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"We never out-grow our need for Love and Laughter, for Joy and Wonder." This was the creed for August Calvin Forrester who passed away on the 14th of May 2013.
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Interim Law Dean Gets the Permanent Job in South Dakota
The University of South Dakota School of Law has named Thomas Geu as its new dean.
Mosquito Madness Wet weather has created the perfect breeding ground...
This year's unseasonably cool spring has left middle and north Georgia virtually mosquito free so far.
Southern Cal, San Jose State share 1st-round lead
USC, which won titles in 2003 and '08 and was runner-up to Alabama last year, came in as the top-ranked team in the country, while San Jose State - seeking its first team title in 21 years - was 48th.
Intoxicated man plows car into UGA's historic North Campus fence
A section of University of Georgia's renovated North Campus fence was plowed into early Tuesday morning by an Athens man who UGA police reported as driving under the influence of drugs.
Ringgold Rotary Club honors 2013 STAR student
Pictured from left: superintendent Denia Reese, guidance counselor Dianne Hale, STAR teacher Mark Pierce, STAR student Brenna Schroder, STAR parents Kelly and Jeff Schroder and Ringgold Rotarian Randall Peters.
Cartersville Primary's Paige Robbins Is System Teacher of the Year
After honoring its 2014 Teachers of the Year at Monday's board meeting, Cartersville Schools named its system Teacher of the Year, Paige Robbins, Wednesday at a luncheon at Stonewall Manor , which was sponsored by Renasant Bank .
UGA To Offer Benefits To Domestic Partners
University of Georgia officials have announced the school will extend some benefits to domestic partners similar to what married couples receive.
Georgia Professors Teach Undocumented Students-for Free
Undocumented young people in Georgia are fighting for access to higher education with support from the ACLU and a group of professors who have volunteered to teach college-level courses for free.
Meet the Microbe That Might Soon Munch CO2 to Make Bio-Butanol
I'm starting to lose hope for cheap, mass-produced cellulosic bio-fuels. It could be those nasty lignins just can't be converted into sugars and then into alcohols economically.
Where to Be, What to Watch: Week of May 20-May 26
B&C/Multichannel News' TV in a Multiplatform World As television content moves further away from the TV set, the industry has a lot to figure out when itcomes to multiplatform viewing.
Perno out as Georgias baseball coach
After 12 years running the program and nearly 400 wins, David Perno is out as Georgia’s baseball head coach as athletics director Greg McGarity announced Monday that Perno had resigned his post.
LaGrange High School valedictorian: Jared Boggs
Boggs will attend University of Georgia in the fall, where he is undecided, but may major in Chinese with double minor in Korean and chemistry.
Now, here's a scientific study Popeye would really go for: Researchers at the University of Georgia have captured energy from spinach, according to a new study published in Energy & Environmental Science .
Drought eases, but water conservation now a fixture
The drought that withered Athens and much of Georgia for the past couple of years has passed.
Prince Avenue, 'a jewel,' and subject of planning look
IF YOU GO What: Prince Avenue zoning analysis public meeting Where: UGA Health Science Campus, George Hall When: 7 p.m. Monday AT A GLANCE Commercial-Neighborhood Established is a proposed new zone intended to reinforce existing character along Prince Avenue while supporting future, "context-sensitive" developments.
Job Spotlight: Lucas Brown, raft guide and operations manager at...
Education: 2006 graduate of Cedartown High School, Cedartown, Ga.; received bachelor’s degree in business administration, majors in finance and economics, from University of Georgia, 2010 Family: Single; brother, Zachary, 21, and his parents, mother, Teresa Huckaby, a middle school teacher in Cedartown, Ga., and father, Mike Brown, who lives ... (more)
Father and Son Graduate From Morehouse
According to a Morehouse press release, when President Barack Obama speaks, this will be the very first time a "sitting President has given a May commencement address in Georgia, and the first time in three-quarters of a century that one has delivered any commencement speech in Georgia." The release says that Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a summer ... (more)
AdvancED President to Give Druid Hills High's Commencement Address
Mark Elgart, president of AdvancED, has been confirmed to give the commencement address at Druid Hills High School's graduation ceremony , an ajc.com article reports.
That Elusive Birth Order Effect and What it Means for You
Only child, first-born, last-born, or somewhere in between. Where do you fit into the birth order of your family? Perhaps you've come to believe the myths both in your family and in psychology as a whole that your character, values, achievement strivings, and life success are determined by the family position that fate, and your parents , awarded ... (more)