Tag: April 2015
Higher Education
Click here to download and view the Higher Education section featured in the April 2015 issue.
APA Closes Doors – Alabama’s Mental Health Decline
This February, Alabama Psychiatric Services (APA) announced that it would permanently close its doors across the state, shutting 11 offices that served 28, 000 patients.
A...
Shelia Jackson Does It All – Troy’s Diva
Troy tourism is her career, but singing is in her heart.
Technology – Business Incubation Through Technology
Gone is the image of the university as an ivory tower, that metaphoric turret where professors and researchers labor in isolation far removed from...
Freetextbooks.com – Taming The High Price of Textbooks
Thirty-year-old Jonathan Robinson, founder of Birmingham-based Freetextbooks.com, has always liked looking for and finding ways to make money. But his entrepreneurial nature didn’t lead...
Intellectual Property – How to Protect and Mine Your IP
Intellectual property is a growing and increasingly important realm in the business world — but exactly what is intellectual property?
A short answer might be...
IDIE Awards 2015 – The Results Are In
The Alabama Chapter of the International Interior Design Association recently held its biennial IDIE awards, recognizing designers in 10 categories. The event was held...
Woodlawn Community: Birmingham’s Woodlawn Regenerates Itself
Tony Bayles, owner and chef of Bayles Catering in Birmingham’s Woodlawn community, gets to work early each morning — real early — usually around...
CCS: Company-Customized Continuing Education
A well-trained work force is essential in today’s competitive business environment. But it’s always a challenge to find the best training at the right...
Etowah and St. Clair counties Take The Spotlight
Etowah and St. Clair counties in north central Alabama have the enviable benefits of very easy interstate, rail and air access for business and industry,...