Calhoun Community College Break Ground on New Huntsville Building

November 21, 2014 

MEDIA ADVISORY

Event Reminder

CALHOUN COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO BREAK GROUND ON NEW MATH, SCIENCE & COMPUTER SCIENCE BUILDING IN HUNTSVILLE 

Calhoun Community College and the Alabama State Board of Education will officially break ground on a three-story, approximately 90,000 square foot Math, Science & Computer Science building in Huntsville on Friday, December 5, 2014, 11am at Calhoun’s Huntsville campus,102 Wynn Drive, Huntsville, AL. The $34M facility will be located on the west side of Wynn Drive directly across from Calhoun’s Huntsville/Cummings Research Park campus. Building construction/renovations will begin in early December. 

Ceremony speakers will include: 

• Tommy Battle, Mayor of Huntsville 

• Arthur Orr, Alabama State Senator

• Dr. Mark Heinrich, Chancellor, Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education 

• Dr. Charles Elliott, Member, Alabama State Board of Education

• Mary Scott Hunter, Member, Alabama State Board of Education

In conjunction with the groundbreaking ceremony, this event will also serve as a farewell to retiring President Dr. Marilyn C. Beck. With over 500 individuals expected to be in attendance, Calhoun is extremely excited about this milestone event. 

RSVP by emailing bth@calhoun.edu or via phone at: 256.890.4721

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Holiday Wreath-Making Classes at 1818 Farms

Holiday Wreath-Making Classes at 1818 Farms

Due to last year's overwhelming response, 1818 Farms is pleased to announce that there will be 3 wreath-making class opportunities this year.

1818 Farms will provide the freshly-cut balsam and white pine wreaths, fruit and other natural materials for making Della Robbia style wreaths. Artists who join the class will be given hands on instruction on decorating their wreath with berries, pine cones, seed pods, and all kinds of fruit.

The only requirement is that you bring a glue gun along with your creativity.

Last year's classes were so much fun. We cannot wait for this year.

Class Dates Available:
Sunday, November 30, 2014, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Sunday, November 30, 2014, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Monday, December 1, 2014, 10:00am - 11:30am

Cost:$55

 

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Gulf State Region Corvette Caravan Brakes for Athens’ Eateries

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:

Cayce Lee

Social Media Specialist

Athens-Limestone Co Tourism Assn.

Cayce@VisitAthensAL.com

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Gulf State Region Corvette Caravan
Brakes for Athens’ Eateries 

 

Athens, AL – Gulf State Region Corvette Caravan of shining, pristine Corvettes are not a stranger to Athens. However, you may not recognized them since the last time they rolled up Interstate 65 five years ago in 2009 with only 75 cars lined up. This group of enthusiast makes the long haul from all over the Gulf – Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida – for the pilgrimage starting in Mobile, Alabama to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY.

This time is a little different though. Caravan organizer, Glen Johnson, made a dry run up Interstate 65 looking for a place to accommodate the over 200 Corvettes for a lunch break in their tight itinerary. Athens’ EXIT 351 won the considerations after he discovered the Athens-Limestone Boulevard area with Ruby Tuesday’s, Logan’s Roadhouse, Applebee’s, IHOP and many other eateries..

Glen Johnson offers these words of appreciation and invitation to the Athens-Limestone community, “The 2014 Gulf States Region Corvette Caravan will consist of over 260 Corvette caravanning to Bowling Green, KY to celebrate the 20^th Anniversary of the opening of the National Corvette Museum. We are thrilled that Athens has invited us to stop and have lunch in a City that has always supported Corvette enthusiast. We invite everyone to come out and see the Corvettes and talk to the owners about the car they dearly love. We thank the City of Athens, AL for being so gracious in allowing us to stop in the city, and we thank the Athens Police Department for escorting the caravan into and out of the city in a safe manner ensuring the safety of our caravaner’s and the citizens of Athens. Thank you all so very much and we look forward to spending time with you.”

