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NGCSU In The News – Archives
February 2008
On February 23, the Environmental Leadership Center at North Georgia College & State University hosted a grand opening for its new Predator Beetle Lab, designed for researchers to raise beetles to help preserve the hemlock tree population of north Georgia. [Full story...]
North Georgia College & State University plans to start a master of business administration degree program in August at Cumming City Hall. The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents approved the business program last spring. [Full story...]
In her 11 years at Brenau University, Anna Wilkins hasn’t seen a flu season like this one. ...The number of flu cases at North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega has increased to 117 this year from 12 last year. [Full story...]
Max Burns, dean of the Mike Cottrell School of Business at North Georgia College & State University, began his new role on Feb. 1. Burns stepped into the position with more than 20 years of experience in higher education. [Full story...]
The top floor of Cumming City Hall soon will become home to a new program for North Georgia College & State University. The Dahlonega school's new masters of business administration program, TeamMBA, is expected to begin at the downtown site in August. [Full story...]
North Georgia College & State University and City of Cumming officials recently announced the inaugural location of the university’s new master of business administration degree program during the Feb. 19 Cumming City Council meeting. [Full story...]
Leaders in Forsyth County are so anxious to have a local, four-year college that they're willing to start small — on a vacant floor of Cumming City Hall. Starting in August, North Georgia College and State University of Dahlonega will offer a master's degree in business administration at City Hall. [Full story...]
Dr. Richard Byers knows that one man's runoff can save another man's garden. So, the native Australian decided to bring the same kind of rainwater filtration technology that he grew up with to the drought-plagued mountains of North Georgia. "I grew up on rainwater," said the North Georgia College & State University associate history professor. [Full story...]
North Georgia College & State University plans to expand its
wireless network during the next several months. The work, expected to
be completed in the fall, will provide most of the campus with wireless
coverage, said Bryson Payne, chief information officer.
Laptop and mobile device users at North Georgia College & State University will soon have more options and freedom to access the Internet as the wireless network grows during the next several months. [Full story...]
Hundreds of nurses and nursing students descended upon Georgia’s Capitol Thursday to share their professional concerns with legislators. ...Toni Barnett, head of the nursing program at North Georgia College & State University, said the problem isn’t that there’s a lack of people wanting to become nurses. [Full story...]
January 2008
"I think every vote does count ... if you didn't vote, then you haven't tried to change anything." These are the words - this is the voice - of 19-year-old Amanda Peck, a member of the College Republicans at North Georgia College and State University. [Full story...]
An English professor at North Georgia College & State University has been awarded a Fulbright grant to travel to Ukraine in April to teach a seminar on American literature. Eric Link, who specializes in pre-1900s American literature, will spend a five-week residency in Lutsk, Ukraine. [Full story...]
"I think we are now in the largest meeting room in Dahlonega," joked Dr. David Potter while speaking to a large assemblage in the cavernous parking deck of North Georgia College & State University. Chuckles echoed throughout the concrete building as dozens of officials and construction workers gathered for the "topping out" party. [Full story...]
The company building a 236-space parking deck at North Georgia College & State University held a "topping out" party today to mark the project coming to an end. The company treated its 130 workers and others associated with the work to lunch and some giveaways in the parking deck. [Full story...]
If a picture is really worth a thousand words, then an entire 19th century novel must be on display in the lobby of the Stewart Library at North Georgia College & State University. Portraits of men sporting handlebar mustaches and women wearing intricate feathered hats tell the tale of a bygone Dahlonega. [Full story...]
December 2007
Two national education groups have named North Georgia College & State University’s Linda Williams their 2007 Georgia Professor of the Year. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education selected her from more than 300 professors in the United States. [Full story...]
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education have named North Georgia College & State University's Linda Williams the 2007 Georgia Professor of the Year. [Full story...]
North Georgia is taking several measures to reduce water consumption in its daily internal operations and researching ways to implement other water-saving improvements in the future. The university - which serves more than 5,000 students, a number that exceeds the entire population of Dahlonega - is one of the top 10 water users in Lumpkin County and Dahlonega's largest water consumer. [Full story...]
