The Alabama Experience interactive exhibit helped enhance the weekend’s career and workforce focus.
Thousands came to Montgomery ahead of and over the Labor Day holiday to enjoy HBCU Classic Week – a succession of events, activities and football matchups celebrating historically Black institutions Alabama State University, Tuskegee University, Fort Valley State University, and Southern University.
In addition to two football games, the week featured educational programming and STEM-related (science, technology, engineering and math) sessions for high school and college students.
New this year was the addition of the Alabama Experience, or ALEX, a mobile, immersive and interactive exhibit that offers information about rewarding career opportunities across the state. ALEX deployed twice during HBCU Classic Week – on Alabama State’s campus during a pep rally Aug. 28 (the school hosted Southern in the Labor Day Classic on Saturday), and then at Montgomery’s Cramton Bowl…
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