Alcoa Aluminews February 2015

Alcoa Foundation seeks applicants for summer field research expeditions

BLOUNT PARTNERSHIP CHAMBER OF COMMERCE- This summer, Alcoa Foundation will sponsor educators in Alcoa communities to participate in hands-on scientific research expeditions with EarthWatch Institute’s Teach Earth fellowship program….

Punching the clock

DAILY POST-ATHENIAN- Today’s Tennesseans, while not totally abandoning their agricultural heritage, have moved into an age of advanced technology and global competition symbolized by electronics, chemical production, and automobile manufacturing….

ALCOA report sends Wall Street signals and brings smiles

DAILY TIMES- He who laughs last laughs best – or so the saying goes. Well, ALCOA hasn’t gotten the last laugh at the folks over at Dow Jones who kicked the company off its listing of the bluest of the blue-chip stocks – the Dow Jones Industrial Average….

New workforce training program opening in Blount

KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL- Officials are preparing to launch the fourth round of training classes under the Youth Workforce Readiness Training and Internship Program that’s designed to help younger workers hone employment skills and maintain jobs in the field of manufacturing….

Alcoa offering scholarship

KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL- Since 1953, the Sons and Daughters Scholarship Program has recognized outstanding academic achievement, leadership, volunteerism, and community service. Nearly 4,000 students have received more than $20 million in scholarship funds….

ALCOA Inc. safety program generates funds for Toys for Blount County

DAILY TIMES- Thanks to the Alcoa Inc. safety program, $11,500 was donated to Junior Service League’s Toys for Blount County project…

ALCOA unveils next-generation aluminum technology

DAILY TIMES- ALCOA unveiled Thursday breakthrough manufacturing technology, the ALCOA Micromill, that the company said will manufacture the most advanced aluminum sheet on the market….

Foothills Land Conservancy heads for new conservation easement record

DAILY TIMES- …The conservancy has also ventured into protecting natural lands through a $5,000 grant, made possible by the American Forests and ALCOA Foundation’s Partnership for Trees initiative, used to plant 3,200 native trees and shrubs across the East Tennessee region….