If you would to see the over 260 Corvette’s roll into Athens, they estimate their arrival at EXIT 351 at 10:45a.m this Wednesday, August 27. Their plans are to park and dine in the Athens-Limestone Boulevard area and adjacent properties. They will then be departing for points north at 12:00p.m. To learn more about the Corvette Caravan: www.nationalcorvettecaravan.com. For more information about the museum and events: www.corvettemuseum.org
 

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AAMU Hosting USDA-SBIR Webinar July 10

Monday, July 7, 2014

AAMU Hosting USDA-SBIR Webinar July 10

 
Alabama A&M University will team with the Technology Regional Innovation Cluster Huntsville (TechRich) and the USDA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to host a webinar conveying opportunities for small business and higher education institutions. The webinar will be held Thursday, July 10, 10:00 a.m. in the Dawson Building (room 225) on the AAMU campus. Virtual attendance can be accessed via http://aamu.adobeconnect.com/webinaraamu/ .

The webinar will be facilitated by Charles Cleland, USDA SBIR national program manager. In addition to providing access to the webinar from various remote locations, organizers are preparing for as many as 40 people to attend the physical campus site.

USDA’s SBIR program awards grants to qualified small businesses to research important scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture and rural development. Other agency aims include stimulating private sector technological innovations; strengthening the role of small businesses in meeting federal research and development; boosting private sector commercialization of innovations; and fostering participation by women-owned and socially and/or economically disadvantaged small businesses.

SBIR Phase I grants top at $100,000 for a duration of up to eight months. However, Phase II grants are limited to $500,000 for a term up to two years for previous Phase I awardees. Participation by university faculty or government scientists as consultants or subcontractors in SBIR projects is strongly encouraged.

For additional information about the webinar, contact Christi Jackson, deputy project manager, Technology Regional Innovation Cluster Huntsville (christi.jackson@wbcna.org), at (256) 961-7956, or Dr. Teresa M. Orok, executive director of AAMU Small Business Development Center, at (256) 372-5603. For assistance with technical and connection issues related but prior to the webinar, contact Adolph Scissum at adolph.scissum@aamu.edu or Oliver Dillard at oliver.dillard@aamu.edu.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Alabama Center for the Arts Breaks Ground for Phase II Facility

July 7, 2014

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

Alabama Center for the Arts Breaks Ground for Phase II Facility

Addition will house the Center’s Theater and Music Departments

 

Decatur, AL – A groundbreaking ceremony for Phase II of the Alabama Center for the Arts (ACA) is planned for this Thursday, July 10 at 10:00 at the arts center, located at 133 Second Avenue in downtown Decatur. The new addition will house the theater and music departments of the collaborative academic effort between Calhoun Community College and Athens State University, and is enhanced by support from the City of Decatur and the Morgan County Commission.

LIVE Design Group from Birmingham has been selected as the architect for the project. The $13.5M Phase II building will be adjacent to but separate from the Phase I portion of the ACA and will encompass approximately 44,000 square foot.

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Alabama Center for the Arts Presents Photography Exhibition

For Further Information

Guy McClure

256-233-8296

Guy.McClure@athens.edu

For immediate release
June 26, 2014
www.athens.edu
 

Alabama Center for the Arts Presents Photography Exhibition

 

ATHENS, Ala. - The Alabama Center for the Arts will present Soloman’s House, a photography exhibit by Alabama artist Sarah Cusimano Miles. The show will open on July 10 and run until August 28 and be held in the Center’s main gallery located at 133 2^nd Avenue in Decatur. A reception is planned for Thursday, Aug. 21 beginning at 5:30 and with an artist lecture at 6pm. It is open and free to the public.

Miles is a native of Gadsden, Alabama where she is an exhibiting artist, photographer, and educator. Her work has been published and exhibited in venues both national and international, from the Alabama Museum of Natural History to the Borges Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as being in a number of private and corporate collections. Miles has also received awards from the National Society for Photographic Education, the Center for Fine Art Photography, the Worldwide Photography Gala, and PhotoNOLA. In 2012 she was named to the Top 50 in Critical Mass from Photolucida.

Miles teaches at Jacksonville State University where she has contributed to the transition of the traditional film-based photography program to a digital-based curriculum. She has a BFA from Jacksonville State University, and a BS in Psychology and an MFA in Photography from the University of Alabama.

The photographs in the body of work, Solomon’s House, explore the collections repository of the Anniston Museum of Natural History in Anniston, Alabama. The specimens are taken from the dark storage where they reside, on shelves, in bottles, and in drawers, and bathed with light to illuminate the often disturbing and exquisite elegance of the accumulated and warehoused organisms. By portraying these objects through the tradition of the still life, the artist explores ideas of cultural decadence and beauty in stasis.