Deceased Georgia House Speaker Tom Murphy will lie in honor at the state Capitol on Friday. ...One of Murphy's last public appearances took place in 2003, when he returned to his alma mater, North Georgia College and State University, where he graduated in 1943. ...Murphy was awarded an honorary doctorate from North Georgia. [Full story...]
North Georgia College & State University is taking several measures to reduce water consumption. The campus' 1,500 residents soon will notice a change when they shower. Maintenance workers are installing flow constrictors in residence-hall bathrooms to reduce the amount of water used in the showers. [Full story...]
Men living on campus at North Georgia College & State University no longer have to be members of the Corps of Cadets. Further, all freshmen and sophomore students, both men and women, must live in campus housing. College officials announced the changes Tuesday as part of revisions to a campus residence policy... [Full story...]
The campus residence policy at North Georgia College & State University, established in the early 1970s, is being modified to create equal access to residence halls for all students on the Dahlonega campus. [Full story...]
...In February of 2007, a delegation which included individuals from Gainesville State College, Kennesaw State University, North Georgia College and State University and the University of West Georgia traveled to the University of Hassan II with the same purpose: to work on an international partnership. [Full story...]
November 2007
The sky is falling over downtown Dahlonega. Luckily, the damage seems to be contained to the screen of the George E. Coleman Sr. planetarium. There, footage of the killer asteroid from "Armageddon" plays every Friday night on the domed roof of the North Georgia College & State University facility. [Full story...]
Brittany Hellmeister has had a reserved seat for Celine Dion's upcoming Atlanta concert for a while now. ...Last month a covert camera crew arrived on the North Georgia College & State University campus, under the guise of the college news, with a secret message for the freshman. [Full story...]
North Georgia College & State University has established a new criminal forensics concentration within the Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice this fall. The six-course concentration offers criminal justice majors a forensics program focused on investigative techniques. [Full story...]
The third annual Hemlockfest, which runs Friday through Sunday just outside Dahlonega, offers music, food, crafts and other fun stuff. But the event is really all about bugs. ...When the first Hemlockfest took place in 2005, the state’s first beetle-raising lab was just getting started at Young Harris College. ...And now, a third lab is about to open, this time at North Georgia College & State University. [Full story...]
October 2007
In the wake of a probe of "purchasing card" activities at Georgia’s colleges and universities, area college officials say they have policies in place that closely guard against fraud. "Our policies and internal control processes ensure strict monitoring of all card transactions," said James Barnaby, director of materials management at North Georgia College & State University. [Full story...]
Brooke Walker is making strides. Literally. And each small step represents the 20 months of grueling physical and mental rehabilitation that have led to it. "You're pretty tough," says her physical therapist Stefanie Palma as she assists the 16-year-old on a walk around the third floor of the NGCSU Health & Natural Sciences Building. [Full story...]
Stacey Ferris took a Chinese class on a lark at North Georgia College & State University. The decision proved life-changing, as she has since picked it up as a minor and spent nine weeks studying and traveling in the Asian country. [Full story...]
A group of computer students at North Georgia College and State University joined the search for missing adventurer Steve Fossett... without leaving Dahlonega. [Full story...]
September 2007
About 70 North Georgia College & State University students are using satellite images to search for missing aviation pioneer and millionaire Steve Fossett. Fossett made national headlines when he went missing in the Nevada desert on Labor Day. [Full story...]
August 2007
Three Polish educators are sampling American life, North Georgia style. They have toured area schools, sampled Southern foods and visited popular attractions ...They are visiting the United States as part of an educator exchange program sponsored through North Georgia College & State University. [Full story...]
For the past four years, North Georgia College & State University has consistently been included among the top Public Universities in the South among those institutions providing undergraduate and master's programs in U.S.News & World Report's annual edition of "America's Best Colleges." [Full story...]
Educators can earn a little extra cash – and other perks – by taking some newly established classes geared to improve math and science instruction. Pioneer Regional Educational Service Agency, in league with North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega and Piedmont College in Demorest... [Full story...]
July 2007
After a long tradition in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), North Georgia College & State University received word late last week that it is now official members of Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). [Full story...]
At least 11 area educators are participating in a program that helps pave the way for them to become administrators ...The state agency teams up with North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega and Pioneer Regional Educational Service Agency in Cleveland. [Full story...]
