The Gwinnett Stripers, in conjunction with the Atlanta Braves, will welcome the 2021 World Series Trophy to Coolray Field for Opening Night on Tuesday, April 12.
The 7:05 p.m. game vs. Nashville is an official part of the 151-stop Braves World Champions Trophy Tour presented by Truist, giving Stripers fans the opportunity to take a photo with the Commissioner’s Trophy.
Before the visit on April 12, the World Champions Trophy Tour is also scheduled to visit Coolray Field during the Atlanta Braves Ralph Garr-Bill Lucas HBCU Baseball Classic on Saturday, February 26.
April 12 will also be a celebration of the Stripers’ unique connection to the World Series championship as Atlanta’s Triple-A affiliate. A total of 23 former Gwinnett players were on the Braves’ roster during the World Series, including 14 players who suited up for the Stripers in 2021. Braves manager Brian Snitker was Gwinnett’s skipper from 2014-16, and assistant hitting coach Bobby Magallanes and bullpen catcher Jose Yepez have also spent time with Gwinnett.
Stripers Vice President and General Manager Erin McCormick says: “We are proud to welcome the Braves World Champions Trophy Tour to Coolray Field for our Opening Night. The road to this Championship came through Gwinnett and we’re so excited to share this historic celebration with our fans and Braves family.”
The Stripers’ 2022 season is not affected by the current lockout of Major League Baseball and will go on as scheduled. Gwinnett begins the year on Tuesday, April 5 at Memphis before returning to Coolray Field for Opening Night on Tuesday, April 12 vs. Nashville.
Cramer to be keynote speaker at Starting Point on Feb. 24
The Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia is excited to announce the in-person return of their Nonprofit Academy, Starting Point, on February 24. This will be an intensive, half-day of learning and networking for nonprofits. Held from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Gas South District Convention Center, the cost is $75 for the entire event.
Cramer
This year’s keynote lunch speaker is Ann Cramer, senior consultant at Coxe Curry and Associates. Cramer took on this role after retiring from the IBM Corporation as its director for IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs for the Americas.
Participants can choose to attend five tracks with three classes within each track for a total of 15 classes to choose from. The five tracks are fundraising, leadership development, storytelling, business operations and organizational development. Session topics include:
- Major Gifts/Relationship Development/Annual Giving
- Developing Leaders through Competency Assessment and Professional Development
- Power of Personality
- Storytelling that Connects
- Technology/Cybersecurity
Randy Redner, CEO and president of the Community Foundation, says: “Our nonprofits have experienced a lot during the past two years. This year’s in-person Nonprofit Academy is a great way for nonprofit leaders, their staff and board to get some energy and training to start the year. We have a great lineup of speakers and topics and are looking forward to providing our nonprofits with valuable information. There’s no better way for nonprofits to get their team even more engaged and smarter than they are today!”
In her role as senior consultant at Coxe, Curry and Associates, Cramer provides strategic consultation to nonprofit clients to strengthen their capacity in the critical areas of board development, volunteer engagement, corporate relations, and fundraising. In 2020, Ann received the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s first Corporate Social Responsibility Lifetime Achievement Award and Georgia Trend’s Georgia Hall of Fame.
Cramer is a graduate of Salem College with a degree in mathematics. In 1991, she received Salem College’s Alumnae Leadership Award. Ann and her husband, Jeff, are long-time residents of Inman Park and are members of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. They are the parents of two adult children.
GGC event moves to address teacher shortage problem
Because teacher shortages are widespread in Gwinnett County and across the nation, schools are doing more to attract students to the profession. To that end, Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) has partnered with the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) to be part of the solution to remedy that problem with their Future Georgia Educators (FGE) days.
The events held throughout the University System of Georgia’s campuses offer a snapshot of what it’s like to be a teacher. Events offer a day trip for high school juniors and seniors on track to be educators that provide a look into the relationships they will form in a classroom, and different teaching styles that might fit with their own.
GGC’s most recent FGE day brought students from Walton County into classrooms for hour-long breakout sessions where students talked with GGC faculty who shared the joys of teaching.
The event attracted more than 40 students from Walnut Grove and Loganville high schools.
Dr. Amy Farah, associate professor of teacher education and one of the event’s organizers saysL “GGC is excited to bring back the event after a hiatus. We hope this program will impact prospective students positively, and the effects will trickle down from there.”
PAGE and GGC are set to hold more FGE days in the future.
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