From the West Alabama Newsroom– Wallace Community College Selma — and Craig Field Airport & Industrial Authority — partnered to host the 14th Annual Aviation Day in Selma. Aviation Day brings students from all over the Black Belt — out to Craig Field — to learn about the aviation industry. Students get an up-close look into the industry at the…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Wallace Community College Selma hosted a hundreds of high students for Manufacturing Day — at its technical training center in Demopolis. Students from a dozen area high schools attended the event. They learned about some of the career options that are available at local industries. “We’re just trying to expose them to the opportunities that’s…
Wallace Community College-Selma will soon welcome a new president.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Hundreds of students from around the Black Belt were at Craig Field in Selma yesterday — for Aviation Day 2024. Aviation Day is sponsored by Wallace Community College Selma — and Craig Field Airport and Industrial Authority. Students got a chance to tour and explore over a dozen different planes and helicopters. There were also…
The annual Martin and Coretta King Unity Breakfast is a highlight for many people during the Jubilee, and it features national and international leaders as speakers.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Hundreds of high school seniors get exposed to some of high-paying career opportunities that exist in the workforce for people who are skilled in a trade. Calhoun High School senior Deshanna Mason — is planning to join the military after graduation. But the kind of pay she heard was available for people — skilled in…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The new $4.7 million dollar West Alabama Regional Training Center is set to open in the coming weeks. It’s the state’s newest workforce training center. A ribbon-cutting and tour of the facility was held Wednesday. “All of our technical programs and all of our workforce development training will be done here in this building,” said…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The road to obtaining a bachelor’s degree — just got a little easier for some community college students in Selma. Wallace Community College Selma signed memorandums of understanding with Miles College in Fairfield — and South University in Savannah, Georgia. “It means greater access and opportunity for our students who choose to go on to…
FILE – In this March 7, 1965, file photo, a state trooper swings a billy club at John Lewis, right foreground, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, to break up a civil rights voting march in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo/File) The Martin & Coretta King Unity Breakfast in Selma is one of the few in-person events to mark the…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The annual Martin and Coretta King Unity Breakfast in Selma — will include a special feature this year — that will recognize four notable civil rights leaders. It was announced last week — that this year — the Unity Breakfast — would be a drive-in event. It’ll take place in the parking lot at Wallace…
