Education — Page 14

HUNTSVILLE – Helping to ensure its students aren’t stranded along the digital highway, Drake State Community and Technical College is supplying them with internet-enabled laptops. Through grants from the U.S. […]

'Get Onboard' with Rocket City intern program

HUNTSVILLE – It is the summer of the intern as the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber, in partnership with FuelAL and Innovate Alabama, kicks off the first in a series of events […]

HUNTSVILLE — Then there were three. From a field of 20 candidates, the Huntsville City Board of Education has named the three finalists to be the new schools superintendent to […]

HUNTSVILLE — It’s only fitting that a university in the Rocket City would be the overall winner in NASA’s Student Launch challenge. The University of Alabama in Huntsville picked up […]

HUNTSVILLE – A team of Mill Creek Elementary fourth- and fifth-graders “started their engines” and won the Goblin division National Championship of Greenpower Racing. The fourth-graders are “Speedy” Savannah Barnard, […]

ATHENS — The bookworms are coming out of the woodwork to turn over a new “leaf” in reading. Just because school is out doesn’t mean children or parents, should stop […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Poarch Band of Creek Indians made its largest financial contribution in North Alabama to support the new Space Camp Operations Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket […]

HUNTSVILLE – Calhoun Community College and the University of Alabama in Huntsville signed an Advanced Manufacturing Memorandum of Understanding. The partnership creates a seamless transferable career path for Calhoun students […]

HUNTSVILLE — Huntsville City Schools will provide free meals to children 18 and under beginning June 5. The Summer Food Service Program will be at summer learning sites and community […]

UNA to host BEST robotics competition

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama has been named the new home of the annual BEST Robotics Competition. The national program takes place at 50 competition sites in 18 […]

TANNER — Age is no barrier when it comes to Calhoun Community College’s summer camps. The school released this summer’s schedule and there is something for everyone from elementary-school-age kids […]

HUNTSVILLE – It’s a three-peat for Dr. Vineetha Menon. An associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Menon was named the Institute […]

HUNTSVILLE — It’s a bird … it’s a plane … it’s a paper airplane? John Collins, known as the Paper Airplane Guy, will be flying long and high Saturday into […]

Dino-mite! Jurassic Quest ready to roar

HUNTSVILLE – What’s the best thing to do if you see a T-Rex? Hope he doesn’t see you! Live and in person, North Alabama dinosaur fans will get to see […]

HUNTSVILLE — If you see a need fill it, and that is the goal of a partnership between Huntsville Utilities, the Tennessee Valley Authority and Calhoun Community College. The two […]

Miles College, Drake State to sign agreement

FAIRFIELD – When HBCUs come together for the common good, everyone benefits. To that end, Miles College and Drake State Community & Technical College have announced a partnership for scholarship […]

HUNTSVILLE — They may be small but they are mighty! Seventeen students at the Alabama School of Cyber Technology & Engineering will have made more than the grade when they […]

HUNTSVILLE — Think of it as good eatin’ for good schoolin’. That’s what will be taking place Thursday as Huntsville Utilities hosts its second annual Eats 4 Education event. With […]

Athens students invest in their city

ATHENS — An interesting debate took place recently among a group of high school students in Athens. They weren’t discussing the latest fad or TikTok post or, even, the best […]

HUNTSVILLE — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey joined state and local officials and aerospace leaders this morning at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center to cut the ribbon on the state-of-the-art […]

TANNER – Four North Alabama high school students are walking through open doors of opportunity as they graduated from high school this spring with not only a high school diploma, […]

UAH launches summer 'bridge' program

HUNTSVILLE – The University of Alabama in Huntsville has launched a high-school-to-college transition program for eligible incoming freshmen who plan to major in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) fields. […]

TANNER — Calhoun Community College is hosting its annual SWeETy Welding Camp at its Decatur campus this summer. The camp, through a partnership with the Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce, […]

Cyber School runner-up in national competition

HUNTSVILLE – Second is a first for the state of Alabama. The Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering was runner-up at the National Academic Quiz Tournament in Rosemont, Ill., […]