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Sci-Quest offers free general admission to active military families

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, May 23rd, 11:00 am

Today Sci-Quest, Hands-on Science Center announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and more than 1,300 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2011. Leadership support has been provided by MetLife Foundation through Blue Star Families. The complete list of participating museums is available at www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.

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Company donates $100,000 to Red Cross

Submitted by Kansas Marsh, Your Community Producer

Thursday, May 19th, 2011, 9:24pm

Huntsville Medical Products of Madison has donated $100,000 to support the American Red Cross' relief efforts for tornado victims in Alabama. Huntsville Medical Products, doing business as FMI Medical Instruments, has employees throughout Madison, Morgan, and Lawrence Counties.

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Calhoun students big winners in Alabama SkillsUSA competition

Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 19th, 10:24 am

Calhoun Students Big Winners in 2011 Alabama SkillsUSA Competition Several students from Calhoun Community College recently attended the Alabama SkillsUSA Leadership conference in Birmingham. The students participated in several competitions, bringing home four 1st place, six
2nd place and two 3rd place medals. The Calhoun winners were:

First Place Winners: Heath Hunter - Technical Drafting (Hazel Green) Brian West - Computer Maintenance Technology (Madison) Christopher Thomason - State Only-Men Hair (Decatur) Steven Carver - Internetworking (Harvest)

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ISDC career fair

Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 19th, 9:01 am

The ISDC career fair is this Friday from 10:00 am-5:00 pm. at the VBC East Hall #2 (next to the Ticket Office). So far there are 11 companies and counting confirmed to be there.

This career fair is free.

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Engineering summer camp

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 17th, 9:22 am

The University of Alabama in Huntsville will be offering an engineering summer camp this year for rising high school juniors and seniors.

The week-long day camp is designed for high school students interested in learning more about the challenging opportunities in the engineering profession. This unique camp incorporates active participation in a broad scope of learning experiences including "hands-on" lab experiments, group projects and lectures by engineering college faculty.

The 2011 camps will be offered July 11-15 on the UAHuntsville campus.

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"Safety-on-the-job" poster contest

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, May 16th, 2:37 pm

In honor of the American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) 9th annual kids' 'safety-on-the-job' poster contest and ASSE's 100th anniversary, Lamar Outdoor Advertising, in conjunction with CBS Outdoor and Clear Channel Outdoor, generously donated 15 large billboards featuring 11 winning posters in the hometowns of the young artists, some towns with multiple billboards of one winner. This was also in support of the annual North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week that took place May 1-7, aimed at increasing awareness of how to stay safe on the job. This is the third year in a row Lamar has supported NAOSH Week efforts, the poster contest and in bringing pride to the communities, as the billboards are located countrywide.

A student from Madison is one of the winners!

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International Space Development Conference career fair

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, May 16th, 8:55 am

The ISDC career fair will be held Friday, May 20th from 10am to 5pm at the East Hall 2 at the VBC.

The public is invited to attend and is free!

Two correspondents from the NHK General Bureau for America are traveling to the conference to effort a story about the space shuttle retirement, but more importantly on how the space program has affected generations of families. They will also be interviewing other companies that are attending or speaking at the conference.

The career fair is a featured activity of the National Space Society’s International Space Development Conference, however, it is a separate venue from the conference exhibit hall. Huntsville Space Professionals and Next Step in Space have joined to bring this opportunity to Huntsville to help mitigate the aerospace contractors who have lost their jobs.

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