The title, Solomon’s House, references a work by Francis Bacon published in 1627 called The New Atlantis. In it, he wrote of a fictitious utopian science facility he called “Solomon’s House” that embodied the growing scientific ideals of the 17th century.

The Alabama Center for the Arts is a collaborative project between Athens State University and Calhoun Community College. The Center opened in 2012 and combines the two institution’s art programs. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:00 am to 8:30 pm, and Friday from 8:00 to noon.

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Alabama Center for the Arts Breaks Ground for Phase II

For Further Information

Janet Kincherlow-Martin or Guy McClure

256-306-2561 or 256-233-8296

JKM@Calhoun.edu Guy.McClure@athens.edu

For immediate release
June 30, 2014
www.athens.edu
 

Alabama Center for the Arts Breaks Ground for Phase II  

Addition will house the Center’s Theater and Music Departments

 

Decatur, ALA. – A groundbreaking ceremony for Phase II of the Alabama Center for the Arts (ACA) is planned for Thursday, July 10 at 10:00 at the fine arts institution located at 133 Second Avenue in downtown Decatur. The new addition will house the theater and music departments of the collaborative academic effort between Calhoun Community College and Athens State University, and is enhanced by support from the City of Decatur and the Morgan County Commission.

“This phase of the total project has been in the planning stages since we initially broke ground in 2010,” remarks Athens State President Bob Glenn. “We are pleased with the community’s reception for Phase I and we look forward to working with Calhoun to further enhance the study of theater and music in the area.”

“We are extremely excited that we are seeing this next phase of the ACA now coming to fruition” commented Dr. Marilyn Beck, Calhoun president. “This partnership with our sister institution Athens State is allowing us to continue to work together in meeting the needs of our community,” Beck added.

LIVE Design Group from Birmingham has been selected as the architect for the project. The $13.5M Phase II building will be adjacent to but separate from the Phase I portion of the ACA and will encompass approximately 44,000 square foot.

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Photo: Artist rendering of Phase II of the Alabama Center for the Arts.

CALHOUN TO HOST ORIENTATION/INFORMATION EVENT FOR HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS

June 30, 2014

CALHOUN TO HOST ORIENTATION/INFORMATION EVENT 

FOR HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS

 

Calhoun Community College will host a Homeschool Orientation/Information event for students interested in or currently enrolled at the college. Events will be held at both the Decatur and Huntsville campuses of Calhoun.

The Decatur campus session will be held Monday, July 14th beginning at 9:30am in the Aerospace Training Center and will be geared toward students interested in taking courses at the Decatur campus or those specifically interested in the college’s Advanced Manufacturing programs. For students interested in taking courses at Calhoun’s Huntsville campus, the event will take place on Tuesday, July 15th at 9:30am in room 301.

Sessions will include opportunities for students to speak with advisors and to explore the variety of program options available at Calhoun. Topics will include how to get enrolled, financial aid, dual enrollment programs, and information on transferring to a four-year university. Campus tours for students and their families will be available after the information sessions.

Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. To register or for more information, visit www.calhoun.edu/homeschool to reserve your place and schedule your tour.
For questions or additional information, call (256) 306-2492

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Have a star spangled time at Saturday Market

Athens Saturday Market 

107 N. Jefferson St.

Athens, AL 35611

Phone (256) 278-6436

Email: hhollman@athensal.us 

TRISHA BLACK

Spirit of Athens Director

LAURIE GLENN

Market Committee Chair

HOLLY HOLLMAN

Publicity Committee

June 27, 2014

Have a star spangled time at Saturday Market

 
The Coolbone Brass Band will help market goes have a star spangled Saturday on July 5.
The Athens Saturday Market will celebrate the Fourth of July weekend with the jazz band as well as children’s activities and plenty of produce and baked goods.

Athens Rotary is sponsoring the Coolbone Brass Band’s appearance at the market from 9 a.m. to noon. The market opens at 8 a.m.

Steve “Coolbone” Johnson grew up in New Orleans and played with several brass bands until Hurricane Katrina disbursed players throughout the country. Johnson settled in North Alabama.
The band will perform again by parading around The Square at 6 p.m. at the end of the monthly Athens Cruise-In for vintage car lovers.

