Education Notebook: Houston County juniors chosen for leadership program
Twenty high school juniors have been chosen by their counselors to participate in the Robins Regional Chamber of Commerce Youth Leadership Robins Region Program. Selection is based on character, interest in the community and the desire to shape ideas and attitudes in others.
The participants were, by school: Houston County High -- Tionna Burner, Joshua Cowart, Shivam Patel, Ariel Weston and Hope Williams; Northside High -- Zoe Carrick, Savanna Eis, Noopur Patel, Emma Rowland and Melanie Wood; Veterans High -- Joel Clark, Amelia Clary, Adrienne Kelly, Haley Melvin and Emily Summers; and Warner Robins High -- Paolo Francisco, Nick Loudermilk, Garrett Luke, Rebecca Walde and Camille Whitson.
PEACH SCHOOL BOARD SELECTS NEW LEGAL REPRESENTATION
The Peach County school board held a called meeting Friday to select new legal representation.
The board chose Harben, Hartley & Hawkins out of Gainesville for the job. The firm will replace Buddy Welch of Smith, Welch, Webb & White, which was removed at the board’s study session last week.
PAIR OF MERCER PROFESSORS NAMED GOVERNOR’S FELLOWS
Two Mercer University faculty members were selected as Governor’s Teaching Fellows.
Karen Weller Swanson, associate professor of education and director of doctoral studies in curriculum and instruction in the Tift College of Education, and James Hunt, professor of law and business in the Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics and the Walter F. George School of Law, have been involved in the program designed to encourage higher education faculty to develop important teaching skills through emerging technologies and instructional tools.
GEORGIA COLLEGE HOSTS LECTURE SERIES ON DIVERSITY
Author Susan O’Halloran will give a public lecture Sept. 9 beginning at 11 a.m. in the Magnolia Ballroom of the Student Activites Center on the Georgia College campus.
The lecture is part of a “Transformative Talks” series sponsored by the Georgia College Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity.
“‘Transformative Talks’ foster understanding and difference through storytelling, open dialogue and discussion, a tradition of Georgia College and our region. This effort allows anyone to participate and share their unique experiences to achieve understanding and promote change,” said Veronica Womack, director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity. “O’Halloran and Clayton-Pedersen are nationally recognized for their work with institutions of higher education on inclusive excellence and will provide great expertise on how Georgia College prepares for excellence amongst significant demographic shifts within the state and nation.”
The ‘Transformative Talks’ lecture series is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity at 478-445-4233.
Telegraph writers David Schick and Jeremy Timmerman contributed to this report.
This story was originally published August 30, 2015 at 9:15 PM with the headline "Education Notebook: Houston County juniors chosen for leadership program ."