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ASU offers summer tutoring sessions for children

Danielle Harris — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:19:01 +0000

Augusta, Ga.- Help your child retain valuable skills throughout the year by sending them to summer learning sessions at Augusta State University’s Literacy Center. These free one-on-one tutoring sessions are supervised by certified teachers and are available for all grade levels and all subjects.

Sessions are held Monday through Thursday from 4-8 p.m. The last summer session will held Thursday, July 21. For more information, call ASU’s Literacy Center at 706-737-1625.
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ASU professor awarded prestigious grant

Danielle Harris — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:47:00 +0000

Augusta, Ga. -Paulette Harris, Cree-Walker Professor of Education at Augusta State University, is one of only 12 recipients nationwide of a literacy grant from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

The grant will fund a General Education Diploma (GED) Lending Library at Augusta State’s Literacy Center that will provide test preparatory books to enhance adult students’ reading abilities. Adult students will have the opportunity to work with students from ASU and will also be encouraged to check out the GED materials from the lending library for at-home use. Phi Kappa Phi’s Literacy Grant will help purchase bookcases to prominently display the GED Test Prep Books.

ASU’s Literacy Center, founded by Dr. Harris, has provided literacy services to thousands of adults and children at its original location as well as at satellite locations she helped establish in three counties. Several other collaborative projects have reached thousands more, such as an annual Family Fun Fair and a Literacy in Motion program with the Patchwork Players.

She has been recognized by the American Newspaper Publishers Association with its Outstanding College Educator Award; by the Georgia Council, International Reading Association, with the University Reading Leader of the Year Award; the CSRA Reading Council’s College Professor of the Year Award; and the Savannah River Soil and Power Squadron with its Marline Spike Award for Excellence in Education. She also was named a National Fellow by the American Association of Colleges and Universities.

Dr. Harris also has received the university’s Richard S. Wallace Distinguished Service Award and the alumni association’s Town & Gown Award. Dr. Harris is a member of the university’s chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

The Phi Kappa Phi Literacy Grants program was initiated in 2003 to provide an opportunity for campus chapters and individual members to reach out to local communities to share with them the love of learning. Applicants are encouraged to consider literacy projects that have creative relevance to their disciplines and to the needs of their communities. Phi Kappa Phi has awarded more than $150,000 in literacy grants.
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ASU’s Literacy Center to host Family Fun Fair

Danielle Harris — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:10:20 +0000

Augusta, Ga. – An increase in gas prices has some parents opting for summer family outings that are closer to home. Next week, the Literacy Center at Augusta State University will offer both a fun yet educational event at its annual Family Fun Fair on Tuesday, June 9, from 8:30-11:30 a.m. in ASU’s Maxwell Theatre.

As part of its Family Fun Fair, there will be two performances of Aesop’s Fables, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The Patchwork Players will perform the fables The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Ant and the Grasshopper, and the Dog and the Bone.

This free event is sponsored by ASU’s Literacy Center and the Augusta Chronicle. For more information, call ASU’s Literacy Center at 706-733-7043.
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ASU Family Fun Fair

Kathy Schofe — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:25:50 +0000

Augusta, Ga. (June 6) - Area children will have the opportunity to learn by playing during Augusta State University’s Family Fun Fair on Tuesday, June 10, from 9 a.m.-noon in ASU’s Maxwell Theatre. Sponsored by ASU’s Literacy Center, the Family Fun Fair will have learning activities as well as performances of Aesop’s Fables by the Patchwork Players. Performance times are 9:30, 10:30, and 11:30 a.m. To make reservations for the performance, call ASU’s Literacy Center at 706-733-7043.