The new ASU homepage’s redesign was premiered internally on March 1 to gather feedback from the campus community before being launched. Public Relations developed the new site, working in close collaboration with a Web Advisory Committee and a broad-based campus group known as Campus Communicators. The main ASU website was last redesigned in 2007. Since …
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Knowledge is beautiful is the theme of the 12th Annual Student Research and Fine Arts Conference being held at Augusta State University on Wednesday, March 9. The conference, sponsored by ASU’s chapter of the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, will be held from noon to 4:30 p.m. in the Jaguar Student Activities Center. …
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College students from throughout Georgia will converge on the campus of Augusta State University Friday, March 25, for the 13th annual Georgia Public Administration Academic Conference. Highlighting the conference will be a presentation by former Augusta Mayor Bob Young at noon in the Jaguar Student Activities Center Ballroom. Young, a native of Thomson, Ga., attended …
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In honor of Women’s History Month, ASU’s Women’s Studies Program will hold a symposium March 4-5 in the Jaguar Student Activities Center to discuss Finding Our (Grass) Roots: Activism, Theory, and the Future of Feminism. “The goal of this year’s Women’s Studies symposium is to bring together academic study and real-world applications of gender studies. …
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Jack Harris, president of Junior Achievement (JA) of Georgia, will be the featured speaker at the Focus on Globalization Speaker Series of the Hull College of Business on Wednesday, March 23, at 2:30 p.m. in the Jaguar Student Activities Center Ballroom. Prior to becoming president in 2008, Harris served as the Chief Operating Officer of …
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The 36th annual Sandhills Writers Series continues with an informal colloquium, readings, and a literary consultation. Laurel Blossom and Karen White will be the guest authors on Thursday, March 17, at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively, in the Jaguar Student Activities Center Coffeehouse. Laurel Blossom is a recipient of a National Endowment for the …
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Salome Thomas-EL, motivational speaker, award-winning teacher and principal, and author, will be the featured speaker at the annual Impacting Student Learning Conference at Augusta State University on Saturday, March 19, from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in 170 University Hall. Thomas-EL’s career in education spans more than 20 years, beginning as a teacher and chess coach at …
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By Ashley Keane, contributing writer The internationally renowned Cuban band Juan de Marcos & The Afro-Cuban All Stars will perform at Augusta State University Tuesday, March 29, at 7 p.m. in the Maxwell Theatre as part of the university’s annual Lyceum Series. The band received a Grammy nomination for their 1996 recording, AToda Cuba le …
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Heather Abdelnur, assistant professor of history in the Department of History, Anthropology, and Philosophy, has received the Georgia Consortium for International Studies (GCIS) Junior Faculty Internationalization Award. This is the department’s second consecutive year receiving the award. The award is accompanied by a cash award and is presented to a junior faculty member with seven …
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ASU’s College of Education has received a $22,000 Georgia Teacher Quality Grant to enhance classroom teaching at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. The grant, co-authored by instructor Rebecca Harper and assistant professor Jeanie Hill in ASU’s Department of Teacher Education, will provide funding for a Summer 2011 Writing Institute for graduate students in …
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