Sexual assault speaker at NGCSU March 9

DAHLONEGA –  The NGCSU Women and Leadership Committee and Project Dignity will present Anna Robertson of the Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault, a non-profit coalition which provides support to 21 rape crisis centers, on March 9 at 12:30 p.m. in the Gloria Shott Performance Hall, located in the Nix Mountain Cultural Center on the campus of North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega. Robertson's presentation, "The Role of State Coalitions in Addressing Sexual Assault in Society," includes the importance of prevention education on university campuses and identifying referral sources to victims. The event is free and open to the public. For more information call 706-864-1446 or e-mail kadolan@ngcsu.edu.

Academic lecture on ‘Southern Identity’ Feb. 22 at NGCSU

Jim Cobb

DAHLONEGA –  The North Georgia College & State University Hoag Lecture series for 2006 will present author Jim Cobb, who holds a doctorate in history and is the Spalding Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Georgia, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. on the Dahlonega campus in the Hoag Student Center Auditorium. He has written and lectured widely on the interaction of economy, society, and culture in the American South. A reception will take place in the Adams Great Room after Cobb’s lecture “Southern Identity in a Global Society.” Cobb teaches courses in Southern history and culture at UGA and is a former president of the Southern Historical Association. His books include “The Selling of The South: The Southern Crusade for Industrial Development, 1936-1990,” “The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity” and “Old South, New South, No South: A History of Southern Identity.” The event is free and open to the public. For more information call 706-864-1949.

Students named to President's List at NGCSU 

DAHLONEGA – For their academic performances during fall semester 2005, the following students were named to the North Georgia College & State University President’s List.

Students achieving a 4.0 grade point average and carrying 12 or more credit hours in one semester are placed on the President’s List.

For a list of the students, see the President's List.

Students named to Dean's List at NGCSU 

DAHLONEGA – For their academic performances during fall semester 2005, the following students were named to the Dean’s List at North Georgia College & State University. 

Students who achieve a 3.5 grade point average or better carrying 12 or more credit hours in one semester are placed on the Dean’s List.

For a list of the students, see the Dean's List.

North Georgia confers more than 200 degrees during fall graduation

DAHLONEGA – North Georgia College & State University conferred 219 graduate and undergraduate degrees during the December 2005 commencement.

North Georgia College & State University is a public, co-educational, comprehensive university, as well as the Military College of Georgia – one of only six senior military colleges in the nation. North Georgia offers the only minor in leadership among public universities in the state. The university, founded in 1873 in Dahlonega, enrolls almost 5,000 students and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 50 academic and professional fields.

For a list of the students who received degrees, see the graduation list.

Spring war film series at North Georgia

DAHLONEGA – The North Georgia College & State University Cultural Events Committee announces the 2006 Spring Film Festival: "Forgotten Wars, Forgotten Heroes: Films About World War I and the Korean Conflict."

The films to be presented are the original “All Quiet on the Western Front” (1930), Stanley Kubrick's “Paths of Glory” (1957), the original “A Farewell to Arms” (1932), “MASH” (1970), and “Pork Chop Hill” (1959).

The first film playing is “All Quiet on the Western Front” (1930). Lewis Milestone directs Eric Maria Remarque's classic anti-war novel, which becomes a powerful and touching film about a young German soldier's journey of hope and dispair during the last year of World War I. The movie will be shown at 7 p.m. in Shott Auditorium. Dr. Kevin M. Mace, NGCSU's director of Speech and Drama, will host the film screening.

The film festival is open to the public and admission is free. For more information, please contact Mace at 706-867-2760 or kmace@ngcsu.edu.

Complete listing of film screenings at NGCSU:

"Forgotten Wars, Forgotten Heroes: Films About World War I and the Korean Conflict"

Jan. 26, 2006 at 7 p.m. in Shott Auditorium: “All Quiet on the Western Front”

Feb. 9, 2006 at 7 p.m. in Hoag Auditorium: “Paths of Glory”

Feb. 23, 2006 at 7 p.m. in Hoag Auditorium: “A Farewell to Arms”

March 2, 2006 at 7 p.m. in Shott Auditorium: “MASH”

April 13, 2006 at 7 p.m. in Shott Auditorium: “Pork Chop Hill”

NGCSU celebrates Black History Month with national dance group, month-long events

	Kuumba House Dance Theatre

DAHLONEGA – The Kuumba House Dance Theatre, a national performing arts group, will perform at North Georgia College & State University on Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Hoag Student Center Auditorium. The theatre group performs a repertoire of South African, West and East African traditional and contemporary dances.

Kuumba House is a performing arts company that preserves, creates, teaches and presents the cultural experience of African art forms through dance, theatre, music and other creative expression.

Kuumba House Dance Theatre has been performing and bringing dance education to different parts of the United States for nearly two decades. The programs promote understanding of African cultural art forms and creative expression. The organization is committed to providing activities that develop self-expression, enhance self-worth and further community collaborations.

For more information on the Feb. 16 event at NGCSU, call 706-864-1643.

NGCSU’s month-long Black History events also include:

“Black Eyed Susan: Surviving Multiple Minority Status in the United States” – panel discussion with folk singer and activist Doria Roberts

Feb. 9, 12:30 p.m., Hoag Auditorium

Doria Roberts’ live concert

Feb. 9, 8 p.m., Crimson Moon Café on the Dahlonega Square

NGCSU students free with ID, $10 general admission

Celebrating African-American/black writers                    

Poetry Reading & Reception

Feb. 17, 12:30 p.m., Hoag Auditorium

African-American/black history movies

“Eyes on the Prize” and other selected films

Feb. 23, 12:30 p.m., Hoag Auditorium

Events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 706-864-1949.

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