DOCO schools superintendent speaks at ASU HCOP Program
Tweet On May 24, Dr. Joshua Murfree, superintendent of Dougherty County Schools, addressed participants in the Albany State University Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) in the ACAD auditorium on campus. During Murfree’s presentation he shared recollections of his college experiences and advised the students to make it a priority to become familiar with the buildings [...]
Read More →ASU employees earn Customer Service Certification
Tweet Fifteen Albany State University employees received Customer Service Certification at a luncheon held Monday, May 23, 2011, in the L. Orene Hall Building on the ASU campus. Requirements for certification include completion of eight customer service courses and a minimum score of 85 on the customer service certification exam. The speaker for this occasion [...]
Read More →Memorial Day
Tweet Memorial Day will be very special to me this year. I will be running through the town where my father served in the Navy and where I started running, about 53 years ago. In 1956-1958 Lt Commander Elliott Galloway was stationed at US Naval Station Green Cove Springs, FL, and our family lived on [...]
Read More →Dougherty County Jail inmate report May 20-27, 2011
Tweet Amos, Johnathan Sheeks, May 25, hold for other law enforcement Anderson, Derrick Damon, May 25, prob violation Angry, Gregory, May 25, burglary Anthony, Latasha Lashond, May 20, state crt intermittent sentence Anthony, Micheal Maurice, May 21, battery, cruelty to children-allow to wit fel/bat/fv 3rd dg Averett, Christopher, May 23, prob violation Bagley, Eric Maurice, [...]
Read More →ASU receives Innovation in Logistics Education Award
Tweet Albany State University recently received the Innovation in Logistics Education Award for its logistics program in the College of Business. ASU was one of four recipients to receive the $7,500 prize. The inaugural award was presented by the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics on May 9 during a reception in Atlanta to kick [...]
Read More →Vintage Albany
Tweet The 200 and 100 blocks of Broad Ave., left to right, looking east. This photo was taken in 1911. The three-story building on the left was a drug company that went through many name changes over the years and even included a music store on the ground floor. The large light-colored four-story building was [...]
Read More →Bishop Introduces Bill to Boost Veterans Employment
Tweet WASHINGTON – Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies, introduced bi-partisan legislation to help veterans transition from military service and find a job. With nearly one-in-four veterans between the ages of 20 and 24 unemployed, the legislation would improve [...]
Read More →Former Automobile Dealer Indicted for Making False Statements in Loan Applications
Tweet GAINESVILLE, GA—MITCHELL C. SIMPSON, 42, of Cornelia, Georgia, has been indicted and made an initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Susan S. Cole in Gainesville on charges of making and conspiring to make false statements to Community Bank & Trust (CB&T), a federally insured financial institution, which failed in January 2010.
Read More →Flint Riverkeeper
Tweet From its point of origin near Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport the Flint River flows southward, bringing with it numerous opportunities for municipal consumption, agricultural use, recreation, and wildlife habitat. Hand in hand with those opportunities come the challenges of preserving the river and its basin for the fair use of consumers in both the [...]
Read More →Rosalynn Carter Institute Receives Johnson & Johnson Funding for Expansion of National Caregiving Network
Tweet AMERICUS Ga. (May 24, 2011)–Johnson & Johnson has awarded nearly $430,000 in grant funding to Georgia Southwestern State University’s Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI). The funds will finance and expand the RCI’s newest initiative, the National Quality Caregiving Network (NQCN).
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