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J F Drake State Technical College

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J. F. Drake State Technical College is a two-year, state-supported, coed, vocational-technical college founded in 1961. J. F. Drake is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Associate in Applied Technology degree. Diplomas and certificates are also awarded. Drake Tech is located in northeastern Huntsville, home of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, the U.S. Army Missile Command, Strategic Defense Command, the Redstone Arsenal, and a host of high-technology industrial centers. The area is one of the fastest-growing engineering and technology centers in the South. Huntsville offers students access to museums, shopping, and fine restaurants. The College assists African-American students to find and contact predominantly African- American schools and colleges which provide educational opportunities that are best suited to the individual students academic achievement and financial resources.
• Profile last updated: 05/18/2009.

In the News:

• Drake State Technical College Projected To Revitalize Downtown Huntsville (WHNT-TV Huntsville)
  posted on January 13, 2010 at 12:53:07 am
  J.F. Drake State Technical College is expanding. College president Helen McAlpine said enrollment has doubled in the past year, so they're moving to one of downtown Huntsville's landmarks: the historic Huntsville Times building. Expansion at the school could mean the same for downtown business, which is struggling with vacant buildings.
• Continental workers prepare for closing (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 10:17:30 am
  Tamara Underwood, a tech operator at Continental Automotive Systems, finished her shift at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, but stayed on at the plant until 10 to check out job opportunities with local employers at Continental's education and career fair.
• Drake wins OK to use old Times Building (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 04:50:28 pm
  School officials said they need the extra space to handle recent enrollment increases but do not yet know how much of the building they will need to lease.
• College eyes location in downtown Huntsville (NBC 13 Birmingham)
  posted on September 8, 2009 at 09:58:44 am
  State Board of Education member Mary Jane Caylor of Huntsville says the state board could vote on the idea Sept. 24.
• Economy sends people to tech school; Drake's enrollment up almost 50 percent (The Huntsville Times)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 07:04:14 pm
  School officials say it's the sixth semester of double-digit increases.

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