NGCSU hosts annual Women & Leadership Conference March 3-5

DAHLONEGA – The 2004 Women and Leadership Conference at North Georgia College & State University will feature U.S. Navy Capt. Gail Harris on March 4 at 12:30 p.m. The event, free and open to the public, will take place in the Hoag Student Center Auditorium. She will address the audience on preparing women executives for the 21st century.

U.S. Navy Capt. Gail Harris

Harris was the first woman, and often the first African American, in every major military post she held. Recently retired, she was the highest-ranking African American female in the U.S. Navy. Harris earned her stripes in the intelligence community. Her wealth of leadership skills will provide the audience with essential insight and information.

Her experience includes hands-on leadership during every major conflict from El Salvador to Desert Storm to Kosovo, and most recently at the forefront of the Department of Defense's new challenge, Computer Network Operations (Defense and Attack).

The three-day conference, March 3-5, will feature other speakers and events as well.

Participants from around the world will offer such presentations as "Transformational vs. Traditional Leadership Styles," "Women in Leadership Roles: Why Are We in the Minority?" and "Perceptions of Female Leaders in Higher Education." NGCSU faculty members and students will wrap up the conference with presentations on Friday morning.

Sandee McGlaun

A dinner theater will take place March 4 in the Holly Theater featuring Sandee McGlaun performing "What A Doll." McGlaun's performance piece chronicles her love-hate relationship with the infamous and iconic Barbie. "What A Doll" features multiple stories told from a variety of perspectives with humor and self-reflection. McGlaun's stories critique the false expectations created by the cultural icon's unrealistic physique and reveal how play with Barbie dolls marks important rites of passage. The presentation acknowledges the ways in which Barbie encourages the exploration of sexual identity; and even honors the doll for the hours of happy play she represents.

North Georgia salutes women, past and present, in leadership as it celebrates the 30th anniversary of women in the Corps of Cadets at North Georgia. In 1973, nine female students donned the uniform to join the corps. Initially part of Headquarters Detachment, the all-female unit was named Foxtrot Company the next year and remained segregated until 1980, when women were integrated into the male units. Today, there are 65 female cadets at North Georgia serving in 23 leadership positions within the corps.

For dinner theatre registration, contact Karen Roop at 706/864-1545 or kcroop@ngcsu.edu. For all other information about the conference, contact Tanya Bennett at 864-1978 or tbennett@ngcsu.edu.

Cloning expert to speak at North Georgia

DAHLONEGA – A nationally recognized leader in cloning technology, Dr. Steven Stice, will present "Cloning Technology: The Real Story" at 7 p.m. on March 2 at North Georgia College & State University. The event will take place in the Hoag Student Center Auditorium and is free and open to the public.

Currently in the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Chair at the University of Georgia, Stice's research focuses on developing innovative animal cloning and stem cell technologies. He helped develop four of the human embryonic stem cell lines approved for NIH funding.

Stice received his B.S. degree in agricultural science at the University of Illinois in 1983, his M.S. from Iowa State University in 1985 and his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in 1989.
More information may be found at this Web link: http://www.uga.edu/gm/300/FeatBrave.html

GC and NGCSU celebrate 20-year partnership at reception

ABOVE: GC’s first President Hugh Mills joins GC President Martha Nesbitt and NGCSU President Emeritus John Owen in cutting the 20th anniversary cake.
RIGHT: (shown left to right) Gainesville College founding President Hugh Mills, NGCSU President Emeritus John Owen, GC President Martha Nesbitt, former GC President J. Foster Watkins and NGCSU President Nathaniel Hansford.

REMEMBER WHEN:  To celebrate the partnership of Gainesville College with North Georgia College & State University that began in 1984, five current and former presidents of those institutions of higher education were present at a reception on Jan. 27 in the GC Continuing Education/Performing Arts Center. Each of the administrators recognized the “pioneers” who originally organized the four-year degree programs on the two-year college campus. Currently, about 450 students are enrolled in the collaborative academic courses that have included nursing, business administration, education, public administration, criminal justice and computer information systems classes over the past 20 years.

North Georgia sets the pace for graduation rate

DAHLONEGA – North Georgia College & State University continued to be at the forefront of graduating the highest percentage of students among Georgia's 13 public state universities with 46.3 percent of students graduating within six years.

The Governor's Office of Student Achievement recently released its annual report card on Georgia's educational institutions and their students' performances.

University System of Georgia schools were "graded" on graduation and retention rates.

While North Georgia's graduation percentage fell slightly from last year's, which was 49 percent, it is still more than 10 percentage points above the closest state university. North Georgia's six-year graduation rate is the only state university rate above the university system's 41.3 percent average.

"The best part of North Georgia is its students and these reports simply validate their academic achievements," said NGCSU President Nathaniel Hansford.

Students who start at NGCSU and transfer to other schools within the university system have a 57.8 percent graduation rate, down from 62 percent last year, but the highest among Georgia's 13 state universities and the only one above the 48.8 percent system average.

The only institutions to outpace NGCSU in any of these areas are two of the three system research universities - the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

North Georgia's associate of science degree in nursing boasted better graduation percentages in a three-year timeframe, 29.6 percent,  than any of the system schools' combined associate's degree programs.
The Governor's Office of Student Achievement is the new name for the former Office of Education Accountability that was established July 1, 2000, by the state law known as the A Plus Education Act. While the name has changed, the OSA mandate still focuses on improving student achievement and improving school completion.

For the complete report card, go online to http://reportcard.gaosa.org/

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