The Georgia Board of Regents has approved a North Georgia College and State University business graduate school program for Forsyth County, though negotiations are still ongoing on where it will be permanently located. [Full story...]
June 2007
Gainesville Police Chief Frank Hooper and his new deputy chief, Jane Nichols, have a bond that goes back longer than most law officers. ...she went on to earn a physical education teaching degree from North Georgia College. [Full story...]
"The Voice" has been silenced on North Georgia College and State University campus. As the 2006-2007 school year drew to a close, the school newspaper quietly folded as students appeared to grow increasingly fed up with a lack of quality and timeliness in the publication. [Full story...]
Sorry, San Francisco, but the first gold rush in U.S. history didn't start in California in 1849. It was 1828 when gold was discovered in a part of the Cherokee Nation known today as Dahlonega, Ga. [Full story...]
May 2007
When the major replacing Marion Chalker arrived in Tah Ninh province, Chalker tried to make the transition as easy as possible. Chalker offered advice where he thought it would help. Then, before heading back to the United States, he said goodbye to the Vietnamese driver... When he finally got back to Georgia, Chalker used the GI Bill to enroll at North Georgia College. [Full story...]
Well respected and distinguished NCAA women's basketball official Sally Bell has been named the Sun Belt Conference's Coordinator of Women's Basketball Officials, Commissioner Wright Waters announced this week. ...Bell was born in Dublin, Georgia and received a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 1975 and a master's degree from North Georgia College in 1981. [Full story...]
He said it repeatedly: "Terminate the threat." Mike Ramsey was more interested in adrenaline rushes than fancy techniques from his pupils – 18 law enforcement officials from surrounding counties – as he instructed them in developing the "warrior mindset." "If you get called, you respond without hesitation," said Ramsey, a North Georgia College & State University campus officer. [Full story...]
Law Enforcement and School Resource Officers from around Northeast Georgia met in Lumpkin County Tuesday to train for school emergencies. They were mainly focusing on "active shooter response." An active shooter is an armed person who had used deadly force on other persons and continues to do so, like what happened in the Virginia Tech massacre. The officers were put in real situations and used live fire in the drill. [Full story...]
The principal of Silver City Elementary School in North Forsyth County has been selected as Georgia's 2007 National Distinguished Principal, the Georgia Association of Elementary School Principals announced Wednesday. ...A graduate of the University of Georgia and North Georgia College, Kieffer previously was principal at Vickery Creek Elementary. [Full story...]
Erika Porter lived her dream Saturday as she and 17 other North Georgia College & State University cadets got their commissions as second lieutenants. "The military is something I've always wanted to do," said the 23-year-old Roswell resident. [Full story...]
April 2007
North Georgia College & State University President David L. Potter talked about the school's progress, future and services Wednesday morning during the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce's InForum monthly breakfast meeting. [Full story...]
Faculty members in the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science at North Georgia College & State University have received a $175,756 grant from the National Science Foundation. [Full story...]
North Georgia College & State University's Department of Mathematics & Computer Science is set to receive a $175,756 grant from the National Science Foundation. Robb Sinn and Dianna Spence, along with an interdisciplinary team of additional NGCSU professors, are involved in research focused on "Authentic, Career-Based, Discovery Learning Projects in Introductory Statistics." [Full story...]
With heads bowed, from left, Emily Brantley, Katie Knight and Rebekah Poss take part in a moment of silence alongside hundreds of fellow students and community members. The assemblage gathered in the darkness of the North Georgia College & State University's Owen Drill Field... [Full story...]
It was a first in Brad Strickland's teaching career. A student in one of his classes at Gainesville State College in Oakwood asked him last week if he could lock the door before class started. The student said she "would feel better" if he did... [Full story...]
North Georgia College & State University, in Dahlonega, has received a pledge of $10-million from Mike Cottrell, owner of Cottrell Incorporated, a company that manufactures automobile-transport equipment in Gainesville, Ga., and his wife, Lynn, to support the School of Business and Government. Part of the gift will help establish the Center for the Future of North Georgia, which will study economic development and entrepreneurship in the region.
