Augusta State University PR » constitution day http://www.asupr.com Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:29:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Constitution Day http://www.asupr.com/2009/09/09/constitution-day/ http://www.asupr.com/2009/09/09/constitution-day/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:34:42 +0000 Danielle Harris http://www.asupr.com/?p=1786 Augusta State will celebrate Constitution Day on Thursday, Sept. 17, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the JSAC Breezeway. Students will be given copies of the U. S. Constitution as well as fun facts about the historical document. For more information, contact ASU’s Office of Public Relations and Publications at 706-737-1444.

]]> http://www.asupr.com/2009/09/09/constitution-day/feed/ 0 Rock the Vote http://www.asupr.com/2008/09/16/rock-the-vote/ http://www.asupr.com/2008/09/16/rock-the-vote/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:22:02 +0000 Heather Hopkins http://www.asupr.com/?p=995 Which Constitutional amendment gives 18-year olds the right to vote? Students will have the opportunity at several events this week at Augusta State University to exercise that right and to learn more about the Constitution. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Sept. 16, 17, and 18, ASU students will Rock the Vote in voter registration drives in the Jaguar Student Activities Center—in time to meet the October deadline for registering to vote in the November presidential elections.

On Constitution Day, Wednesday, Sept. 17, Reese Library will have displays on the U. S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, the framers of the Constitution, Famous Quotes, and the Declaration of Independence.  Yadira Payne, government documents librarian, will be dress in period costume of that era and will be distributing pocket-sized Constitutins, pens, bookmarks, and information on the legislative process.

For more information, contact Yadira Payne, 706-729-2166, or Peter Flanagan, chair of the university’s Constitution Day Committee, at 706-737-1710.

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