In continued partnership with West Alabama Works, Shelton State Community College hosted the fourth annual WOW Career Expo in October of 2018. The goal of the annual WOW Career Expo is to attract youth to careers. More than 4,000 eighth grade students and hundreds of high school students in the West Alabama area attended the event and explored career opportunities for their future.

Along with WOW, Worlds of Work Varsity hosted area high school students while they learned about high-paying career opportunities and met with potential employers.

At the second WOW 2.0, industry connected again with West Alabama students. Through career discovery and interaction with potential employers, students learned more about opportunities available in the West Alabama area. Additionally, students learned about dual enrollment, apprenticeships, and options at the four-year college level.

With events held in both the fall and spring semesters, the College hosted prospective students and families on the Martin and C.A. Fredd Campuses for annual Preview Night sessions.

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All athletic programs at Shelton State enjoyed great success during the 2018-19 academic year. A community-wide celebration was held on June 13 to acknowledge their hard work.

The Shelton State Alumni Association presented The Comedy of Dr. Allen Mallory on April 22. The event benefitting Alumni Association scholarships for adult students raised closed to $5,000.

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“Our members were incredibly enthusiastic about this event,” said Kevin Windham, Phi Theta Kappa sponsor. “In addition to the benefits to the organization through fundraising, this is an excellent way for us to be a contributing part of our community.”

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Shelton State’s Terrific Tuesday Concert Series is designed to showcase a variety of repertory styles. Weekly performances are offered by guest artists as well as Shelton State faculty and students. The artists listed below were this year’s guest participants.

The Capstone Quintet

Jennifer Griffith Cowgill

Lynn Faulkner

Dr. Roderick George

Luvada Harrison

The Honea Strings

The LeBaron Trio

Alfonso Lopez

Dr. Jovanni-Rey V. De Pedro

Eun-Hee Park

Dr. Edisher Savitski

Diane Boyd Schultz

Dr. Michelle Tabor

Ruth Washington Mayhew

Part of Shelton State’s designation as the Community College of the Fine Arts for the state of Alabama, the visual arts department focuses on instruction in art techniques and processes engaging students in creative thinking, self-exploration, and critical evaluation. Courses are designed to provide students with a strong foundation in studio arts and art history. The art program offers experience for students pursuing transfer to a four-year college program, art careers, and/or personal enrichment.

Exhibitions are held at various times throughout the year. For the 2018-19 year, the follow exhibitions appeared in the Cadence Bank Art Gallery on the Martin Campus

Java, Melanin, & Flora

Fall and Spring Student Art Exhibitions

Best of SSCC Student Art

SSCC Faculty/Staff Art Show

A series of eight short scenes about love, loss, and communication, Shelton State’s theatre students presented Almost, Maine.

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In cooperation with the Arts and Humanities Council of Tuscaloosa, Theatre Tuscaloosa presented A Festival of One Acts in March. An official Alabama Bicentennial event, the festival celebrated the state’s cultural heritage.

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Salon and Spa Management students presented their annual hair show on March 7. This year’s runway featured do-it-yourself fashion trends designed to leave wearers speechless, but not penniless. Fashion pieces were created from unexpected items and incorporated into dresses and headwear.

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A College-wide event since 1990, the Health and Wellness Fair provided information on medicine, fitness, disease prevention, health, beauty, sports, nutrition, and community service agencies.

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Shelton State’s chapter of Collegiate 100® hosted special events to commemorate Black History Month.

On February 19, 2019, “Songs of Unity: a Black History Musical” was presented at the Martin Campus Atrium.  On February 20, 2019, the group hosted guest speaker Dr. Utz McKnight, Chair of The University of Alabama’s Gender and Race Studies Department, at “Putting the Pieces Together: a Black History Program” in the Martin Campus Atrium.

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Homecoming 2019 was held February 4-19. The celebratory week culminated with women’s and men’s basketball games and the crowing of the 2019 Homecoming King.

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More than 150 elementary and middle school VEX IQ Challenge students and mentors from around Alabama united at the Shelton State Community College Martin Campus on February 16 for the VEX IQ Challenge Next Level tournament. The action-packed event featured more than 60 teams who collaborated with other schools in a series of back-to-back robot challenges.

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Twenty-six schools from West Alabama competed at 7th Shelton’s BEST Robotics Competition in October 2018.  The year’s theme, “Current Events,” highlighted the impact pollution has on the ocean and the planet.

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The College hosted area kindergarten students at the Martin Campus for a morning of Halloween fun with faculty, staff, and student athletes.

For their spring service project, Shelton State Ambassadors collected new and gently used books to benefit the College’s Adopt-a-School partner, Englewood Elementary School.

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In an effort to be a part of the West Alabama community, SSARCS volunteered at the Community Soup Bowl Kitchen and donated roughly 100 cans of food to the food pantry.

The Alabama Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges held their annual math tournament on the Martin Campus.

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