By Sloan Jones | Georgia Gwinnett College President Stanley C. “Stas” Preczewski says that Dr. T.J. Arant has been selected as GGC’s new senior vice president for Academic and Student Affairs and provost. In that role, he will build upon the college’s strong foundation of academic excellence and extend it in ways that continue to support student success leading to degree completion. He will assume his duties no later than July 1, 2016.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Non-Profit Organizations Are Force To Be Reckoned With
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Two Republican Candidates To Visit Gwinnett on Saturday
ANOTHER VIEW: Progressives Must Start from Bottom to Win Races
UPCOMING: Flu Season Coming, So Move Soon to Get a Flu Shot
RECOMMENDED RESTAURANT: Three Lil’ Pigs, Buford
GEORGIA TIDBIT: It’s Apple Time; Learn More about the Georgia Apple Crop
TODAY’S QUOTE: When You Think About This, Well….It’s Forever
MYSTERY PHOTO: New Photograph Comes without a Lot of Clues
By Keith Fenton, chief development officer, Annandale at Suwanee | I have spent my entire professional career in the nonprofit sector, doing work that I have found intellectually and personally rewarding. All of my positions have involved some mix of fundraising, communications, marketing, or organizational development. I have spent a lot of time thinking about the things that we do, and finding ways to explain to others how nonprofit organizations operate similarly to for-profit businesses.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering Margaret Tanner of Lawrenceville
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett Schools Award Two Safe Drivers with New Buses
UPCOMING: Parkview Cluster Foundation Plans Fund-Raising Fun Walk
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Awards $10 Million in 10 Years
RECOMMENDED READ: The Jewels of Paradise, by Donna Leon
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Black Georgians Participate More in Government after World War II
TODAY’S QUOTE: On the Movement away from September
MYSTERY PHOTO: Old World Conditions Shown in Quiet Scene
LAGNIAPPE: A Look at Gwinnett Place Mall in 1984
By Rachel Bronnum | Oct. 6, 2015 | Margaret Elizabeth Sumner was born on January 8, 1912 in Shingler, a Worth County town in South Georgia. Until her death on September 11, 2015, Margaret was physically and mentally active. She swam at the YMCA in her Twinges in the Hinges class, participated in church groups, was chaplain of her Garden Club, and enjoyed being with people.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Beaver Ruin Watershed Clean-Up Is Target of Clean and Beautiful
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Diego Rivera Masterpiece at Art Institute Worthy of Trip to Detroit
ANOTHER VIEW: What Happens When Rich and Poor Are Too Far Apart?
FEEDBACK: Remember the Simpson-Bowles Debt Reduction Plan?
UPCOMING: Ga-PCOM Wins Approval for Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies
NOTABLE: Gander Mountain Opens Outlet in Snellville
RECOMMENDED READ: Her by Harriet Lane
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Veterans in Vanguard of Changes in Georgia After World War II
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Women Get Soon, But for Man Takes Forever
MYSTERY PHOTO: Perhaps This Railroad Engine Will Give You an Idea
LAGNIAPPE: DAR Chapter Welcomes New Citizens at Naturalization Ceremony
“You may not know who I am or what I mean
But I will be good faith to you nevertheless.
And filter and fiber your soul.
“Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged.
Missing me one place, search another.
I stop, somewhere, waiting for you.”
– Walt Whitman
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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