Higher Education — Page 21

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. […]

Six former Lions to be inducted into UNA Hall of Fame

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama will induct its 35th Athletic Hall of Fame class on Oct. 12, as part of UNA’s Homecoming celebration. This year’s Hall of Fame […]

TUSCALOOSA — With a grant from the Federal Transit Administration and the United States Department of Transportation, The University of Alabama is gearing up for a $3 million project to develop […]

AUBURN — The Alabama Cooperative Extension System and Auburn University’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction have forged a partnership designed to improve the lives of Alabama residents. Through this […]

HUNTSVILLE – Two researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville have published a paper that demonstrates for the first time that a subluminal warp drive is possible within the bounds of […]

Sheffield native named Huntingdon president

MONTGOMERY – Dr. Anthony Leigh, a Shoals native, was recently named president of Huntingdon College. He will take over the role July 1. “I am humbled and honored by the […]

ATHENS — Dr. Catherine M. Wehlburg, who has been serving as interim president of Athens State University for more than a year, has been named permanent president of the state’s […]

MONTGOMERY – CollegeCounts is a sound investment for Alabamians to make for their children and grandchildren. And, the State Treasurer’s office is offering to kick start that investment with its […]

FLORENCE – As the field battled wind and rain when a popup storm rolled through the region, twin brothers from the University of North Alabama took advantage of homefield to […]