“We appreciate Rotary helping us bring the Coolbone Brass Band to Athens for both events,” said Spirit of Athens Director Trisha Black. “Everyone had a great time when the band came to one of our Saturday Market events last year, and we expect a crowd to come see them again.”

The Cruise-In is from 3-6 p.m. and is free to all classic cars.

“Spend your Fourth of July weekend with us, and you will be able to find great music, fresh produce, classic cars and more all in our downtown area,” Black said.

Belle Chevre is on the move!  View this email in your browser Running with the Goats Belle Chevre is running with the goats, and we want you to join us! In the spirit of Pamplona, Spain's Running of the Bulls, Belle Chevre will be hosting the 1st Annual Running with the Goats in Elkmont, Alabama. Race day will start early on July 12, 2014, with the certified 10k race at 7am, followed by the certified 5k race starting at 9am. The fun doesn't stop there though! Fun Run Goat Relay     At 10am, we will have a fun run goat relay with the help of some special celebrity guests. Each contestant will race a goat on a leash down and around a short course. The contestants who complete the course with the goat in the shortest time, will be recognized as the winners. Raffle Tickets In addition to the 10k, 5k, and goat relay, we will also have a raffle for two chances for a $500 voucher to fly from Huntsville International Airport, so that the lucky winners can experience all the excitement of the Running of the Bulls first hand in Spain. Raffle tickets can be purchased in our new shop in Huntsville at 100 Jefferson St N Huntsville, Al 35801 or in Elkmont at the creamery- 18845 Upper Fort Hampton Road Elkmont, Al 35620. Raffle tickets are $5. There will be two drawings and each winner will win one $500 voucher. Registration for the race is now live on active.com. To register click here. Copyright © 2014 Belle Chèvre, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you love goat cheese! And you may have opted in at our website or otherwise expressed interest in Belle Chèvre. Our mailing address is: Belle Chèvre 18845 Upper Fort Hampton Road Elkmont, AL 35620 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

Athens State Students Assist with United Way Project

For Further Information

Guy McClure

256-233-8296

Guy.McClure@athens.edu

For immediate release
May 20, 2014
www.athens.edu

Athens State Students Assist with United Way Project

            ATHENS, Ala. - As a project for the Fall 2013 semester under the direction of Dr. Adam Lewis, the Athens State University Computer Science capstone students developed a publicly accessible online volunteer registration portal for the United Way.  The system also gives United Way employees access to be able to manage the information that is entered and to react in a way to quickly identify and place those volunteers.

            The capstone student for the Spring 2014 semester, under the direction of Professor Katia Mayfield, continued to work on the initial development that had been conducted.  There were some tweaks made to the existing database and online forms, along with setting up the United Way office with a back-up plan to still be able to conduct their work off line in case of a disaster and where internet was not available, the students also conducted a full re-design to the Limestone-Athens United Way website.

            The Computer Science department worked closely with United Way Executive Director Kaye Young McFarlen and Volunteer Administration Manager Anna Beth Thomason during the process.

            “Without the ability to register and track spontaneous volunteers on the web or in person our ability as a community to respond to the tornado would not have been as smooth,” remarked McFarlen.  “This work has created an invaluable tool to help respond to emergencies in our community”

            Mayfield added, “We want to thank Anna Beth and Kaye who took time out of their schedules to work with our students and allow them to have had this experience to fully develop a working product that benefits a great organization and the community.”

                                                           

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Athens State students pictured left to right: Chris Young, Michael Harrison, Elizabeth Purcell, Cole Thornhill, Joel Walters, Zachery Baldwin and Nathan Loum.  Not pictured Gregory Moore, Drew Booth, and Richard Baize.

