Dahlonega, GA – Rich McKay, president and CEO of the Atlanta Falcons, will anchor a roster of top-flight business professionals participating in the fourth annual Cottrell Speaker Series hosted by the Mike Cottrell School of Business at North Georgia College & State University. Speakers for this year’s series include: Shirley Powell, executive vice president, The Weather Channel Companies (on Thur., Sept. 6) Doug... Read more
Archive for the ‘Lumpkin’ Category
2012 Cottrell Speaker Series begins September 6
August 28 | Posted by editor | Events, Lumpkin, News Tags: North Georgia College & State UniversityChicago’s Second City Comes to Dahlonega
August 23 | Posted by editor | Events, Lumpkin, News Tags: North Georgia College & State UniversityDahlonega, GA – Chicago’s popular sketch-comedy theatre show, The Second City: Laughing Matters will appear at North Georgia College & State University on Thursday, Sept. 6, at 8 p.m. The revue features some of the top sketches, songs, and improvisations from The Second City’s 52-year history. The Second City: Laughing Matters is a revue that examines society and brings out the humor of everyday life.... Read more
Lumpkin Coalition Announces 2012 HemlockFest Musical Line Up
August 22 | Posted by editor | Events, Lumpkin, News Tags: HemlockFestDahlonega, GA - HemlockFest’s eighth year of education and entertainment to save Georgia’s disappearing hemlock trees will showcase another stellar line-up of musical performers. Headliners for the 2012 event—which returns to Starbridge Sanctuary near Dahlonega this November 2, 3 and 4—include Colonel Bruce Hampton & the Realms of Ventilation, Ralph Rodenberry Band, Saint Francis, the Donna Hopkins Band, and Deep Blue Sun. Sunday’s line-up will be highlighted by... Read more
Auction to Benefit Alzheimer’s
August 21 | Posted by editor | Fannin, Habersham, Lumpkin, News, Rabun, Regional, Stephens, Towns, Union, White Tags: Georgia Mountain Walk to End Alzheimer’sBlairsville, GA – Did you know that every 68 seconds someone in America develops Alzheimer’s disease? That’s right! Over 5.3 million Americans are currently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Nearly 10 million Baby Boomers will develop Alzheimer’s and Georgia alone has 200,000 people currently with this disease. Of those 200,000 people, 28,000 live here in North Georgia. Won’t you help us to END this dreadful disease?... Read more
Business students attain internships in California, Paris
July 27 | Posted by editor | Lumpkin, News Tags: North Georgia College & State UniversityDahlonega, GA – Two students in North Georgia College & State University’s Mike Cottrell School of Business are spending summer days lending their skills to fashion companies in California and Paris—and the Parisian intern could have the chance to become the American distributor of a luxury handbag company. “My upcoming assignment will be to promote DOGNIN through various fashion blogs and... Read more
North Georgia College & State University to open Student Money Management Center
July 19 | Posted by editor | Lumpkin, News Tags: North Georgia College & State UniversityDahlonega, GA – North Georgia College & State University will open the Student Money Management Center this August in an effort to help students of all levels of experience improve their financial knowledge base. “I am very excited about the possibilities this center will provide our students,” Dr. Bonita Jacobs, president of North Georgia, said. “The skills they will gain will... Read more
SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans Available in North Georgia Due to Frosts and Freezes
July 19 | Posted by editor | Habersham, Lumpkin, News, Rabun, Regional, Stephens, Towns, Union, White Tags: U.S. Small Business AdministrationAtlanta, GA – The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in north Georgia as a result of frosts and freezes that occurred on April 12-13, 2012. These loans are available in the following Georgia... Read more
Dr. Sarah Formica named to Fuller E. Callaway Chair
July 15 | Posted by editor | Lumpkin, News Tags: North Georgia College & State UniversityDahlonega, GA – Dr. Sarah Formica, associate professor of physics at North Georgia College & State University, has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Fuller E. Callaway Professorial Chair. “This is a tremendous honor for Dr. Formica and for North Georgia,” Dr. Patricia Donat, vice president for academic affairs, said. “Known as a skilled instructor who engages and challenges... Read more
U.S. Agriculture secretary grants Deal’s request for disaster designations in North GA
July 13 | Posted by editor | Fannin, Habersham, Lumpkin, News, Rabun, Regional, Stephens, Towns, Union, White Tags: disaster designation, U.S. Department of AgricultureAtlanta, GA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack announced that he will grant Gov. Nathan Deal’s request for a secretarial natural disaster designation in 13 primary counties in two categories. The department also named 17 contiguous counties that will be eligible for federal aid. Disaster Designation Number 1 addresses frosts and freezes occurring April 12-13. Counties designated as... Read more
North Georgia College & State University nursing group completes service in Dominican Republic
July 11 | Posted by editor | Lumpkin, News Tags: North Georgia College & State UniversityDahlonega, GA – Faculty and students of the nursing program at North Georgia College & State University have completed a week-long service trip to the Dominican Republic, aiding Rivers of the World, a Dawsonville-based international ministry group, by providing medical treatment to impoverished people throughout the region surrounding La Romana, the country’s third-largest city. “The students had to problem-solve and use... Read more
Rep. Graves Votes to Increase Domestic Energy Exploration and Production