Students and faculty of North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega gathered Thursday night at a candlelight vigil to express their solidarity with those touched by Monday's tragedy at Virginia Tech. "They're us," said junior Meagan Pruitt, choking back tears shortly after extinguishing her candle. [Full story...]
North Georgia College and State University held a candle light vigil Wednesday night for its stricken sister school in Virginia. North Georgia and Virginia Tech are two of only six of the nation's senior military institutions... [Full story...]
A candlelight vigil is planned in Dahlonega tonight for the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre. Students, faculty and staff of North Georgia College & State University are being invited to gather on the school's drill field at 9:00 for a ceremony expected to last about 30 minutes. [Full story...]
North Georgia College & State University plans to see May 15 how it would respond to an "active shooter," a drill that had been planned before the real thing took place in horrific detail Monday at Virginia Tech. [Full story...]
North Georgia College & State University had some faculty members visiting the Blacksburg college recently, said NGCSU President David Potter. "They do such a good job supporting their Corps of Cadets," Potters said of Virginia Tech. Potter, like others, expressed total shock about Monday's massacre. [Full story...]
Portions of the AIDS Memorial Quilt were displayed on the campus drill field at North Georgia College and State University Tuesday.The quilt is made up of tapestry panels formed by quilt blocks handcrafted by friends and family of AIDS victims. [Full story...]
Area residents will have the opportunity to view portions of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on the campus of North Georgia College & State University. The free display of the quilt sections is set for Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. [Full story...]
...North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega also held an open house Saturday. "This year, we had 170 prospective students and cadets attend, many of whom brought family members with them," said Keith P. Antonia, director of cadet admissions. [Full story...]
The fervor that had originally fueled passionate debate over a potential
dorm life policy-change on the campus of North Georgia College & State
University was nowhere to be found amongst the laid-back assemblage that
attended last week's special town hall meeting in the Health & Natural
Sciences Building.
[Full story...]
The North Georgia Symphony is making its way to Forsyth County to perform on Saturday at 7:30 p.m., at North Forsyth High School's Performing Arts Center. The orchestra features professionals from the north metro Atlanta area and students from North Georgia College and State University. [Full story...]
As a physical therapist and teacher, Frank Fearon has motivated and encouraged hundreds of patients and students. Now the tables are turned, and he's the one who needs a helping hand. Fearon, 53, has been battling a brain tumor since August 2004. The struggle has taken a heavy financial toll on his family, and his North Georgia College & State University friends have been holding fundraisers to help pay his expenses. [Full story...]
The pros and cons of allowing non-cadet male students to live on campus at North Georgia College & State University were aired at a meeting at the school Wednesday night. The change would allow male students who are not members of the cadet corps to live on campus. [Full story...]
Things could be getting hairier on the campus of North Georgia College & State University. Literally. Though the military buzz-cut is currently the required hair-style for all resident males, the shaggier manes of non-military students may become more commonplace if a possible residency policy change allows non-cadets to live on campus without enrolling in the Army ROTC. [Full story...]
A coordinator has been selected for the visual arts program of the Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts (OICA), a joint venture among Southwestern Community College, the Eastern Band of Cherokee and Western Carolina University. Rickie Wesbrooks has accepted the position of Fine Arts Instructor/Program Coordinator ...Wesbrooks earned a master of education in art education from North Georgia College and State University... [Full story...]
A public meeting is set for 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday on proposed changes to North Georgia College & State University's residency policy. The meeting will take place in the auditorium of the Health & Natural Sciences Building on Sunset Drive off Main Street. [Full story...]
Part of a site the city of Cumming is negotiating to purchase on Pilgrim Mill Road for an aquatic center may include a four-year college affiliated with North Georgia College & State University, a city councilman says. [Full story...]
East Hall High School principal Mike Gillum has announced he is retiring after 32 years in the Hall County school system. ...A native of South Point, Ohio, Gillum graduated from Piedmont College in Demorest in 1974 and earned his master's degree in education from North Georgia College in Dahlonega in 1976. [Full story...]
