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Focus: Feb. 20 breakfast features advocates against domestic violence
By Susie Brown | — The Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) is planning a “Women in Action” breakfast gathering in Gwinnett to highlight the program concerning violence in the home place. The breakfast will be held at 8:30 a.m. on February 20 at Sugarloaf Country Club in Duluth. Tickets are $75.
The Board of Directors and Gwinnett Fund Development Committee of PADV invites Gwinnettians to “Join us for an informative breakfast on the issue of domestic violence and how you can help stop it.”
BRACK: 2 school proposals: Drop one, give study to the other
By Elliott Brack | Two items concerning Georgia’s schools were floated last week. One we oppose, while the other intrigues us.
The proposition that we oppose, proposed by Republican Sen. John Wilkinson of Toccoa, would allow Georgia school districts to elect school superintendents, and have local school board members appointed by a grand jury.
ISSUE 14.90: On domestic violence, school ideas
Click here to read the latest full issue of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Domestic violence is subject of Feb. 20 event
EEB’S PERSPECTIVE: Ideas about improving schools: 1 good, 1 bad
FEEDBACK: Likes Deal’s actions; anticipates liberal nirvana
UPCOMING: Sugar Hill’s musical calendar; Snellville artists
NOTABLE: New senior living facility in Peachtree Corners
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
QUOTE: Makes you wonder if they believe it
GEORGIA TIDBIT: The late John Stone
MYSTERY PHOTO: Some thought last one was Cumberland scene
LAGNIAPPE: Local sailor on USS Bonhomme Richard
ISSUE 14.89: GGC, Georgia State, more
Click here to read the latest full issue of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: This Year To Be 10th Anniversary of Georgia Gwinnett College
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia State University Once Seen as University System Step Child
ANOTHER VIEW: We Live in Fear, Hope and Complacency
FEEDBACK: More about Bus Driver Insurance, And Three More Letters
UPCOMING: Byerly Returns to Gwinnett Tech; Snellville Charitable Event; Lecture Series
NOTABLE: County Closes on Simpsonwood Property; Jenkins Joins Gwinnett Tech Board
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Woodrow Wilson Becomes Academic, Politician, Then President
TODAY’S QUOTE: Wisdom from Eleanor Roosevelt
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Spotted the Bonneville Salt Flats
LAGNIAPPE: PCOM Pharmacy Students Working with Patients
Georgia Gwinnett College kicks off activities marking 10th anniversary
By Sloan Jones | In January of 2005, Senate Resolution 33 “….approving the creation of a new four-year college in Gwinnett County by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia,” began moving through the legislative process. On May 10, 2005, then-Governor Sonny Perdue put pen to paper, creating an institution that soon would be named Georgia Gwinnett College.
Georgia Gwinnett College kicks off activities marking 10th anniversary
By Sloan Jones | Lawrenceville, Ga. — In January of 2005, Senate Resolution 33 “….approving the creation of a new four-year college in Gwinnett County by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia,” began moving through the legislative process. On May 10, 2005, then-Governor Sonny Perdue put pen to paper, creating an institution that soon would be […]
Brack: Georgia State University was once a stepchild of University system
FEB. 13, 2015 — Now that the Board of Regents have decided to merge Georgia State University with Georgia Perimeter College, GSU will soon total more than 50,000 students, and will be the largest unit of the University System of Georgia. Not only that, but it is an urban university, as well as a research university, bringing in $58 million in 2011 in grants for study. It has conferred 192,785 degrees since its founding.
Gwinnett Forum | Jan. 7, 2025
“Nothing makes us feel more connected than when we are engaged in a healthy balance of thoughtful speaking and hardcore listening.”
– Belgian-American psychotherapist and relationship expert Ester Perel (1958- ) via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judicial and school board elections to the date of the General Election.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Gwinnett planners to encourage condos and townhouses instead of apartments.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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