MONTGOMERY, Alabama, June 6 (TNSfund) -- Alabama State University issued the following news: A $155,000-plus planned gift from a new member of Alabama State University's Marion Society has given access to education to first-generation students. "I am a first-generation high school and college graduate and a daughter of a Haitian immigrant. Alabama State definitely changed the trajectory of my life and my family's life. When I thought about my estate planning, I knew I wanted to include Alabama  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, June 6 (TNSper) -- Alabama State University issued the following news: Dr. Mary Soylu, Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, was recently appointed to two professional art organizations -- The Alabama Art Education Association's (AAEA) Board of Directors as EDI Chair and The National Art Education Association's Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (ED&I) Commission for the 2023-2025 term. The AAEA is a professional organization of art educators in Alabama affiliated with the Natio  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, June 6 (TNSfund) -- Alabama State University issued the following news: Alabama State University's Mental Health Professionals Program (MHSP) has just received federal dollars to train mental health professionals to address the growing national shortfall. ASU was awarded a five-year $5.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The announcement comes on the heels of a new CDC report that finds suicide deaths are on the rise among high school students and more  more

AUBURN, Alabama, June 6 (TNSper) -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: On June 1, Kurt Sasser was named Auburn Advancement's Chief Engagement Officer and Director of the Auburn Alumni Association. In his new role, Kurt will be responsible for growing and fostering meaningful connections with alumni, friends and stakeholders. "It is with great excitement I join the engagement team in Advancement," Sasser said. "I look forward to collaboratively, strategically, and innovativel  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, June 6 -- Northrop Grumman issued the following news release: Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2) system was successfully fielded in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, creating air and missile defense interoperability amongst the Baltic states, NATO and U.S. forces. FAAD C2 provides command and control for their collective short range air defense (SHORAD) systems to conduct counter unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) and  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: The digital age has been a tremendous boon to the fields of both statistics and astronomy. However, according to Dr. Max Bonamente, a professor of physics and astronomy at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), most astronomers are not sufficiently trained to realize the substantial benefits to be gained by putting these disciplines together. He and his colleagues are working to change all that   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute issued the following news: When summer stretches before many college undergraduates, they make plans: Spend time outdoors. Connect with friends. Catch up on screen time. For the 31 undergraduates participating in the 2023 Freshwater@UW Summer Research Scholars Program, those plans are the same, with slight alterations. The time outdoors is likely to be spent collecting field samples from a body of water. The  more