Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
S&P upgrades UAH bond rating to A+
(From release) Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) has raised its bond rating on The University of Alabama in Huntsville to ‘A+’ from ‘A’.
The upgraded rating was cited in a Standard & Poor’s report, which was released today. The report also projected a stable outlook for the university.
“The raised rating reflects our view of the [...]
Supporters, UAH to work to preserve hockey program
The University of Alabama at Huntsville released the following statement Tuesday evening regarding the school’s hockey program:
Members of The University of Alabama in Huntsville administration met this evening with hockey supporters, following discussions with Chancellor Malcolm Portera, and came to a consensus to work closely together to pursue institutional and community support to continue UAH [...]
SACS brings no sanctions against AAMU
(From release) The President of Alabama A&M University held a press conference Tuesday evening to share with a group of students, faculty and staff the fact that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) did not pose any sanctions against the University after a year-long cloud.
President Andrew Hugine, Jr., convened the conference in the [...]
Huntsville schools to add new preschool programs
(From release) Fourteen elementary schools will offer a new Pre-K program, starting in January. The classes will be made available to those students who have been identified as most at risk academically. Registration will be Tuesday, December 6, and Wednesday, December 7. Parents can go to one of the fourteen school sites or the central [...]
Students meet at UAH to design payload for mission to Saturn moon
(From release) How many high school students get a chance to design a landing vehicle that will conceptually float on the lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan? The answer is 200.
Students from across North Alabama will be on the campus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville today to compete in the development of a scientific [...]
UAH, A&M students partner to bring International Student Energy Summit to Huntsville
(From release) Students at Alabama A&M University (AAMU) and The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAHuntsville) have joined forces in a bid to host the International Student Energy Summit (ISES) 2013 in Huntsville. An event designed for and by students, ISES is expected to convene 400 young leaders from around the world to address energy [...]
Madison County schools to dismiss early Tuesday due to potential severe weather
(From release) The National Weather Service is forecasting severe weather for Tuesday. For the safety of all, Madison County Schools will dismiss early on Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Students will be dismissed at 11:30 a.m.
All afterschool childcare and school activities for tomorrow will be cancelled.
Should conditions change and revisions are necessary, you will be notified.
AAMU professor in running for EPA panel
(From release) An Alabama A&M University community and regional planning professor is among a group undergoing the final considerations for membership on a chief panel of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Dr. Jacob Oluwoye, a sought-after transportation and environmental health expert, is being vetted by EPA’s Scientific Advisory Board for membership on an important environmental justice [...]
AAMU to host Noble Prize laureate Friday
(From release) As part of a popular annual public lecture series, Nobel Laureate Wolfgang Ketterle will deliver the 14th Annual Putcha Venkateswarlu Memorial Lecture in the Dawson Building auditorium on the Alabama A&M University campus Friday, November 18, at 3 p.m.
A 2001 Nobel Prize winner in physics, Ketterle is the John D. MacArthur Professor [...]
Madison County BOE seeks help with selecting new superintendent
(From release) The Madison County Board of Education is conducting a search for a new superintendent that will complete the term of Dr. Terry Davis who will retire effective December 1, 2011. Under Alabama Law, the Board is responsible for appointing someone to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the current term, which ends [...]
