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March 19, 2013
Athens State Alum Receives New Teacher Grant from Alabama Power
ATHENS, Ala. – Jackson Knox Schuster, a 2012 graduate of
Athens State’s College of Education and a teacher at West Morgan High School,
was one of twelve first-year teachers in Alabama schools have to receive a
$1,000 grant for classroom materials and supplies from the Alabama Power
Foundation. Jackson was nominated by the
faculty of the College of Education, as one of the most promising graduates of
2012.
The Alabama Power Foundation
awards more than 1,000 grants annually with non-ratepayer money and has assets
of more than $120 million, making it one of the largest corporate foundations
in the state. The foundation funds The Alabama Power Foundation has given more
than $135 million through more than 20,000 grants and scholarships.
Grant candidates were submitted by the state’s public
teacher colleges. Winners were
selected by a committee that included education school deans. Each winner
graduated from a state-approved teacher program at an Alabama public four-year
college or university.
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picture: Jackson Knox Shuster
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