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June 2003 News
Accreditation continues for physical therapy program DAHLONEGA – The Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education has approved continued accreditation of North Georgia College & State University's graduate physical therapy education program. The 11-year-old program, enrolling 72 students this academic year, was the second graduate program at the university. The CAPTE report stated that "through the process of self study, revision, and submission of Progress Reports, the program has met all of the requirements for compliance with the intent of the 1998 Evaluative Criteria for Accreditation of Education Programs for the Preparation of Physical Therapists.” Physical therapy's next self-study report and on-site review won’t take place again until 2009. Drs. Bob Laird and Frank Fearon wrote and submitted North Georgia’s program report, and Fearon served as the review coordinator. |
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LANDMARK: A piece of North Georgia College & State University history, the 1902
three-inch breech gun, or cannon, returned to its old home on the
university’s Retreat Triangle this month after a four-year absence, and a
$4,500 restoration project, sponsored by the North Georgia Parents’
Association. The wooden wheels on the cannon had deteriorated and the NGPA,
under the leadership of Barney Poole, raised the funds to replicate the
wheels with two die-cast aluminum replacements. The NGPA donated $2,000 with
additional contributions coming from alumni and students. The cannon has
been on campus since at least 1969, according to Col. Tom Palmer, commandant
of cadets, who was a student at the time. The other cannon, a 75 mm pack
howitzer, now outside the military science department, will still “sound”
reveille and retreat when it is fired every weekday. The century-old cannon
will be on display at the triangle until a permanent home is found. Retired
Master Sgt. Al Nowak, commandant’s office, pressure washed the triangle’s
brick foundation after the cannon was set up. |
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Forsyth residents show interest in university classes and degree programs DAHLONEGA – A survey of Forsyth County residents resulted in more than 900 responses about college and university courses offered in the local area. Donna Gessell, director of Graduate Studies and External Programs at North Georgia College & State University, said information gathered by the recent survey will help the university plan for higher education classrooms needed in Forsyth County and for the academic programs offered to local residents interested in enrolling in courses leading to college degrees. “Especially intriguing are the times people report that they are interested in taking classes,” Gessell said. “More than 33 percent of respondents indicated that they would attend a program offered eight hours a day every other Friday and Saturday, and 46 percent said they would attend a program offered eight hours a day every other Saturday and Sunday.” Although intensive weekend programs are not yet listed on the Forsyth program’s class schedule, Gessell said university administrators at NGCSU and at Gainesville College are considering providing weekend courses plus those academic areas of study requested by the county’s interested citizens. The courses most often requested include teacher education, languages, computer sciences, English, business, mathematics and psychology. The most requested academic degree programs are business, teacher education, computer sciences, nursing, psychology and languages. The most popular times for scheduling classes, as reported by the survey respondents were: Weekdays 6-10 p.m.; Saturdays 8-noon; and Weekdays 4-8 p.m. Gessell said that 30,300 surveys were sent by mail to local residential addresses, with 943 completed surveys returned. Mike Weaver, a former principal of all three Forsyth County high schools, works part-time as an on-site coordinator for NGCSU programs in the Board of Education building and at area high schools. |
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Tom Murphy receives honorary doctorate from his alma mater
DAHLONEGA – It was 62 years ago when 17-year-old Tom Murphy first set foot on the campus of North Georgia College in Dahlonega. Without the young student’s knowledge or consent, Murphy’s father had enrolled him in the institution also known as the Military College of Georgia. Today, Murphy, 79, says it was the best thing that ever happened to him, because he needed the discipline that the college’s Corps of Cadets provided. He graduated on May 9, 1943. After 42 years in the Georgia Legislature, 29 as Speaker of the House, Murphy returned to his alma mater on Saturday to accept an honorary doctorate of political science from the institution now known as North Georgia College & State University. With overflowing crowds in the gymnasium on campus, Murphy also served as the commencement speaker for two separate ceremonies as NGCSU awarded degrees to 440 students. “You are at one of the stars in the crown that is the University System of Georgia,” Murphy said. “Georgia is one of the greatest states in the nation, and to be honest with you, I think we’re the ‘California’ of the future.” He encouraged the graduates to stay in Georgia. “Take our failures of the past and make them your successes of the future. Take your wonderful education and your God–given talents to make this nation a better nation and a better world for future generations. I have no doubt in your ability to do this.” “Tom Murphy has served as a leader in state government, Georgia politics, and in his community for over five decades,” said NGCSU President Nathaniel Hansford in conferring on Murphy the honorary doctorate. “He has demonstrated the true characteristics of leadership.” Murphy, enjoying a semi-retirement except for some work in his law practice in his hometown of Bremen, Ga., said in his closing remarks, “As far as I am concerned, I am out of political office. This will be, as far as I’m concerned, my last public appearance anywhere except in the courtroom.” The second oldest university in the University System of Georgia, North Georgia was established in 1873 and was the first public university in the state to enroll and graduate women, with a woman included its first graduating class in 1878. Women have been part of North Georgia’s ROTC program since 1973. The university is one of only six senior military institutions in the nation. This semester, 51 of the university’s more than 4,200 students were called to active duty during the war with Iraq, along with two faculty members. On Saturday morning before graduation, 15 cadets were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army. |
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NGCSU student research benefits state tourism DAHLONEGA – Cultural arts in the north Georgia area will gain new exposure through a regional marketing effort being developed by the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism, thanks in part to the research of 33 North Georgia College & State University education majors.
Alice Sampson’s social studies methods class investigated and gathered information on more than 350 artists and historical sites found in more than 30 counties in the Georgia Appalachian region for the project. Plans are for a historical and cultural heritage trail through north Georgia traveling along the Appalachian Foothills Parkway, designated by the Georgia Department of Transportation, connecting Dalton in northwest Georgia and Lavonia in the northeast. “This effort by North Georgia students to gather the information on cultural and historical resources has helped lay the project’s foundation,” said Cheryl Smith, the regional tourism representative for the GDITT. The research being gathered will be used to develop a Web site and other marketing tools for the trail. “It will allow tourists to locate artisans, studios, craft galleries, gardens, parks and places of historical interest,” Sampson said. Future classes will build upon the students’ research, which also will be utilized by the university’s Georgia Appalachian Development Center, which helps small businesses, community-development groups and tourism associations market their organizations. The GADC will use the material to develop a Web site for the Georgia Mountain Cultural Alliance, a group of businesses and agencies dedicated to promoting the heritage and culture of the Appalachian Mountain region through networking, education and marketing design. |
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