AMLA's "HOW TO WORK WITH TRAVEL WRITERS" SEMINAR RESCHEDULED FOR JUNE 19

Visit our website **** AMLA's "HOW TO WORK WITH TRAVEL WRITERS" SEMINAR RESCHEDULED FOR JUNE 19 Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association's free "How to Work with Travel Writers" seminar which was scheduled at the new Florence/Lauderdale Tourism Visitor Center on Tuesday, May 27, has been rescheduled for Thursday, June 19 from 1-3 pm at the same location. Georgia Turner, Communications Manager for Florence/Lauderdale Tourism, and her longtime colleague Laurie Rowe from Laurie Rowe Communications will conduct the seminar, addressing topics such as building a newsworthy itinerary and the "rules of engagement" while travel writers are in a community.  The new Visitors Center is located at 200 James Spain Drive, Florence, AL.  Registration is open at www.amla4tourism.com.  For more information, contact the AMLA office.   Travel writers at Helen Keller Birthplace, Tuscumbia,AL.   About Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association (AMLA) AMLA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion and development of the travel industry within the 16 northernmost counties of the state. It is supported by 500-plus members consisting of chambers of commerce, Convention & Visitors Bureaus, attractions, campgrounds, festivals, communities, counties, golf courses, restaurants, tour operators, accommodations, vendors, financial institutions and individuals. Counties included within the AMLA region are Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan and Winston. Additional information on North Alabama destinations, accommodations and special events is available by calling 800.648.5381 or by visiting www.northalabama.org. Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association

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Tornado stricken Spencer Black 5K Run/Walk and 1-mile Fun Run Sets New Date For Race

Calhoun/Drake State to Hold Joint Press Conference Announcing New Scholarship Opp

May 15, 2014

MEDIA ADVISORY

Calhoun, Drake State to Hold Joint Press Conference Announcing New Scholarship Opportunities for Dual Enrollment Students

Calhoun Community College and Drake State Community and Technical College, in conjunction with the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education, will conduct a joint press conference on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 2:00pm to announce the specifics of new dual enrollment scholarships for area high school students and a new career technical dual enrollment tax credit which will allow more students to enroll in programs preparing them for high-demand, high-wage jobs.

The press conference will be held at the SES Dunlop Facility, 248 Dunlop Boulevard, Huntsville.  Representatives from the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education, Drake State, Calhoun, the local Legislative Delegation, business and industry representatives, along with other elected officials and local school leaders are expected to be in attendance.

New legislation passed this year will allow businesses and individuals to donate funds for career technical dual enrollment scholarships and to receive tax credits for up to 50 percent of the donation not to exceed $500,000, or an amount up to 50 percent of the taxpayer's Alabama income tax liability. Donors can direct up to 80 percent of contributions for specific career technical programs at a particular institution.~

For more information contact Yibeli Galindo-Baird, Public Relations, J.F. Drake State Community and Technical College, 256-551-3136 or Janet Kincherlow-Martin, Calhoun Community College Public Affairs, Community Relations and Special Events, 256-306-2561.

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MEDIA ADVISORY--CALHOUN ANNOUNCES 2014 GRADUATION ACTIVITIES

May 14, 2014

MEDIA ADVISORY

Calhoun Announces 2014 Graduation Activities

Calhoun Community College will conduct its 2014 graduation ceremonies Friday, May 16, 2014, beginning at 6:00 p.m.  The event will take place on the front lawn of the Math/Science/Administration (MSA) building on the Decatur campus.  In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will move to the Kelley Gymnasium, with televised overflow inside the MSA building.  For those unable to attend, the ceremony may be viewed live online at the following: http://new.livestream.com/CalhounCommunityCollege  Be sure to tune in early to check for compatibility issues.  

Over 1,700 students have qualified for graduation.  Of that number, close to 500 students plan to participate in this year's ceremony.  For the first time during the Calhoun graduation ceremonies, the college will recognize its Most Outstanding Alumnus.

Speaker for this year's graduation service is State Board of Education Member for District VIII, Mary Scott Hunter.  Elected to the school board in 2010, Hunter, is a practicing attorney, currently serving as corporate advisor for Compliance, Ethics and Risk for Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation.

Earlier in the day on May 16th, 182 students graduating from Calhoun's associate degree Nursing program (one of the largest classes ever) will participate in the annual Candle Lighting Ceremony. The ceremonies will begin at 1:00 p.m. in the Kelley Gymnasium.

For more information about Calhoun's 2014 graduation ceremonies, contact Janet Kincherlow-Martin, Public Affairs, Community Relations, and Special Events at 256-306-2561.

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New CEO Named to Athens-Limestone Hospital

New CEO David Pryor
Athens-Limestone Hospital