Garland Pinholster honored by North Georgia

Garland Pinholster

DAHLONEGA –  During Parents-Alumni Weekend at North Georgia College & State University in April, the NGCSU Alumni Association honored Garland F. Pinholster by naming him to the 2005 Hall of Fame. The award is presented annually to alumni who have distinguished themselves through outstanding professional careers or outstanding contributions to community service.

A member of the state Transportation Board, Pinholster also served as a state representative from Cherokee County, was the owner of a chain of grocery stores, was once ranked No. 4 by the Southern Lawn Tennis Association, was a college administrator, a high school and college basketball coach, an author and a soldier.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from North Georgia in 1949 before serving in the U.S. Army, then coaching high school basketball.

Pinholster became a sports legend at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, where he coached basketball for a decade, beginning in 1956. He was known as a coach who brought races together on a basketball court, while across the South there was still segregation in schools. He took special pride that all of his team players graduated. He was selected to coach the 1963 U.S.A. Pan American team, which won the gold medal.

With four straight conference championships and being named Coach of the Year for four years at Oglethorpe, Pinholster, became athletic director at that university. He received his doctorate in education from Louisiana State University in 1970 and advanced to dean of administration and a professor at Oglethorpe.

In 1972, he ventured into business for 16 years as owner and president of Matthews Supermarkets in Atlanta. Elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1990, Pinholster was chairman of the minority caucus in 2000 until his retirement in 2004. He was a Republican “Legislator of the Year” and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Oglethorpe and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Reinhardt College, where he serves on the Board of Trustees.

Born in Clyattville, Ga., and raised in Ray City, Pinholster has written five books on the art of defensive basketball and is a member of the Georgia State Athletic Hall of Fame. He and his wife, the former Darsa Hayes, live in Ball Ground in a log cabin on the Etowah River. They raised five children.

NGCSU Alumni honor Jack Anthony and Barbara DeMarco Williams

Jack Anthony

DAHLONEGA –  During Parents-Alumni Weekend at North Georgia College & State University in April, the NGCSU Alumni Association presented Distinguished Alumni Awards to two individuals who have exhibited “an extraordinary record of service and support to North Georgia.”

John D. Anthony Jr., better known as “Jack,” of Dahlonega won one of the plaques and Barbara DeMarco Williams of Atlanta accepted the other award.

Anthony graduated from North Georgia in 1951 with a degree in physics. After service in the U.S. Army, he worked for the DuPont Company for 33 years in South Carolina and Delaware. Anthony earned his master’s degree in electrical engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Penn. He returned to Dahlonega after retiring in 1988 and has been active in the community and on campus since then. He serves on the Holly Theatre Board, has been on the Chamber of Commerce Board, was the county’s volunteer disaster chairman for the American Red Cross and is active in the Rotary Club. Anthony served on the NGCSU Alumni Council, is active with the “Friends are Forever” alumni group and the NGCSU Athletic Association. While taking classes in photography at the university, he published his photographic book, “Dahlonega, A Special Place.” He has won photographic awards and is active in the Dahlonega Arts Council, the Dawsonville Arts Group, the Quinlan Arts Center and the Atlanta Photography Group. Anthony is married to the former June Malcom, a North Georgia graduate of 1954. They are the parents of two daughters and have five grandchildren.

	Barbara DeMarco Williams

Williams earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration at North Georgia in 1973. She has served as secretary, vice president and president of the NGCSU Alumni Council. Married to John Williams and living in Atlanta, she stayed at home to raise their two sons for 11 years, and then returned to the insurance industry. She has a certificate in general insurance and is completing her CPCU Insurance designation. Williams served as chair of the School Advisory Council for High Point Elementary School, a member of the Fulton County Superintendent’s Advisory Council, in PTA positions, as Women’s Guild president of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, as a Cub Scout den leader, a Boy Scout volunteer and was an Atlanta Olympic games volunteer.

Other awards presented by the Alumni Association at the April 16 banquet include the Young Alumni Award to Dr. Marc Cutright and the 2005 Hall of Fame Award to Garland F. Pinholster.

Marc Cutright wins North Georgia alumni award

Marc Cutright

DAHLONEGA –  The Alumni Association of North Georgia College & State University honored Marc Cutright of Signal Mountain, Tenn., with the Young Alumni Award during Parents-Alumni Weekend in April.

Cutright, an associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education at Ohio University, holds a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Lindenwood College and received his master’s in secondary education degree from NGCSU in 1988. His 1999 doctorate in leadership studies with a higher education concentration is from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He was a Fulbright Scholar to the University of Calgary during that time.

He has a background of more than 20 years in higher education, concentrated in institutional advancement. He was director of University Relations at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1992-1999, and the public affairs director for North Georgia College, 1984-1992, among other positions.  

Cutright is the editor of “Chaos Theory and Higher Education: Leadership, Planning, and Policy,” published in 2001. He is co-author of a book published this year, “Achieving and Sustaining Excellence in the First College Year.”

At OU, Cutright directs the Enrollment Associates Program, a service for first-year students. He teaches in the graduate higher education programs and is developing a higher education leadership and management program for Ghana.

His wife Carol is a hospital ethics officer, and they are the parents of two daughters, Kyle and Drew.

Students named to President's List at NGCSU 

DAHLONEGA – For their academic performances during spring 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 spring 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.

NGCSU confers more than 500 degrees during spring graduation

DAHLONEGA – North Georgia College & State University conferred 538 graduate and undergraduate degrees, during the May 2005 commencement.

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

Graduation day at North Georgia

DAHLONEGA –  In his first commencement address as president of North Georgia College & State University, Dr. David Potter addressed 538 graduates in two ceremonies on Saturday, May 7.

