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JANUARY 2023
NACC Named State's Leader In Cultural Experiences Intelligent.com, which
With funds provided by the Alabama Legislature and the Alabama Community College System, Northeast Alabama Community College (NACC) continues to make a major impact in supporting students at tech centers and high schools with scholarships for career tech education. For the Spring Semester (2023) alone, the college awarded $365,228 in career tech and supporting core course scholarships to students in Jackson County at the Earnest Pruett Center of Technology (EPCOT) and North Jackson, North Sand Mountain, Pisgah, Section, Skyline, Woodville, and Scottsboro High Schools. A total of $332,592 went to students at the DeKalb Technical School, as well students at Collinsville, Crossville, Fyffe, Geraldine, Ider, Plainview, Sylvania, Valley Head, and Fort Payne High Schools. "This is a tremendous program, and we are so glad to provide it to our area students," stated NACC President Dr. David Campbell. "This level of funding is for what the state considers high priority jobs - jobs that are badly needed in our area and for which there are many available to obtain when our students complete their programs." Campbell thanked the college’s service area Legislators for supporting this program—Senator Steve Livingston, Speaker of the House Representative Nathaniel Ledbetter, and Rep. Mike Kirkland. “By supporting this our Legislators show a great dedication to workforce training and future jobs for our young students,” Campbell stated. The amounts mentioned are for Spring Semester only, and these scholarships will be available to students in the Summer and Fall Semesters at Northeast in this fiscal year and beyond. is a private, non-sponsored company, has identified Northeast Alabama Community College (NACC) in Rainsville as having the best cultural experiences of the 27 community colleges in Alabama. The website notes that the college “has built a reputation for outstanding cultural arts programs in the region and the humanities.” Additionally, it is noted that the college has a state- of-the-art Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Technology Center, and is completely wired for Wi-Fi with 10-gig broadband. “It is a fundamental value of the college that students have cultural experiences made available to them regardless of their major or certificates,” stated Dr. David Campbell, President of NACC. “These cultural events expand their knowledge and interests. They are great for community involvement as well,” Campbell said. “We are proud to be able to provide these events to our students and the community.” Among the events the college sponsors are a performance by the Alabama Ballet, featuring
Ivey Awards $2.65 Million to Fight Homelessness By Brandon K. Pierce | Alabama Ledger Alabama Governor Kay Ivey gave many Alabamians an early Christmas present by announcing on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 that she is awarding $2.65 million to help folks in the state who are homeless, or at-risk of becoming homeless, obtain shelter and other related services. The funds from the federal Emergency Solutions Grants program will assist 12 governments and nonprofit organizations to provide shelter, legal and health services and other assistance to help individuals and families who face losing their homes or are already homeless. This includes $31,000 to Marshall County Home Place Inc. in Guntersville to provide emergency shelter in Marshall County. “Helping others in need is the Alabama way, and our folks’ unrelenting desire to do so is one of the many things that makes our state so special,” said Governor Ivey. “Unfortunately, homelessness is a very real issue facing our communities, and it’s on us as Alabamians to change that. I’m proud to allocate these funds towards ensuring those less fortunate have a safe, warm shelter to spend the holidays.” The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) is administering the grants from funds made available by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. ADECA administers an array of programs supporting law enforcement and traffic safety, economic development, energy conservation, water resource management and recreation development. Listed below are the other awarded agencies, the amount, area served and sub-recipient agencies. • City of Florence - $300,000 to contract with Safeplace Inc., the Community Action Agency of Northwest Alabama and the Salvation Army to offer homelessness prevention assistance, rapid re-housing and related services to residents in Colbert, Franklin, Marion, Lauderdale, Lawrence and Winston counties • City of Huntsville - $400,000 to contract with AshaKiran Inc., Catholic Center of Concern, Community Action Partnership of Huntsville/Madison and Limestone Counties Inc., Crisis Services of North Alabama, Disabled American Veterans, Family Services Center, First Stop, North Alabama Coalition for the Homeless, New Futures Inc. and Wellstone Inc. to provide services in Huntsville. • The Right Place for Housing and Support (Anniston) - $200,000 to provide street outreach, emergency shelter and housing assistance for persons in Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb and Etowah counties. • Second Chance (Anniston) - $200,000 to provide emergency shelter and rapid re-housing for domestic