Georgia Southwestern State University News

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 ...

From healthcare to law, engineering to finance, manufacturing to education, every major industry is represented by its 400,000 active members.

Underneath an orchard of pecan trees, hundreds of guests looked on as a line of City and County leaders, state representatives, Phoebe Sumter employees and a former U.S. President and first lady dug their shovels into the ground, and started the rebuilding process for healthcare in Sumter County.

The 21st Annual Madrigal Dinner is coming soon and The Windsor Hotel is busy planning for this special event! The hotel's Victorian lobby will be transformed to reflect the 16th century renaissance feasts that were held in the medieval castles of Elizabethan England.

South Georgia Technical College reported a 25 percent increase in enrollment fall quarter 2009, over this time last year and posted its 18th consecutive quarter of growth, announced SGTC President Sparky Reeves.

Georgia Southwestern State University , the University System of Georgia recently held a seminar to launch the its new Sustainable Tree Cover Initiative.

The Georgia Southwestern State University Hurricane Club is gearing up for a big weekend of "fun-raising" for GSW Athletics.

A* Firefighters assisted EMS on Jenkins Road, Pine Avenue, Georgia Southwestern State University Drive and Hanson Drive.

On Oct. 28-31, the Georgia Southwestern State University Dramatic Arts Department and the Windsor Hotel present the second annual Haunted Hotel.

Brittany Brooks, a Bainbridge High School graduate, received a Pope Fellowship on behalf of the Rosalyn Carter Institute for Caregiving.

In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, area organizations have joined forces to provide training to professionals who interact with victims throughout the Southwestern Judicial Circuit.

Ever pay any attention to those motor coaches driving around town, or more often, parked in front of hotels/motels or at restaurants.

Charlie Johnston, broker of Johnston Realty Group Inc., announces that Gynger Rogers has joined the firm as a sales associate.

Farmers' Market: Lenny's Market is now open for business from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. today.

Club Registration: The Boys and Girls Club of Sumter County is holding registration for its after-school program from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Price is $75 for the fall and $75 for the spring.

Georgia Southwestern State University has announced that it has been awarded a $25,000 grant from AT&T Georgia to fund the LOTTS initiative out of the Georgia Southwestern School of Computing and Mathematics.

THEY DID IT! A new woman's sky jumping record was accomplished last week, and Georgia Southwestern State University's own athletic director, Jaclyn Kaylor, was a part.

After spending nearly 10 years working with cars in some capacity - as an automotive technician beginning at the age of 14, and later as a car salesman - Shaun Franks is now a full-time student at Macon State College's Warner Robins campus, studying to become a teacher.