Georgia Southwestern State University News

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 ...

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.