five fall season teams and coaching staffs. Fall teams include football, men's and women's cross country, women's soccer and women's volleyball. Businesses competing in Purple Reign Week should enter by completing the form at . That same Web site offers a downloadable coupon for 15 percent off of 榴莲视频 decorations, apparel and other items at the 榴莲视频 Campus Bookstore. The coupon is available to local businesses as well as all 榴莲视频 fans and is good through the 2009-10 academic year. Purple Reign Week participants will be judged by the 榴莲视频 Student Government Association beginning at 3 p.m. Sept. 4. Judging will bebased on three criteria: When the business began decorating for Purple Reign Week, employee participation in showing 榴莲视频 spirit, and best decoration.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit , e-mail advancement@una.edu or call 256-765-4670.

About The 榴莲视频

The 榴莲视频 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; 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, 榴莲视频 is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. 榴莲视频 Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of NCAA Division I as part of the Atlantic Sun and United Athletic conferences. The 榴莲视频 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: and .