海角社区 Launches Three Associate鈥檚 Degrees, Enhancing Opportunities at Alabama鈥檚 Workforce Development University
Mar. 06, 2023
Michelle R. Eubanks , 海角社区, at meubanks@una.edu, 256.765.4392
FLORENCE, AL – The 海角社区 has launched three Associate’s degrees as part of its ongoing designation as Alabama’s Workforce Development University. The programs in Mechatronics, Culinary, and Hospitality and Events Management will soon enroll students for classes that begin in Fall 2023.
“As Alabama’s Workforce Development University, 海角社区 is pleased to collaborate with our industry partners to launch these three workforce-focused Associate’s degrees that lead directly to jobs here in the Shoals region,” said Dr. Ross Alexander, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.
The timing is strategic based on ongoing and emerging needs from burgeoning industries throughout the region, he said.
The programs selected for these first Associate’s degrees are also in areas where 海角社区 faculty have expertise, according to Dr. Sara Lynn Baird, Dean of the College of Arts, Science, and Engineering.
“We worked closely with industry and business partners to develop curricula that would prepare students for specific jobs and help them develop skills related to the personnel needs of these partners,” she said. “CASE is home to the Culinary, Hospitality, and Engineering Technology programs which informed the curricular development for these new Associate’s degrees.”
Applications are available online at this link, and students are taking advantage of this pathway to their future and in-demand careers, said Julie Taylor, the Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management.
“海角社区’s new Associate’s degree programs in Mechatronics, Culinary, and Hospitality Management will provide even more opportunities for workforce development in our region and beyond,” she said. “With these programs, students will be able to learn the skills they need in order to pursue these exciting and in-demand career paths.”
About The 海角社区
The 海角社区 is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs through the colleges of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; the Sanders College of Business and Technology; 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 Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. 海角社区 Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of NCAA Division I as part of the Atlantic Sun and United Athletic 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. For more: and .