A little bit of folk music along with some soft rock and a touch of country is all coming to the Brighton Center for the Performing Arts in a performance by singer-songwriter Shawn Mullins. ...Mullins started several garage bands, and played drums and guitar in his high school jazz band as well as singing in several choruses. He studied voice and majored in music education at North Georgia College in Dahlongega, Ga. [Full story...]
A $10 million gift, the largest donation to North Georgia College & State University in the institution's 134-year history, is being contributed by Dahlonega resident Mike Cottrell to benefit the School of Business & Government. [Full story...]
Perry Tomlinson, BB&T Bank's regional president, hands Ed Nix, chairman of the North Georgia College & State University Foundation, a ceremonial key to the Dahlonega branch bank building on Main Street. [Full story...]
Ninevah province, Iraq — The concept of time is altered out here in the northern Iraqi desert, where the days of war are marked not by calendars but by the sun and moon. And when the next mission begins. The birth of Tuesday, March 20, 2007, is heralded by three distinct sounds... (Mentions two North Georgia students) [Full story...]
A $10 million gift, the largest donation to North Georgia College & State University in the institution's 134-year history, is being contributed by Dahlonega resident Mike Cottrell to benefit the School of Business & Government. The school will be renamed the Mike Cottrell School of Business. [Full story...]
North Georgia College & State University is looking at ending the tradition of requiring resident male students to serve in the Corps of Cadets. An administrative team led by senior military leadership is recommending the change as part of a study of the four-year military college's residential policy. [Full story...]
North Georgia College & State University has received a $10 million gift, the largest in its 134-year history. Mike Cottrell of Dahlonega contributed the amount to benefit the School of Business & Government, which now will be named after him. [Full story...]
An ROTC instructor from North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega won the Fort Benning Commanding General's Cup Pistol Trophy at the Feb. 4 competition at Fort Benning. Sgt. 1st Class Eric Leid, a North Georgia military science instructor, won the Fort Benning Service Pistol Championship for the second year in a row. [Full story...]
Parlez-vous francais? Habla espanol? A group of students from five area high schools came together on Wednesday to demonstrate their knowledge of foreign languages. ...Lich said a group of teachers had regularly attended a similar language challenge at North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega, but wanted to create their own event where the questions were tailored to high school students. [Full story...]
Several administrative and academic offices in North Georgia College & State University's education building have moved to a nearby bank building bought by the NGCSU Foundation. Most of the offices are on the second and third floors of the BB&T Bank on Main Street. [Full story...]
Georgia is stepping up efforts to help meet the educational needs of the U.S. military through the Georgia Military Education Initiative, which is being planned by officials at North Georgia College & State University. [Full story...]
For some, it starts out innocent enough. A few thimbles here or an 8-track tape or two there. Before you know it, you have a bona fide collection on your hands. ...And that's exactly why people collect things, said David Broad, professor of sociology at North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega. [Full story...]
Blake Ryan woke up one morning wanting to compete in a triathlon. But he faced an obstacle: He was obese. At his heaviest, Ryan weighed close to 500 pounds. ...Ryan, who has resumed studies at North Georgia College and State University, competed in his first triathlon in July. [Full story...]
At a small college in Dahlonega, Joseph Morgan teaches one of the country's toughest courses in the growing field of medicolegal death investigation. [Full story...]
Laura Anderson at Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund recently was promoted to manager in the tax and accounting services department. ...Anderson received a bachelor's degree from North Georgia College and an associate's degree from Dekalb College. [Full story...]
As North Georgia College & State University President David Potter prepared to break ground on the school's new state-of-the-art library last week, a screen to his right flashed a fitting quote which read, "The library doesn't need windows. The library is a window." [Full story...]
Construction has started on the new $23.3 million library at North Georgia College & State University. College officials held a groundbreaking ceremony last week for the Library Technology Center, which will be built several hundred feet from the current 30,000-square foot Stewart Library at 82 College Circle. [Full story...]
Just 19 months ago, Richard Ingram lay on his back trying to avert his eyes from the burning Iraqi sun. Ingram's left arm dangled, nearly severed, next to him, as he kneaded the ground with his combat boots to cope with the pain. Today, Ingram walks the halls of the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta as an intern for Sen. John Douglas (R-Social Circle), chairman of the Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. [Full story...]
