Anyone who wants to see firsthand the latest cotton and peanut research conducted by University of Georgia scientists should attend the annual UGA Cotton and Peanut Field Day Sept. 9 in Tifton, Ga.
The event will start at 8:30 a.m. at the UGA Tifton Lang-Rigdon Farm on Carpenter Road. Hot topics will include peanut disease management, stinkbug control, crop fertility and current and future varieties of both crops.
“Participants will not only get to see the research for these two important Georgia crops, they’ll be able to hear from the researchers and ask them questions about it,” said Phillip Roberts, a UGA Cooperative Extension entomologist and the field day organizer.
Lunch is provided. Along with the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the event is cosponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission and Georgia Cotton Commission. To find out more or get directions, call (229) 386-3424.
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Monday, August 31, 2009
UGA cotton and peanut field day Sept. 9 in Tifton
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
West Georgia Celebrates Earth Day 2009
The University of West Georgia will celebrate Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22, with something for everyone that includes cotton candy, Wolfie and recycling. The free event is scheduled from 2 to 5 p.m. near the Campus Center and the community is welcome to attend.
Faculty and staff, fraternities and sororities, the Geosciences Club and the Geography Honor Society, have planned one of the largest Earth Days to be held on campus.
A Miss Earth Day Pageant, where contestants don only costumes made from recycled products, an Earth Day tee shirt sale, a guest appearance by Wolfie and recycling tubs for ink cartridges, cell phones and aluminum are some of the green and blue attractions for the event.
A traditional Earth Day tree planting will also take place on campus. At 2:30 p.m., three kwanzan cherry trees will be planted near the Calloway Building’s annex. James Hembree, UWG horticulturalist, will provide the trees and dig the holes and faculty and students will help plant. The 10-foot trees will replace a large cherry tree taken down during construction of the addition to Calloway months ago.
Not to be outdone, Aramark, the university food service provider, and Auxiliary Services will celebrate Earth Day all week long April 20 – 24.
Both will help with the green effort Monday through Friday by a different energy saving technique each day. Trayless Dining Day will save hundreds of gallons of water; Dim the Lights Day will lower energy costs, and Weigh the Waste Day, Recycling Day for cell phones and an Earth Day Meal will help the campus community think and eat green.
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Project PINSTRIPE to Host Fourth Annual Event to Outfit and Educate Disadvantaged Youth
Atlanta
Morehouse College
830 Westview Drive S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30314
March 14 at Noon
/PRNewswire/ -- Project PINSTRIPE, a not-for-profit organization devoted to building a positive self-image for disadvantaged young adults by providing properly-fitted business attire and career education, will host its fourth annual one-day event on March 14, 2009 at 12:00pm local time. This year the event expands to Atlanta, Charlotte and Nashville, adding to existing events in New York, Boston, Chicago, Detroit and Miami.
Since its founding in New York in 2005, Project PINSTRIPE has grown from 50 participants in New York to 450 participants nationally with annual events in eight cities around the country. The organization outfits underprivileged high school and college-aged men with lightly-used designer suits donated by generous business professionals. The organization also provides education on the importance of a positive first impression, as well as essential interview and job skills.
The 450 Project PINSTRIPE participants around the country, aged 17 to 24, are members of PINSTRIPE partner organizations, which include Year Up and Prep for Prep in New York City; Hands On Atlanta and Boys & Girls of Metro Atlanta; Year Up in Boston; the Charlotte Housing Authority Scholarship Fund; the Boys & Girls Club of Chicago; the Detroit Youth Foundation; the Boys & Girls Club of Miami; and Franktown Open Hearts and Y-Build in Nashville. Participants who are selected by partner organizations will be interviewing for their first internship or job, or have specifically expressed an interest in pursuing a career in professional services.
"Project PINSTRIPE has given me so many great opportunities. Being young, it's often hard to be taken seriously in a corporate setting. The suits I've been given help me project confidence and give me a much better self-image," said Daniel Meighan, a Prep for Prep and Project PINSTRIPE participant. "I know that I have the skills and know-how to succeed, and Project PINSTRIPE helps to display my qualities in the clothes that I wear."
Viktoria Horvath, founder of Project PINSTRIPE, commented, "We are very proud to announce Project PINSTRIPE's 2009 event, which continues to expand to new cities and touch more and more talented young men every year. We are especially grateful to our sponsors and partners for their generous support, and to the many business professionals who continue to donate to this important cause. Amid an extremely challenging economic and job environment, the need for professional clothes and career services for our participants is greater than ever, and ongoing support from all our partners has been critical to our success."
