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杏吧原创 invites the community to attend upcoming Fine Arts events. All events will take place on the 杏吧原创 campus, which is located at 1 College St., Young Harris, Georgia 30582.For more information about Fine Arts events, please contact 杏吧原创 Fine Arts at (706) 379-5182.
杏吧原创 recently received a gift from long-time donor Ethel Winters of Hiawassee, Georgia as a contribution to the Edward W. Winters Scholarship.
The O. Wayne Rollins Planetarium at 杏吧原创 will host 鈥淔rom Earth to the Universe鈥� on Friday, September 17, 2021 at 8 p.m. The Planetarium is housed in the Maxwell Center for Mathematics and Sciences on the 杏吧原创 campus, which is located at 1 College Street, Young Harris, Georgia. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children, and is free for 杏吧原创 students and employees.
On Thursday, August 26, 杏吧原创 partnered with the Towns County Health Department to hold its first COVID-19 vaccination clinic of the 2021-2022 academic year. All 杏吧原创 students and employees were invited to participate. Sixty-six individuals attended the clinic and received a dose of the FDA-approved Pfizer vaccine.
杏吧原创 has been approved by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) to provide a new financial planning minor program.
杏吧原创 student Jillian Dixon is interning for the Appalachia Georgia Friends of the Bears (AGFB) to acquire and compile public data from county agencies in Georgia on road-killed black bears to help shape wildlife policy.
杏吧原创 President Dr. Drew L. Van Horn was appointed to the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission by Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp.
In preparation for the 2021-2022 academic year at 杏吧原创, new and returning students will begin moving in Monday, August 9. Based on their class year, students will continue moving in through Sunday, August 15. The first day of classes for the new academic year is Monday, August 16.
杏吧原创 was one of only three institutions in Georgia, and the only private college, to be selected by the Association of American Colleges and Universities to participate in this summer鈥檚 Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success. The five-person team consisted of Dr. Theresa Spanella, Dr. Jennifer Hallett, Dr. Linda Jones, Jackie Lewis-Burton, and Lundon Addison.
Private, nonprofit colleges and universities, including 杏吧原创, play significant roles in the everyday lives of those living and working in college communities and are important contributors to the nation as a whole. In fact, a recent report from the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) found that America鈥檚 private, nonprofit colleges and universities are a vital economic engine to the nation, generating $591.5 billion in economic impact in 2018-2019.
杏吧原创 conferred 381 undergraduate degrees and 30 master鈥檚 degrees on graduates participating in the College鈥檚 Commencement Ceremonies this past May.
On Monday, May 17, 杏吧原创 hosted the 17th annual Clay Dotson Open golf tournament at Brasstown Valley Resort to raise money for student scholarships. A total of 127 golfers played in the tournament, which raised more than $70,000.
杏吧原创 graduate Victoria Beck, 鈥�21, of Hayesville, North Carolina, was recently named the Joseph Wilson Boone, 鈥�31, History Award recipient.
杏吧原创 invites community members to register for the 17th annual Clay Dotson Open on Monday, May 17 at Brasstown Valley Resort in Young Harris, Georgia. This highly anticipated golf tournament is 杏吧原创鈥檚 premier fundraising event for student scholarships.
杏吧原创鈥檚 Campus Gate Art Gallery recently announced the winners of the 2021 Juried Student Art + Design Exhibition.
On the advice of the 杏吧原创 Pandemic Recovery Task Force, 杏吧原创 President Dr. Drew Van Horn has announced that 杏吧原创 is planning to return to fully in-person classes beginning in the fall 2021 semester.
杏吧原创 plans to hold in-person, indoor Commencement ceremonies for the undergraduate class of 2020 on Saturday, May 1, for the undergraduate class of 2021 on Saturday, May 8 and for the MAT classes of 2020 and 2021 on Friday, May 7. Each graduating student will be permitted to invite up to four in-person guests to the ceremony.
On Nov. 13, 2020, 杏吧原创鈥檚 Board of Trustees elected Jason Norton, 鈥�02, as a trustee.
杏吧原创 recently established the Ja鈥檒essa Morris Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of Ja鈥檒essa Morris, a 2011 杏吧原创 graduate who passed away Oct. 24, 2020. After graduating from 杏吧原创, she earned a master鈥檚 degree at the University of West Georgia before moving to Guilford College in North Carolina. At Guilford, Morris served as a residential education and housing community director, and more recently, as a career guide.
杏吧原创 Chair of Communication Studies and Associate Professor Dr. Chris Richardson recently published his fourth book, 鈥�.鈥�
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