June 29 | Posted by editor | Fannin, Lumpkin, News, Politics, Union, White Tags: Tom GravesWashington, D.C. – Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-09) released the following statement after voting in favor of HR 4480, the Strategic Energy Production Act of 2012, which provides a plan to increase oil and gas exploration, development, and production. “Energy prices in America are still too high, and they’re holding back the U.S. economy. Instead of putting up needless roadblocks to domestic... Read more
Georgia’s Only Backcountry Inn Wins TripAdvisor Award for Guest Reviews
June 22 | Posted by editor | Lumpkin, News Tags: Amicalola Falls State Park, Hike InnDawsonville, GA – For more than a dozen years, Georgia’s backcountry Hike Inn has welcomed hungry hikers who trek five miles from Amicalola Falls State Park. Guests have rewarded the inn with scores of good reviews on TripAdvisor, an international travel-review website. As a result, TripAdvisor just recognized the inn with a 2012 Certificate of Excellence Award. Reviewers regularly praise the... Read more
North Georgia College & State University announces a new online and print journal on undergraduate research
June 20 | Posted by editor | Lumpkin, News Tags: North Georgia College & State University, Papers and PubsDahlonega, GA – Papers and Pubs—or Papers and Publications—a southeastern interdisciplinary journal of undergraduate research, has launched its inaugural issue. Papers and Pubs is an online and print journal published by the University Press of North Georgia and supported by North Georgia College & State University’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (CURCA. “Papers and Pubs showcases some of the... Read more
Ohio Governor John Kasich Praises Martha Zoller for Congress
June 19 | Posted by editor | Fannin, Habersham, Lumpkin, News, Politics, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White Tags: Martha ZollerGainesville, GA – Last month, Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) sent an e-mail to supporters in Georgia about longtime friend and candidate for Congress in Georgia’s 9th Congressional District, Martha Zoller. “I am proud to call Martha Zoller a friend, and know that she is the type of principled leader who can drive change in Washington, DC,” said Governor Kasich. “Balanced budgets... Read more
New 9th District Candidate Forum scheduled for June 28th
June 17 | Posted by editor | Events, Fannin, Habersham, Lumpkin, News, Politics, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White Tags: Mountain Movers and ShakersHiawassee, GA – The Conservative Business Alliance (CBA) in Union County and the Mountain Movers and Shakers (MMS) in Towns County are pleased to co-sponsor a forum for those qualified candidates seeking the Republican nomination in the new 9th Congressional District in North Georgia. The forum will be held at the Civic Center in Blairsville, 145 Wellborn Street on Thursday, June... Read more
Rep. Graves Votes to Repeal Tax Imposed by Obamacare
June 13 | Posted by editor | Fannin, Lumpkin, News, Politics, Union, White Tags: Tom GravesWashington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-09) issued the following statement after voting to repeal a tax created by President Obama’s health care law. Rep. Graves is a co-sponsor of H.R. 436, the Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012, which repeals the 2.3% excise tax implemented by Obamacare on medical devices. The tax is scheduled to go into effect... Read more
North Georgia physical therapy group chosen to present papers at international conference in China
June 13 | Posted by editor | Lumpkin, News Tags: North Georgia College & State UniversityDahlonega, GA – A group of four students and one professor from North Georgia College & State University’s Department of Physical Therapy has been chosen to present research on combating Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)—a condition affecting one out of every three women—at the annual meeting of the International Continence Society, held this year in Beijing, China, in October. “It is an... Read more
Zoller Secures Big Endorsements from Local Free Market Activists
June 7 | Posted by editor | Fannin, Habersham, Lumpkin, News, Politics, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White Tags: Martha ZollerGainesville, GA – Conservative firebrand and frontrunner for Congress in Georgia’s 9th Congressional District, Martha Zoller, secured key endorsements today from local free market activists Col. Oscar Poole and Joe McCutchen following a “Meet and Greet” at Col. Poole’s Bar-B-Q in Ellijay. “Martha Zoller has been a voice for north Georgia for nearly sixteen years,” said Col. Oscar Poole, owner of... Read more
University’s Coleman Planetarium to host viewing of last Venus transit until 2117
June 4 | Posted by editor | Lumpkin, News Tags: Coleman Planetarium, North Georgia College & State UniversityDahlonega, GA – North Georgia College & State University’s Coleman Planetarium will host the last crossing of Venus across the face of the sun until 2117. Taking place on June 5, teams will film the event from the west balcony of the Health & Natural Sciences Building, and will feed live video down to the projection system inside the planetarium. “These... Read more
Zoller Qualifies for 9th District Republican Primary
May 29 | Posted by editor | Fannin, Habersham, Lumpkin, News, Politics, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White Tags: Martha ZollerGainesville, GA – Conservative firebrand and leading candidate for Congress, Martha Zoller, qualified today at the Capitol for the July 31st Republican Primary, seeking to represent the newly created 9th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. “For far too long, professional politicians and entrenched bureaucrats have run amuck in Washington without any adult supervision,” said Zoller after officially... Read more