"Project PINSTRIPE has been an immensely useful resource for me. It armed me with the one tool critical for my success: self-confidence," said Prep for Prep and Project PINSTRIPE participant Anthony Anderson. "In a competitive world where first impressions can make or break future opportunities, Project PINSTRIPE has enabled me, and countless other financially or socially disadvantaged students like myself, to maximize my personal potential and put my best foot forward, each and every time."
In each host city, the highlight of the event will be a suit fitting during which each participant will choose from a wide array of donated suits and receive alterations by a professional clothier from the Tom James Company. Participants will also be given all the necessary accessories to complete their tailored look, including dress shoes donated by Florsheim and Soles4Souls, and leather goods provided by Trafalgar. The event will also include educational workshops on interview techniques and proper etiquette, including how to properly wear and maintain their new professional business attire.
In New York City, the event will begin with a lunch reception for this year's PINSTRIPE participants provided by the Original SoupMan and featuring a performance by Impact Repertory, a not-for-profit theatre company that uses performing arts and the dynamics of leadership training to develop and empower youth.
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Arts Event Transforms Historic Castleberry Hill Neighborhood October 24
“Le Flash,” a night of art, light and sound
Atlanta’s Castleberry Hill district and Cleopas Park
7 p.m. to midnight Oct. 24
For one night, Georgia State artists will transform the streets of Atlanta’s Castleberry Hill district as part of “Le Flash,” an event coordinated by Welch School of Art and Design gallery director Cathy Byrd and local artist Stuart Keeler.
Performances and shows from percussionists, poets, filmmakers and fashion designers are among the more than 30 projects that will be featured as part of “Le Flash.” Highlights include an iron pour and the unveiling of a temporary fountain in Cleopas Park created by Paris-based artist Kristina Solomoukha.
“Stuart Keeler and I invented ‘Le Flash’ as a way to animate the neighborhood and synergize the relationship with the park,” Byrd said. “It’s a community project, and so many of Georgia State University’s staff, students and faculty members have become involved in making this happen.”
Byrd said she hopes that Solomoukha’s exhibit will help bring more Castleberry Hill residents to Cleopas Park, as it is currently an underused cultural space. “Le Flash” will be happening in collaboration with Castleberry Hill’s Fourth Friday Art Stroll, linking the historic district’s monthly event to the park.
“The energy’s there, the excitement’s there, and the community is waiting to share it,” Byrd said.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Gwinnett Reads Kickoff Event June 28
Cherokee music, dance, and crafts on
June 28 on the Duluth Town Green
** This event is FREE and open to the public. **
These events highlight Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier, the bestselling author of Cold Mountain. In the finale event on July 12, Frazier will talk about how the people of the Cherokee Nation are working together to preserve their culture and traditions.
The Duluth Town Green will be the site of a colorful and entertaining display of Cherokee Indian song, dance, and art as the Gwinnett County Public Library's Gwinnett Reads kickoff event gets underway on Saturday, June 28 from noon until 4 p.m. The Duluth Historical Society is a library partner and co-sponsor of this year's kickoff activities.
This event is free and open to the public.
The program's kickoff is the first of five events culminating in a grand finale featuring bestselling author Charles Frazier on July 12 at Gwinnett Center. The final Gwinnett Reads event brings everything together with Frazier reading from his latest novel Thirteen Moons, answering questions, and presenting Cherokee music, singing, and readings. He will also sign books that are available at the event in English and Cherokee. The finale's $15 admission covers food and entertainment.
Some of the proceeds will benefit the cultural preservation efforts of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation, which has honored Frazier for his dedication to helping preserve their language and traditions.
All other events are free and open to the public. The schedule of free community events and Frazier event tickets are available at all 14 Gwinnett County Public Library branches. For more information, visit www.gwinnettreads.org or call (770) 978-5154. For complete Gwinnett County Public Library information, visit www.gwinnettpl.org
Other Gwinnett Reads activities include Cherokee storytelling by Donna Delgadillo of The Plainsmen Drum and Dance Troupe, insights about Cherokee artifacts by Jeff Bishop of the Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association, and the tragic tale of Cherokee leader Major Ridge by Claudia Oakes of the Chieftains Museum and Major Ridge home in Rome, Georgia. All events take place in Gwinnett County.
