Career-prep: Madison Construction Academy, Turner Construction Prepare Students for Skills-based Trades

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Turner Provides an Up-close Look at Work on New Baseball Stadium

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TVA Offering STEM Grants for K-12 Educators

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The TVA STEM Classroom Grant Program sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Authority and Bicentennial Volunteers Inc., a TVA retiree organization, is now open for applications. The program funds Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics learning projects in classrooms and schools in the TVA service areas throughout the Tennessee Valley. The 2019-2020 application closes Oct. 20. Grants […]

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Mazda Toyota Manufacturing Signs Presidential Pledge to America’s Workers

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Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A. recently signed the “Pledge to America’s Workers” affirming its commitment to creating workforce opportunities to American students and workers. The pledge-signing ceremony included 14 Alabama F.A.M.E. (Federation for Advanced Manufacturing) students who will work in the plant and White House Advisor Ivanka Trump. “Signing the ‘Pledge to America’s Workers’ demonstrates our […]

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Apartments.com: Huntsville Ranked No. 5 Among America’s Top Affordable College Towns

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The Rocket City found itself near the top of another list and this one concerns the area’s future workforce. According to Apartments.com, the nation’s most visited apartment site, Huntsville is ranked No. 5 among the nation’s top affordable college towns. A city with no shortage of southern charm and intellectual values, Huntsville’s local schools are […]

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Huntsville’s Burgeoning Regional Economy Part 2: Right-sizing Lifestyle with Quality of Life

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(This is the second and final installment of a two-part story on the area’s growing economy.) Recently, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle shared his vision for Huntsville in terms of an average sized pie. He, along with business owners and civic officials, stood at city center – what Battle calls Huntsville’s “living room” – and looked […]

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Toyota Donation Helps Drive Advanced Manufacturing Program at Drake State

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Major investment supports industry-educator collaboration

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Lynne Berry Vallely to Receive Humanities Service Award

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BIRMINGHAM — Lynne Berry Vallely has been named the recipient of the 2019 Wayne Greenhaw Service to the Humanities Award, the Alabama Humanities Foundation Board of Directors announced. Vallely, former AHF chair and longtime member of the board, will be honored with the Greenhaw award Oct. 7 at The Colloquium at Birmingham’s The Club. The award, […]

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Pruning Cummings Research Park Infuses Vibrancy, Marketability

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CRP is the second largest research park in the world

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UAH to Host Interim State Cyber and Engineering School; Massey Named President

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The University of Alabama-Huntsville’s Bevill Center will serve as the interim site for the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering, it was announced Friday. Also, former Madison County Schools Superintendent Matt Massey was named the school’s first president. The school is scheduled to open in August 2020 with 10th- and 11th-grade students from across […]

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Turner Completes $3.12M Renovation of Thigpen Hall at Alabama A&M

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Turner Construction has completed the management of a $3.12 million renovation of Alabama A&M’s Thigpen Hall. Thigpen Hall, a three-story women’s residence hall built in 1955, typically houses more than 200 first-year freshman female students. The renovations included Thigpen’s 101 double-occupancy bedrooms, bathrooms, study lounges, laundry facilities and a computer lab. Turner collaborated on the […]

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