Molly Williford, a third grader at Turner County Elementary School in Ashburn, put crayon and marker to paper and visually created what she wants to be when she grows up – a veterinarian. Her drawing competed with thousands of others…
Gov. Nathan Deal proclaimed this week, Sept. 4-8, 2017, as Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, with today being named Literacy Day in Georgia. The proclamation was in recognition of several alarming facts about literacy in our country and state.…
The city of Atlanta is seeking businesswomen to participate in its 2018-19 Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI) business incubator program. WEI is a free, 15-month program that provides resources and networking connections to help women focus and grow their businesses. Applications…
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The Georgia Council for the Arts, which is under the umbrella of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, recently announced the recipients of funding for fiscal year 2018. One hundred dance companies, museums, theaters, colleges, cities and multi-disciplinary arts organizations…
Remember the shot at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, when the Ark is placed in an enormous warehouse full of boxes? Well, that’s kinda what the University of Georgia’s Special Collections Libraries are like – except that…
You say tom-ay-to, I say tom-ah-to … but what’s the proper pronunciation of pecan? The Georgia Pecan Growers Association (Georgia Pecans) wants to help settle the question, and they’ve enlisted the aid of Lauren Alaina, a homegrown American Idol standout,…
Tiny houses, with their promise of less stuff, a smaller environmental footprint and the freedom from both a mortgage and house cleaning, have enchanted people across the country. As interest in them grows, organizations and folks in Georgia are pushing…
For the first time in nearly three decades, a solar eclipse will be visible from the U.S. on Monday, Aug. 21. The totality of the eclipse, where the moon passes in front of the sun and completely covers it, will…
Lonnie G. Johnson is not only a skilled engineer and creator of the popular Super Soaker water gun, he’s also the recipient of the 2017 Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Diversity Leadership Award, TAG’s highest honor. Johnson received the recognition…
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