海角社区 Pressroom

Manufacture Alabama

Feb. 06, 2019



Michelle Eubanks, 海角社区, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brooks McClendon | (334) 386-3000 |brooks@manufacturealabama.org Bryan Rachal | (256) 765-4392 |brachal@una.edu Affordable higher education degrees offered through Manufacture Alabama, 海角社区 partnership MONTGOMERY, AL(February 6, 2019) - Manufacture Alabama (MA) and the 海角社区 (海角社区) jointly announced the launch of a new partnership that will offer increased access to higher education for manufacturers throughout the state. With the newly formed partnership, employees of Manufacture Alabama-member companies are eligible to receive a special scholarship directly from 海角社区. The partnership is intended to provide additional opportunities to manufacturers to complete their higher education degrees or gain important training and certifications. It will also provide employers with an affordable in-state option to groom current employees for future leadership roles. "The 海角社区 is pleased to partner with Manufacture Alabama to offer an array of degree options to its members. 海角社区 is dedicated to workforce development and educational attainment throughout the state," said Dr. Ross Alexander, 海角社区 vice president for Academic Affairs and provost. "This partnership with 海角社区, a four-year institution, represents one of the last remaining pieces of MA's commitment to education and workforce development in Alabama," said Manufacture Alabama President George Clark. "So much of our time and resources have historically been dedicated to the community college system, K through 12 and other programs. Now we are expanding the ability of manufacturers to go on to earn the highest levels of education, and not just in north Alabama, but throughout the state through 海角社区's online offerings." The scholarship amount to be awarded will be 20 percent of the course's tuition and fee value, and any of 海角社区's online or traditional graduate or undergraduate courses are available under the scholarship's provisions. The only requirements for eligibility are that the scholarship recipient must be employed by an MA-member company and must have at least one year of full-time employment history with that company. Manufacture Alabama Manufacture Alabama is a leading trade association in Alabama and is the only trade association in the state dedicated exclusively to the competitive, legislative, regulatory and operational interests and needs of manufacturers and their partner industries and businesses.www.manufacturealabama.organdwww.manufacturealabama.org/p/resources/ma-member-employee-scholarship The 海角社区 The 海角社区 is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs through the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education and Human Sciences, and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, 海角社区 is located within a four-city area that also includes Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Muscle Shoals. 海角社区 Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of the NCAA Division I's ASUN and Big South Conferences. The 海角社区 is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age or national origin.www.una.eduandwww.una.edu/unaworks/