The son of two medical professionals, Capt. Alan Helmbold's parents may have been surprised when he joined the Army National Guard as an indirect fire infantryman. ...After four years at North Georgia College and State University he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor of science in biology. [Full story...]
North Georgia College and State University celebrated Valentine’s Day with a sunny but chilly groundbreaking for its new library technology center Wednesday. College and University president David Potter said he hoped the three story, 88,000 sq. ft. building would become a magnet for learning and for the community. [Full story...]
North Georgia State College and State University once again has the top graduation rate among state universities. The Georgia Office of Student Achievement says North Georgia's 44-point-eight percent grad rate trails only Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia. It's the fifth year the school's been at the top of the 13 state universities in Georgia's university system. [Full story...]
The 2005-06 Annual Report Card from the Georgia Office of Student Achievement ranks North Georgia College & State University as the top state university in Georgia for graduation rates. This is the fifth year NGCSU’s graduation rates have been at the top of the 13 state universities in the University System of Georgia. [Full story...]
For Holly Payne, computer science lectures are all the rage. Payne, 29, is pursuing a master's degree at Kennesaw State University, but she has yet to set foot on campus. Her links to the classroom are her 30GB video iPod and her laptop. [Full story...]
San Francisco-based accounting and consulting firm Novogradac & Company LLP welcomes five new partners for 2007, including a Habersham County native. ...Tonya Nations Phongsavanh joined the firm's Atlanta office in 1999...She received a bachelor's degree in accounting from North Georgia College & State University. [Full story...]
When Shawn Mullins comes to Gainesville, he won't be far from home. Born in Atlanta, Mullins attended North Georgia College and played in the marching band before he went on to stardom. But it's his reputation as a storyteller that got him the first slot in the Arts Council Complex Singer/Songwriter Series. [Full story...]
After a long break from school to take up a career in marketing, advertising and public relations; to marry and raise a family; to hold down several jobs ...after moving to Dahlonega 12 years ago, settling down, and becoming a first-time grandmother, Cara Joy DeCelles is back in college, studying her first love - fine art. [Full story...]
Feb. 3 brings the return of the Mountain Music & Medicine Show to Dahlonega, at its new home - the Historic Holly Theater. ...Gina Wilson was born and raised in Dawsonville and has been singing since the age of 3. ...This will be her third performance on the "Mountain Music & Medicine Show." Currently a student at North Georgia College & State University... [Full story...]
Lt. Col. Marion Chalker, North Georgia College class of 1950, now of Newnan, is one of the few Americans who experienced combat in three wars: World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He is also one of the few who served in the Army, the Navy and the Marines. [Full story...]
A $40,000 grant will help North Georgia College and State University students look at the big picture... as in global. NGCSU is the first recipient of the Internationalizing the Campus grant from the Board of Regents Office of International Education. [Full story...]
Billy Roper never fit into the 9-to-5 world of time-clocks, lunch-breaks and paychecks. But that doesn't mean he didn't give it a try. In fact he was dutifully holding down a job on the campus of North Georgia College and State University, the site of his current art show, when he reached an artistic epiphany. [Full story...]
Learn to speak Spanish quickly and effectively with the terms and phrases used the most in your day-to-day business. Workplace Spanish Customer Service is offered in Cumming by North Georgia College & State University, and is specifically designed for the business professional who needs to communicate daily with Spanish-speaking customers. [Full story...]
North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega has been chosen as one of 12 sites across the state to host the Smithsonian Institution and Museums on Main Street exhibit called “Key Ingredients: America by Food.” [Full story...]
Industrial Properties Group has announced that David Williams has joined its I-85 Market Corridor Team as a regional sales agent. ...A graduate of North Georgia College, he has a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. [Full story...]
ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue announced today the following executive
appointments. ...Joseph "Joe" M. Hatfield, 46, Clarkesville (10th
Congressional District) - Hatfield is the executive vice president of
operations and serves on the board of directors for Fieldale Farms
Corporation. ...Hatfield earned a bachelor's degree in business
management from North Georgia College.
[Full story...]
The sweat-drenched scientist turned over yet another log in the Borneo rain forest. There, its chocolate-colored scales gleaming among the rotting leaves, was something new to science. Quick as a skink, Christopher Austin's hand flashed out. He grabbed the tiny lizard, and another nearby. [Full story...]