The events took place in the Memorial Gymnasium, which was standing-room-only with families and friends cheering for the undergraduate and graduate students, whose ages ranged from 20 to 62.

“We believe that your success rests on taking from this college a commitment to and an appreciation of learning itself, as a life-sustaining and life-fulfilling force,” Potter said.

Dr. David Potter

“Learning is an essential human activity, a unique blessing we enjoy more than any other living species. Our human potential requires that we cultivate that gift.”

To guide their lifelong learning, he advised the new NGCSU alumni to “make the foundation of your learning the pursuit of vocation, citizenship and character.”

Travel to an Alpine Christmas with North Georgia

DAHLONEGA – The Continuing Education staff of North Georgia College & State University has planned an eight-day journey, open to the public, exploring the European Christmas Markets in Innsbruck, Oberammergau in the Bavarian Alps, Salzburg, Austria, and Munich, Germany.

Alumni and friends of North Georgia have already begun registering for the Alpine Christmas tour, which begins on Dec. 1, 2005. Jane O’Gorman, the director of Continuing Education, said anyone interested in participating is welcome.

“This trip has been carefully chosen for its quality, exciting destinations, educational component and interesting itineraries,” said O’Gorman. “We are pleased to work with travel partners who have been selected for their established reputations, exclusive educational programs, proven dependability and superior customer service.”

Colette Travel Services, with more than 80 years of experience in arranging tours around the world, has organized the trip. Prices range from $1,729 to $2,009, including round-trip airfare from Atlanta.

The Austria-Germany expedition is the first planned for a new NGCSU Travel Abroad Program, coordinated through Continuing Education and Alumni Affairs. For more information, visit Continuing Education’s Web page at www.ngcsu.edu/ce or call 706-864-1918.

Lady Saints basketball honored with Georgia senate resolution

	Some members of the Lady Saints basketball team with Head Coach Buffie Burson and NGCSU President David Potter.

DAHLONEGA – Senate resolution 614 passed this spring by Sens. John Douglas and Chip Pearson honored the Lady Saints basketball team for yet another successful season on the hardwood.

This is the third resolution passed in the Georgia General Assembly honoring the North Georgia women’s basketball team. The Georgia House of Representatives honored the Lady Saints in 2001 and 2004 after their stellar seasons. 

“I was glad to recognize the continued excellence of the Lady Saints,” said Douglas. “As on the only North Georgia graduate in the Senate it was my honor to congratulate them. I wish them the best in the coming years and hope to recognize more success.” 

Sen. John Douglas

Resolution 614 highlights the many of the Lady Saints’ accomplishments this season in which they finished with a 25-7 overall record. The resolution also congratulates the women’s team on their fourth consecutive conference championship, seventh consecutive trip to the NAIA National Tournament, and a 112-26 record over the past four years. The Senate also commended the team for its “hard work, determination, and exemplary sportsmanship among this outstanding group of young ladies.”

Its final paragraph states: “Now, therefore, be it resolved by the senate that the members of this body join in congratulating the North Georgia College & State University women’s basketball team on their fourth Southern States Athletic Conference tournament championship and on their outstanding performance during this memorable season.”

Pearson said of the resolution, “It was an honor to congratulate each of these young ladies in the Senate this past session on a job well done.  I firmly believe in recognizing the accomplishments of our youth.” He added, “I am very proud of the team, of their coaches, and of their parents for both their dedication, and their sportsmanship.”

Douglas is a 1976 graduate of North Georgia College & State University where he was a member of the Corp of Cadets. Upon the completion of his degree in political science from NGCSU, he entered the United States Army and served from 1977 to 1994. He was first elected to the Georgia State Senate from the 17th District in 2004. He currently serves on four Senate committees: the Veterans and Military Affairs, Science and Technology, Education and Youth, and Transportation.

Pearson represents the 51st District out of Dawsonville and is a graduate of fellow conference member Shorter College. Pearson has resided in Dawson Country for 16 years and served four years as the chairman of the Dawson County Republican Party. He is currently the secretary of the Transportation Committee as well as serving on the Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Regulated Industries and Utilities, and Appropriations Committees.

Head Coach Buffie Burson said of the honor, "It is a great honor for our entire program to be recognized in such a unique way. It was even more special to have North Georgia Alum, Sen. John Douglas, present the resolution to our team at the NGCSU alumni banquet. What a way to finish out such a wonderful season!"

A complete copy of the bill can be found on the Georgia General Assembly’s Web site at www.legis.state.ga.us.

Commencement at North Georgia on May 7

DAHLONEGA –  North Georgia College & State University will graduate more than 500 undergraduate and 60 graduate-level students in two ceremonies on May 7 in the Memorial Hall Gymnasium in Dahlonega. The commencement speaker is NGCSU President David Potter, North Georgia’s new chief executive who took office in January.

Stefanie Turner

Degree candidates from the Schools of Education and Natural & Health Sciences will walk at 1 p.m. and at 4:30 p.m. degrees will be conferred on candidates from the Schools of Arts & Letters and Business & Government. Ten NGCSU graduates will also commission into the U.S. Army at a 10 a.m. ceremony on May 7 in the Health & Natural Sciences Auditorium.
 

Among the graduates is Stefanie Turner of Baldwin, Ga., receiving her degree in early childhood education. Turner will start her new career in the fall, teaching 5th grade students in Hall County. Alpha Delta Kappa, an international Honorary Sorority for women Educators, recognized her in April for her excellence in the field of teacher education. The group presented Turner with a $500 scholarship, which she plans to use to buy classroom supplies for her students. Turner will continue her own schooling next year with a master’s degree in education at NGCSU.

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