Looking to advance your computer and technology skills – skills that employers value? Apply for ASU’s College of Education’s Masters of Science in Applied Technology, the only applied technology program in the area. 

Prospective students have the option of completing the program online or in the classroom.

ASU’s Masters of Science in Applied Technology program is designed to bridge the technological gap and open pathways to jobs in such settings as education, health, private industry and government. 

Dr. Necoal Driver, chair of Instructional Support Programs, said the applied technology program is an innovative approach to addressing the technological needs within the workforce.

“It has made us a more global functioning community that enables us to be more mobile and instantaneous with our communication,” Driver said.

Graduates receive an M.S.

Got ants?  Tired of ladybug invasions in the fall?  Brought home bed bugs from your last trip?  Alabama Cooperative Extension professionals will moderatre a free webinar series that will take on all of these topics.  In 2013, most of the webinars will be on fire ants and other invasive ant specias.  Other topics for the year include bed bugs and various insects that invade homes each autumn.

Alabama Extension entomologist Dr. Kathy Flanders says these free webinars are designed for homeowners and the general public.

"We will provide them wilth sound, research-based management solutions for these pests from some of the best experts around the country," she says.  "The webinars are specifically for ordinary people wno need answers they can use."

"Participating is as simple as clicking on a web link."

Each webinar will begin at 1 p.m.

Alabama Department of Labor Commissioner Tom Surtees announced today that Alabamians receiving Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits can expect to see a 12.8% reduction in benefits for weeks beginning April 28 through September 30. The cuts are due to mandated federal budget cuts, known as sequestration.

In most cases, Alabamians receiving regular unemployment compensation benefits, or those who have been unemployed for 26 weeks or less, will not be impacted by the cuts. This is because the State of Alabama is responsible for paying claims for up to the first 26 weeks with unemployment insurance taxes collected from employers.