ASU to host Research Symposium
Tweet by Pearlie M. Bowser ASU undergraduate students are eager to display their research findings in areas such as the arts and humanities, behavioral and social sciences, and political science, at Albany State University’s 2nd Annual Undergraduate Research and STEM Symposium to be held at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, October 24, in the HPER Gymnasium located [...]
Read More →Josh Franklin Memorial Disc Golf Tournament at Chehaw
Tweet Chehaw is pleased to announce the 5th annual Josh Franklin Memorial Disc Golf Tournament this weekend, Oct. 26 and 27 at the Joshua W. Franklin Memorial Disc Golf Course. Check-in begins at 7:30 a.m. Saturday with a Player’s Meeting at 8:30 a.m. First Round tees off Saturday and Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Although player [...]
Read More →Albany Convention & Visitors Bureau Named Reader’s Choice by ConventionSouth
Tweet Special to the Journal ALBANY – Albany Convention & Visitors Bureau has been honored by the publishers and editors of ConventionSouth, the national multimedia resource for planning in the South, with a 2013 Reader’s Choice Award. “ConventionSouth is a resource to many meeting planners,” Rashelle Beasley, Director of the Albany Convention & Visitors Bureau, [...]
Read More →House-Passed Water Resources Bill Critical for Georgia’s Economy
Tweet Kingston praises bipartisan effort to cut red tape, expedite infrastructure projects WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation that cuts bureaucratic red tape, expedites infrastructure projects, and eliminates billions in idled projects around the country. The Water Resources Reform and Development act also clears the way for Georgia’s [...]
Read More →Georgia state and area unemployment rates delayed
Tweet ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Labor, as well as all other states, will be unable to publish the preliminary state and area unemployment rates and non-farm employment data for September. The data would normally have been published on the third and fourth Thursdays of this month. But, because of the recent shutdown of [...]
Read More →DARTON STUDENT RECEIVES GEORGIA WOMAN OF THE YEAR SCHOLARSHIP
Tweet Special to the Journal ALBANY – Marlene Joiner, a Business Administration major from Darton State College was a chosen recipient of one of the four, $1,000 unrestricted educational scholarships presented by the Georgia Commission on Women/Georgia Women’s Institute at the 2013 Georgia Woman of the Year event in August. The scholarships are open for [...]
Read More →CONGRESSMAN BISHOP WORKS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO GEORGIA WATER RESOURCES
Tweet Special to he Journal WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) worked to improve access to Georgia water resources by supporting the bipartisan passage of H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRDA). The legislation includes provisions authorizing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to start work on the [...]
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