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Synovus Bank partners with ASU

Synovus Bank has partnered with Alabama State University Trio program to host its Youth Entrepreneurship initiative on campus.

The weeklong workshop started Monday and will end on Thursday, June 8th with a graduation.

Nancy Merolla, the Senior Vice President of Community Development says they are excited to be working with ASU's Trio program.

The program involves high school students from across the city.

Melanie began her career as a work study student, working in the areas of news reporting, anchoring and news-gathering. After graduating from Alabama State University, she worked as a production assistant at the local NBC affiliate, WSFA-TV. As a News Director at WVAS-FM, Melanie leads her team to produce award- winning newscasts and talk shows. Her professional achievements includes News Reporter of the Year for a number of years and awards for talk show producer, by the Alabama Broadcasters Association and the Associated Press. She is an active member of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. Her goals are to expand the reach of WVAS FM into more homes locally, regionally and nationally.