North Georgia College and State University will receive $2 million from a state bond package for equipment for the University's Library and Technology Center. The $2 million is part of the $228 million bond package for Georgia’s University System. [Full story...]
Things just got a little healthier in Lumpkin County with the opening of the Appalachian Nurse Practitioner Clinic (ANPC) at North Georgia College and State University. While headquartered in the college's towering Health and Natural Sciences Building, the federally funded project will provide medical care to an uninsured public throughout a seven county area. [Full story...]
The first book published by the University Press of North Georgia is a study of Appalachian art. “Billy Roper: Visual Storyteller,” features the work of a folk artist from the north Georgia mountains who finds inspiration from decades of struggle and his family background. [Full story...]
The first book published by the University Press of North Georgia is a study of Appalachian art. “Billy Roper: Visual Storyteller,” features the work of a folk artist from the north Georgia mountains who finds inspiration from decades of struggle and his family background. [Full story...]
A "Billy Roper: Visual Storyteller" exhibition in the North Georgia College & State University Fine Arts Gallery in the Hoag Student Center will continue until Feb. 22. A reception and book signing of the exhibition catalogue will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. [Full story...]
Dr. Donna Gessell's work as an English professor and Director of Graduate Studies at North Georgia College and State University is a far cry from the adventures from her youth. "We were doing pretty much what the chief wanted us to do," she tells NewsChannel 32. [Full story...]
Doug Collins, the freshman state lawmaker from North Hall, does not sound like a political novice. Nor should he. Collins, 40, has dabbled in campaigns and tracked political trends here and elsewhere since the 1980s. The North Hall High graduate majored in political science and criminal justice at North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega. [Full story...]
By Rick Lavender Carey Michael Woodall looked the part of a 1940s U.S. Army Ranger headed to war: trim, dressed in khaki uniform, intense. But Woodall's intensity involved the video camera strapped to one hand and the volunteer actors struggling to stop grinning as they staged somber goodbyes Wednesday afternoon at the Gainesville Midland train park off Jesse Jewell Parkway. ...The scene using Engine 209 as a backdrop is one of the last the 26-year-old North Georgia College & State University student needs for a homemade movie. [Full story...]
Buzz Wehunt has been nomadic in his pursuit of athletic achievement, but it appears as if the Hoschton native has finally found a home in Dahlonega. The 6-4 senior guard, who attended Jefferson, Jackson County and Shores Christian Academy, transferred to North Georgia College and State University after his sophomore season at Georgia, where he played in 31 games from 2003-2005. [Full story...]
One former and three current Bainbridge High School Air Force Junior ROTC cadets are reaching for the bars of a second lieutenant through commissioning in the U.S. military. “You might say former Cadet Douglas Griffin, a freshman at North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega, and current cadets Alex Rentz, Josh Pope and Michael Love are reaching for the stars,” ROTC program director Col. Gary Breedlove said this week. [Full story...]
Lance Jones has been named senior vice president and loan officer at the National Bank of Gainesville. He is a graduate of North Georgia College and served in the U.S. Army, including two years in Germany as a tank platoon leader. [Full story...]
Laurie Ecke caught the education bug as a 3-year-old child, when her mother taught her how to read. She was "my first and best teacher," said Ecke, now a teacher at West Hall High School. ...She earned her master's degree in math education and later her gifted-education endorsement from North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega. [Full story...]
North Georgia College and State University is getting $1,000 to preserve some of its historic pictures. The money is coming from the Georgia Humanities Council, a group that supports educational activities that help preserve Georgia's heritage. [Full story...]
A part of the North Georgia College & State University Stewart Library’s aging collection of historic images will be saved for future generations with the help of a $1,000 Special Projects Grant from the Georgia Humanities Council. [Full story...]
"A good place to work is one that respects employees and provides
tangible and intangible evidence of respect," says Dr. Elisabeth Teal,
associate professor of business administration and director of the
Entrepreneurial Leadership Center at North Georgia College and State
University. Showing that respect and providing those rewards takes work
on the part of the boss.
