Georgia Southwestern State University News

It wasn't easy and at times she almost felt like quitting, but Sarah Gilmore's determination helped her to become one of more than 380 fall Darton College graduates.

The Georgia Southwestern State University commencement ceremony Saturday, honored 397 fall graduates.

Laketa Lewis, Melody Johnson, and Zia Green from Kendrick High School placed 5th in Tech Prep Showcase.

Georgia Southwestern State University is continuing its six-year partnership with the Governor's Office of Highway Safety to combat alcohol abuse, including underage drinking and impaired driving.

David Garrison has been named as LaGrange College's vice president for academic affairs by President Dan McAlexander.

Three hundred ninety seven fall graduates at Georgia Southwestern State University will have the honor of listening to keynote speaker David Bridges, Ph.D., president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton.

Tonight at 7 p.m. the annual Americus Christmas parade will assemble, march and stroll through downtown.

The Department of Music at Georgia Southwestern State University will present a Holiday Concert on Thursday, Dec.

If you are worried about the new flu virus out there, you better take a look around Americus for even a greater threat.

Javier Gonzalez, director of the College Assistance Migrant Program and the High School Equivalency Program at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, will be the featured speaker at the ABAC fall commencement ceremony at 6 p.m. Dec.

A* Firefighters assisted EMS on Middle River Road, East Street, Norman Cole Road, Armory Drive, Willis Street, Belinda Circle and McMath Mill Road.

In one of the shortest meetings in recent memory, the Mayor and Council of Americus received an economic development update from Community and Economic Development Director Mandy Young at the regular monthly meeting Thursday.

The Georgia Southwestern State University Admissions Office recently hosted the Americus Probe Fair in the Student Success Center.

The October meeting of the Woman's Literary Club, held in the Social Hall of Calvary Episcopal Church, featured David Garrison, Ph.D., as speaker.

Six past citizens of Americus and Sumter County - a hero, a husband and wife philanthropist team, an educator, a civil rights leader and a well known elected local and state official and community leader - were publicly recognized for their outstanding and exceptional contributions in the community here and far beyond.

Dream, Learn, Become! That is South Georgia Technical College's new marketing slogan and that is exactly what SGTC Adjunct Culinary Arts Instructor Jennifer Hilton-Slenker embodies.

"A devotion to research is fundamental to teaching history. Without constant interpretation and analysis, the study of the past becomes stale for both the teacher and the student," said GSW History Professor Richard C. Hall, Ph.D. It is this devotion to research that is behind his being named recipient of the Georgia Southwestern State University ...

The Board of Directors of SB&T Bank, a Synovus affiliate bank, has announced the retirement of Randolph "Randy" Jones as city president of SB&T Bank, effective Dec.

The 2009 nominees for the Walk of Fame recommended to Mayor and City Council will be honored at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Rylander Theatre.

Tifton, GA - Dr. Harry Kroto, a winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, spoke to almost 100 college educators at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center on Friday afternoon on "Teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math to Students in the 21st Century." The first ever Southern Georgia Regional STEM Institute continues through noon on ...