violence victims and their families in Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph and Talladega counties. • The Link of Cullman County (City of Cullman) - $250,000 to provide emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, street outreach and rapid re-housing for victims in Cullman County. • YWCA of Central Alabama (Birmingham) - $200,000 to provide emergency shelter, homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing for domestic violence victims in Blount, Jefferson and St. Clair counties. • Shelby County Commission - $150,148 to contract with Family Connections, SafeHouse of Shelby County Inc. and Shelby Emergency Assistance to provide emergency shelter, homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing for residents in Shelby County. • Montgomery Area Coalition for the Homeless (also known as the Mid-Alabama Coalition for the Homeless) - $350,000 to contract with Family Promise of Montgomery, the Montgomery Area Family Violence Program (also known as the Family Sunshine Center), Friendship Mission Inc. and Hands On River Region to provide street outreach, homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing for persons in Autauga, Bullock, Elmore, Lowndes and Montgomery counties. • SAN Inc. (Turning Point, Tuscaloosa) - $100,000 to provide emergency services and rapid re-housing for victims of domestic violence in Bibb, Fayette, Hale, Lamar, Pickens and Tuscaloosa counties. • The Salvation Army (Mobile and Baldwin counties) - $300,000 to provide emergency shelter for people in those two counties. • Penelope House Inc. (Mobile) - $177,000 to provide emergency shelter for domestic violence victims Pisgah Head Basketball Coach Carey Ellison became the newest member of the AHSAA 700 Wins Coaches’ Club following his team's 90-80 win over rival North Sand Mountain in January 2023. The win gave Ellison an overall record of 700-176 in varsity basketball competition. 700 Club Member Photo by Brandon K. Pierce, Alabama Ledger
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Cinderella on February 24; an annual Sand Mountain Soiree, featuring the renowned Interior Designer Beverly Farrington on March 4; a regionally respected Southern Writers Forum; a Latino Festival; a highly attended and popular Music on the Mountain Concert; creatively-themed music concerts by the college’s Concert Band, String Band, Jazz Band and Vocal Choir throughout the year; art displays; children’s storybook walks at the college’s nature trail sponsored by the NACC Learning Resources Center; the Cedar Hill Cemetery Stroll; teacher workshops; Broadway-like plays by the notified by the ACCS office that the college will receive $1,969,602 million for these career tech scholarships to award for 2023. "We plan on awarding every penny of the funding that is allotted to us, also," Campbell stated. "This is a great program, and we thank our system, the ACCS, and our legislators for making it available to us and our students." The college system grants appropriations to colleges based on a formula consisting of a college’s total hour production, career tech credit hour production, dual enrollment credit production, and the utilization of prior year funds. Dual enrollment is a program in which students receive high school and college credit toward graduation at the same time. The program helps students
NACC Community Theater, featuring the play Matilda in April and two other major productions during the year; the band Alabama’s Songwriters Showcase; Student Robotic contests; Youth STEM workshops; an extraordinary NACC Gala; an NACC Boos and Paws Dog Costume Contest; a Golf Tournament; and a Tour of Homes Event. “Our faculty, staff, and students love entertaining themselves with various events throughout the year also,” Campbell stated, “Such as with Halloween costume parties, a Christmas Fiesta with Latino dress, and a tamale luncheon by our Hispanic Hola Club.”
“We take education at Northeast, and our student transfer success rate, job placement rate, five Aspen Prize recognitions, and completion rate all reflect this,” Campbell stated. “Having enjoyable, very seriously fun, stimulating activities and events on campus is a part of this. Additionally, we are adding sports to our activities. We now have golf and eSports teams, with men’s and women’s cross country starting in Fall 2023, and women’s softball complete with a state-of-the art stadium starting in Fall 2024. Soccer and women’s volleyball may be added soon as well."
Career Tech Students Receive Over $690,000 in scholarships to NACC Northeast has been
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graduate earlier from high school and college. This is important to students and their families as well as the Alabama economy, in which there is a major shortage of jobs in some areas. For the 2022 fiscal year the college awarded $604,122 in career tech scholarships to high school students in Jackson County and $683,490 to high school students in DeKalb County. This was a total of
$1,287,612.
High priority programs include Machine Tool Technology, Welding, HVAC, STEM, Plumbing, Healthcare, and core courses in English, Mathematics, and Science appropriate to the major. For info about job training and workforce call 256-228-6001 ext. 2217 (Kerry Wright) , ext. 2254 (Seferina Valey), or ext. 2361 (Melissa Ledbetter).
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