Gwinnett Reads participants will have an opportunity to hear Cherokee translator Myrtle Driver Johnson interpret some of the program's English language readings. Another highlight of the program will be the musical storytelling of Cherokee native John Grant, who plays a Native American flute and sings in English and Cherokee. The Chieftains Museum in Rome, Georgia will also host activities related to Cherokee culture.
"Growing up in western North Carolina," said Charles Frazier, "I never asked too closely how it came about that neighboring Cherokee people still persisted there in places like Snowbird and the town of Cherokee so long after the Trail of Tears. In large part, Thirteen Moons is my belated attempt to understand that movement of American history and to tell a part of the story of the southern Appalachians and its people at a moment of transformation."
As historical fiction, Thirteen Moons offers an opportunity to become absorbed in a compelling novel while learning about the transformation of a young, industrializing America, Cherokee Indian arts and language, and an Indian culture struggling to survive.
"In Thirteen Moons, Charles Frazier takes us on an exciting adventure," said Nancy Stanbery-Kellam, executive director of the Gwinnett County Public Library. "At the same time, readers experience an enchanting journey through the Cherokee culture, which is also part of the fabric of our local history here in Gwinnett. Frazier's moving story describes the beauty, passion, and tragedy of a once-independent nation trying to survive within a new, emerging nation."
Gwinnett County Public Library lays claim to Georgia's highest book circulation numbers and ranks among the largest systems in the country. With its dynamic position of growth in the booming Atlanta region, Gwinnett County Public Library has been able to attract top authors for Gwinnett Reads since it began in 2003.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
GreenerAtlanta.org’s Your Groove Goes Green Summer Launch Party 2008 In Celebration of Mayor Franklin’s Sustainable Atlanta Initiative
Publisher of GreenerAtlanta.org and [a] GreenerAtlanta Web Show, is proud to present a celebration in honor of Sustainable Atlanta, Mayor Franklin’s initiative to lead Atlanta to develop a world-class sustainable city.
Join Atlanta’s green and sustainable professionals and community leaders as the city comes together in pursuit of making Atlanta a world-class sustainable city. The event is expected to draw more than 400 professionals of all ages. It will be hosted at the Event Center @ OPERA on Wednesday June 25, 2008 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event will provide gourmet food from local organic farms and a myriad of special cocktails from the ‘green’ bars located throughout the facility.
Entertainment includes a live DJ, a green fashion show, and live filming of recycling oriented public-service-announcements. BroadcastAtlanta will be launching its GreenerAtlanta.org and new green HD Web shows including [a] GreenerAtlanta Show.
A special HD Web video will be premiered at the event showcasing Atlanta’s achievements and efforts in reaching the mayor’s goal. Highlights include profiles of city workers, local community leaders and civic leaders who are making a difference. The video will be available for sharing on local websites.
Lynnette Young, Executive Director of Sustainable Atlanta, Mandy Schmitt, Director of Sustainability for the city of Atlanta along with executives from Coca Cola, UPS, Home Depot, Emory and others will be in attendance.
Green professionals from local businesses, organizations and community groups are invited to attend. Admittance is free, online registration is requested at GreenerAtlanta.org.
GreenerAtlanta.org has put together a diverse steering committee to represent all different aspects of green and sustainable efforts in Atlanta. The Steering Committee includes the following organizations:
Tony Anderson – Let’s Raise A Million
Beth Bond – GreenerAtlanta.org
Chris Bradley – Double Dome Web Technologies
Sarah Boardman – Waldenour
Bobbie Dent – Pratt Recycling
Kelly Diamond – Coca Cola Enterprises
Kelly Gray – Emory University
Gloria Hardegree – Georgia Recycling Coalition, Inc.
Drew Pierson – Sterling Planet
Sean Mahoney – Mahoney Consulting
Jill Muir –The Atlanta Event Center @ Opera
Jennifer Owens – Georgia Organics
Abigail Paine – Park Pride
Abbey Patterson – AMP Consulting
Polly Sattler – Sustainable Business Partners/GreenPlate, Inc.
Valena Scott – Sustainable Atlanta
Derek Smith – Organic Eatz
Courtney Townsend – Georgians for Better Transportation
Lawton Ursrey – IndiePeace
McNair Wagoner – Earth Endeavors
Betsy Walsh – Tunnell-Spangler-Walsh and Associates
Amanda Winters – Flammer Relations, Inc.
Shirley Wintsch – Nitabella
