Higher Education — Page 20

HUNTSVILLE — The Alabama A&M Board of Trustees has established the Ronald & Patricia McCalep-McIntosh Sr. Endowed Chair in Biology, honoring the lifelong dedication and generosity of the McIntoshes, who […]

GADSDEN — Sgt. David Bankson of the Gadsden State Community College Police and Public Safety Department is all about the two Ps: Policing and Preaching. “I support and serve my […]

HUNTSVILLE – Andrew Couch, an alumnus of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has been chosen as a recipient of the 2024 Knight-Hennessy Scholars fellowship award at Stanford University. He is […]

PRICEVILLE — There’s a running joke that you can use duct tape for just about anything. But, did anyone have “Design a tux for prom” on their bingo card? Aidan […]

ATHENS – Honoring a legend and icon at the university, Athens State officials have broken ground for the Nazaretian Alumni House & Welcome Center. The Alumni House will be named after […]

HANCEVILLE — It’s a tale of two cities coming together for one big prize. Wallace State Community College, with campuses in Hanceville and Oneonta, was named a finalist for the […]

HUNTSVILLE – Dr. Federico Fraternale at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has been awarded a $824,132 NASA heliophysics grant to develop global models of the heliosphere that incorporate interstellar […]

A&M trustees extend Wims contract to 2030

HUNTSVILLE — In the wake of record-breaking enrollments, increased funding and launching major programs, the Alabama A&M Board of Trustees rewarded school President Dr. Daniel K. Wims with a contract […]

GADSDEN — Taking a proactive approach to campus security, Gadsden State Community College has equipped its police and Public Safety Department vehicles with Automated External Defibrillators and Narcan, an opioid […]

HUNTSVILLE — It was quite a busy meeting last week for the Alabama A&M University Board of Trustees. At its regularly scheduled meeting on The Hill last Friday, the board […]

HUNTSVILLE – Alabama A&M University, which bills its athletics as “Huntsville’s D-I Program,” is reinstating men’s cross country to its lineup of sports teams after 20 years dormant. The team […]

HUNTSVILLE — Things are looking up at Alabama A&M University. And, they’re going up, too, as in new buildings. At their meeting last Friday, the AAMU Board of Trustees approved […]

Alumni gift to enhance UNA’s Disability Support Services

FLORENCE – Col. Milton Looney, a University of North Alabama graduate and longtime Athens resident, has provided a gift to the Disability Support Services department at UNA to boost accessibility […]

HUNTSVILLE — More than a half-century of charging on and Big Blue will be celebrated Saturday. The University of Alabama in Huntsville is hosting the Big Blue Bash to celebrate […]

UNA breaking ground on Bank Independent Stadium

FLORENCE – On June 29, 1973, Florence State University President Dr. Robert Guillot told the Board of Trustees that the Alumni Association was seeking to raise $1 million for an […]

LOS ANGELES — Alabama A&M alumnus and former Marching Maroon & White Drum Major Khristopher Alexander Purkson was in the band for Liv Warfield on a recent episode of “America’s […]

GADSDEN — The term “community college” is not used loosely around Gadsden and  Etowah County. In fact, it is the communities that make Gadsden State Community College what it is, […]

HUNTSVILLE – The University of Alabama in Huntsville has once again been named the Best Value university in Alabama by SmartAsset, an online financial services provider. The 2023 rankings mark the […]

MUSCLE SHOALS – The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded Northwest Shoals Community College $18,000 in grants to support adult and family literacy.  NWSCC received a $10,000 Adult Literacy grant […]

HUNTSVILLE – Senior engineering design students at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, have created projects intended to encourage STEM outreach for middle and high school students, as well as […]

DECATUR — Let’s get straight to the point. The Calhoun Community College manufacturing team has pulled off a “four-peat.” The Warhawks three-member squad secured a spot as one of the […]

HUNTSVILLE — On the heels of launching its Ph.D. in Social Work program, Alabama A&M received a history-making grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. The school announced […]

JACKSONVILLE – College athletics are clearly in the middle of a wilderness with no clear path out. The transfer portal and name, likeness and image deals both created upheaval within […]

DECATUR — The two campuses are separated by just a few miles, but there was a world of distance for some students to transfer credits from one to the other. […]