Students from Baldwin Preparatory Academy in Loxley earned Skill Point Certificates at the 2026 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, where a record 7,000 students competed.
Tag: technical education
Coverage of technical education from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Mobile County
Bishop State Highlighted Mobile Demand for Technical Workers in 2009
Bishop State leaders said Mobile employers continued to need workers in air conditioning, refrigeration and electrical trades during the 2009 recession.
Calvert
Workforce Alliance Finished Its Plan and Went Looking for Someone to Run It
With a strategic plan complete and major industrial projects arriving in Mobile County, the South Alabama Regional Workforce Development Alliance opened a search for a director to carry the plan out.
Baldwin County
New Chancellor Bradley Byrne Sees Better Days Ahead for Bishop State and the Two-Year System
Chancellor Bradley Byrne said Alabama’s community colleges were living through the best of times and the worst of times, promising accountability while laying out plans for new Bishop State campuses in Mobile County.