NGCSU Provides Free Tax Preparation Assistance

Taxpayers in Lumpkin and surrounding counties may receive free income tax preparation assistance from North Georgia College & State University accounting students and faculty members on Friday and Saturday April 4 and 5 in the Newton Oakes Center on the NGCSU campus...
Mar 31, 2008

Coastal Shorebird Survey Results Show Gains for Some Species

Increases were seen in the number of several shorebirds including short-billed dowitchers, dunlins, western sandpipers and semipalmated plovers...
Mar 26, 2008

From Abu Ghraib to AIDS: Filmmaker Rory Kennedy to Tell Brenau Students ´The Camera Doesn´t Lie´

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy will appear on the Brenau Gainesville campus Thursday, March 27, for meetings with students and screening of one of her films, and lecture. The event, open to the public and free of charge, will be at 6 p.m. in historic Pearce Auditorium on Centennial Circle...
Mar 25, 2008

Booth Western Art Museum to Host Noted Western Authors and Artists during A True West Weekend

The Booth Western Art Museum will play host to Western authors and artists from across the nation during A True West Weekend, sponsored by True West magazine, April 10-12...
Mar 25, 2008

TumbleBooks Available Online at Dawson County Library

The TumbleBooks Library is a collection of animated, talking picture books created from existing picture books which have been licensed from children's book publishers and then converted to the TumbleBook format...
Mar 24, 2008

Riverview Middle Students to Represent School in Oratorical Contest

Riverview Middle School students Emily Stowers and Cody Hall were chosen to represent Riverview at the district competition on March 29, 2008 at Jasper Middle School...
Mar 13, 2008

Barnes & Noble College Booksellers Will Run Brenau University´s Campus Book Store

Barnes & Noble College Booksellers will provide Brenau students and faculty better services for getting books and others materials when they are needed - and better controls for helping contain the skyrocketing cost of textbooks...
Mar 12, 2008

Lanier Technical College Names Semi-Finalists for GOAL Award

Four Lanier Technical College students have been selected as the college’s semi-finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership...
Mar 10, 2008

Lunch with Chamber Features Teacher of the Year Awards

Come join the Chamber of Commerce at a special luncheon celebrating our wonderful Dawson County teachers...
Mar 7, 2008

Georgia Travel Association Presents 'Winter Chautauqua' Seminar

Members of the Northeast Georgia Mountains Travel Association and the Historic High Country Georgia Travel Association will gather at the Georgia Mountains Center on Monday, March 10, for a full day of seminars...
Mar 6, 2008

Statement of Governor Perdue Concerning IE2 Legislation

“Passage of the IE2 legislation today by the House is a sign of our commitment to improving Georgia’s education system by giving local school systems the flexibility to apply creative solutions while being held accountable for student achievement,” said Governor Sonny Perdue...
Mar 5, 2008

Robinson Elementary Second Graders to Receive Bike Helmets

Since 2000, SAFE KIDS of Dawson County has been providing bicycle helmets for all second graders in Dawson County. Over 100 kids were fitted last week for helmets at Robinson...
Mar 3, 2008

Southern Catholic College Elects Prominent Atlanta Entrepreneur to Board of Trustees

With more than 25 years of management experience in the technology sector, James Eckstein was founder and held executive roles in four highly successful companies in the Financial Services and Technology industries...
Mar 3, 2008

New Beetle Lab Advances NGCSU's Applied Research

The lab has been designed for researchers to raise beetles to help preserve the hemlock tree population of north Georgia...
Feb 29, 2008

North Georgia College & State University Dean Sets Sights on Developing Premier Business School

Max Burns is taking charge of the newly reorganized business school at a pivotal time for NGCSU.  Burns has been charged with developing the first comprehensive, accreditable graduate business degree program in the region...
Feb 25, 2008