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City schools to offer web-based meal purchase option
School lunch has entered the internet age as Huntsville city schools are now offering a web-based meal purchase option.
At a press conference Tuesday morning District Technology Coordinator Ginny Murray demonstrated the new system that enables parents to pay for their children’s lunches via a new website.
College Fair set for Aug. 16
(From AAMU release) The Alabama A&M University Office of Admissions, the Sports Ball and WDJL Love 1000 will host the Second Annual College Fair Saturday, August 16, at the Dr. Richard Showers Center from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m.
New high school seniors and other students will receive important information about college, discuss the availability of financial aid, get on-the-spot admissions and/or scholarship opportunities, and even receive on-site information for application fee waivers. The activity is offered free and is open to the public.
New UAH software provides enhanced weather warnings
(From UAH release) For three years a new way to use data collected by NOAA weather satellites has been giving North Alabama short-term warnings of “pop-up” thunderstorms.
Developed by scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, this new computer program is now spreading to other parts of the U.S. and the world: Later this summer a version of the UAHuntsville weather program will begin forecasting storms throughout Central America, Southern Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
AAMU students win cancer research award
(From AAMU release) Two Alabama A&M University graduate students conducting research in the area of dietary chemoprevention of colon cancer recently received an award for their work by the Chicago-based Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) at the recent 2008 Annual IFT Meeting in New Orleans.
AAMU charters new graduate honor society
(From AAMU release) Alabama A&M University has chartered a new national graduate honor society, according to the society’s first president.
Alpha Epsilon Lambda, the national organization, has chartered AAMU as the Alpha Rho Chapter. The society is dedicated solely to recognizing the successes of graduate students in all disciplines.
AAMU to induct nine into Athletic Hall of Fame
(From AAMU release) The Selections Committee of the Alabama A&M University Athletic Hall of Fame has released the names of nine individuals who will join the ranks of the coveted group of some 100 outstanding athletes and “Normalites” in the 133-year-old university’s athletic chronicles.
AAMU dean to edit international journal
(AAMU release) An Alabama A&M University dean has agreed to take on important duties on behalf of a noted international research journal.
Dr. Robert W. Taylor, dean of the School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, has accepted an invitation to serve as associate editor of the Soil Science Society of America Journal (SSSAJ). He is expected to attend a special training session for associate editors during the journal’s editorial board meeting in Houston later this year.
Huntsville BOE reschedules meeting
(Board release) The Huntsville City Board of Education budget hearing scheduled for July 17th has been rescheduled to Monday, August 4th at 3 p.m.
AAMU announces band camp for July
(AAMU Release) Huntsville, Ala. —- Alabama A&M University is hoping its week-long Summer High School Band Camp (July 6-12) will attract talented student musicians from throughout the Tennessee Valley and beyond.
AAMU seeking mentors
(AAMU Release) Huntsville, Ala. —- The few. The proud. The mentors. Alabama A&M University’s Office of Retention and Academic Support (ORAS) is reaching out to alumni and interested persons in the community to make a positive impact in the lives of college students, says its director, Dr. Leatha Bennett.