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North Georgia College & State University has received a $1,000 grant to help preserve the Stewart Library's aging collection of historic images. The special projects grant is from the Georgia Humanities Council, a nonprofit organization supporting educational activities that teach and preserve Georgia's heritage. [Full story...]
North Georgia College and State University cadets ran from Gainesville to Dahlonega in memory of a friend and fellow cadet Sunday morning. Twenty members of the Cadet Corps "Charlie Company" ran the entire 21 miles from Northeast Georgia Medical Center back up to the campus for pledges and donations. [Full story...]
To honor the memory of fellow cadet and friend Stephen Horton, North Georgia College & State University students will run 20 miles from Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville to the NGCSU campus in Dahlonega along Highway 60 Sunday. [Full story...]
A part of the North Georgia College & State University Stewart Library’s aging collection of historic images will be saved for future generations with the help of a $1,000 Special Projects Grant from the Georgia Humanities Council. [Full story...]
They're the houses that can be seen for miles away. Their brightly colored lights have an almost hypnotic effect. ...Another Dahlonega display can be found at the Baptist Student Center, across from North Georgia College & State University. [Full story...]
To honor the memory of late cadet and friend Stephen Horton, a group of North Georgia College & State University students are planning a 20-mile run. The event is set to start at 7 a.m. Sunday at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. [Full story...]
C.W. Davis had a vision. It was an idea that would revolutionize high school basketball in Hall County. It started in 1960 with the concept of bringing together the four high school programs (East Hall, North Hall, South Hall and Gainesville) for a home-spun tournament. [Full story...]
Dr. David Potter, President of North Georgia College & State University, called Friday a “signal day for the university.” Dec. 1 was the official groundbreaking for a new parking deck/recreation center - which students are calling the Rec Deck. [Full story...]
State Rep. Alan Powell, D-Hartwell, has announced the availability of 39 full-military scholarships to North Georgia College and State University. The college is located in Dahlonega. Applicants, who must be nominated by their state legislator, are required to have at least a 1010 SAT, a 3.0 GPA, and be in excellent physical condition. [Full story...]
The first student honors recitals were held Wednesday in Gloria Shott Performance Hall at North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega. ...Overall, the recitals included 12 student vocalists, instrumentalists and pianists. [Full story...]
A colorfully lit tree topped with a gold star is more than a mere reminder of the holiday season. The Love Light tree is a symbol of all those who have made donations to help people with terminal illnesses. ...There also were musical performances by the Wauka Mountain Elementary School Choir and the North Georgia College & State University Patriot Choir. [Full story...]
Vickie Tribble was at a point in her life when she was "rethinking how do I want to spend the rest of my professional career?" She eventually looked toward the teaching part of the job she had in the health-care industry at the time and realized she was attracted to "helping others reach their potential." [Full story...]
Estelle Gilstrap, administrative specialist and coordinator in the North Georgia College & State University Fine Arts Department, has been named Outstanding Staff Member for 2006 at the university. A 30-year veteran of the staff, Gilstrap was called a role model. [Full story...]
Groundbreaking was held Friday for a parking deck and student recreation center at North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega between the Hoag Student Center and the Smith House on South Chestatee Street. The $24.6 million project calls for three parking levels for 586 vehicles, with a state-of-the-art two-story Recreation Center built on the fourth level. [Full story...]
North Georgia College & State University plans to hold a ceremony today marking the start of work on a $24.6 million parking deck and student recreation center. The event is set to begin at 1:30 p.m. in the parking lot between the Hoag Student Center on campus and the Smith House on South Chestatee Street. State Board of Regents member Felton Jenkins of Madison is scheduled to speak at the ceremony, which is open to the public. [Full story...]
As early as spring semester, North Georgia College & State University students will be able to take part in a semester-long Chinese language and cultural program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. College president David Potter signed an agreement in October with Luo Lisheng, dean of the Department of Foreign Languages at Tsinghua. [Full story...]
Forsyth County leaders are quietly pushing to add a new element to local education — a four-year college. They don't have a formal proposal to take to the state Board of Regents, which hasn't been eager in recent years to finance any new college campuses. But they are talking about building on an alliance they already have with North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega. [Full story...]
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