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Air Conditioning Technology Program at Lanier Tech Receives National Accreditation
The Air Conditioning Technology program at Lanier Technical College has been granted a six-year accreditation by HVAC Excellence, a national accrediting organization dedicated to improving the competency of the HVAC technical workforce...
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Doctorate Degrees Approved for North Georgia
North Georgia’s first doctorate degree will be the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT). North Georgia has provided doctoral-level courses since 2006, through a consortium program with the Medical College of Georgia (MCG), in which MCG is the degree-granting institution...
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Father Shawn Aaron, L.C. Installed as President of Southern Catholic College
Father Aaron joined the Legion in 1991, and was ordained to the priesthood in Rome in 2002.  He has degrees in philosophy and theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Rome.  He has served on the boards of several Legion-affiliated schools, worked as a retreat director and leader of national evangelization efforts and played a major role in development efforts for the Legion in North America...
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Fall 2009 Enrollment at NGCSU Up 2.8 Percent Over Last Year
As demand increases for higher education, enrollment becomes more competitive, according to Jennifer Chadwick, director of undergraduate admissions. She reported that this fall’s overall freshman average SAT increased by 10 points from fall 2008 and the freshman average GPA increased from 3.34 to 3.44 for same period...
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Brenau Confers Honorary Doctorate on Philanthropist Lessie Smithgall
The honorary degree marks the second time that Brenau has recognized the contributions of Mrs. Smithgall, who is a trustee emeritus at the university. In 1984, the board conferred on her an honorary doctorate of humane letters in 1984 primarily because of her contributions and support of the arts in Gainesville, Atlanta and elsewhere...
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Annual GED Awards Luncheon Honors Georgia’s Adult Learners
Lanier Technical College won the award for marketing and PR activities in promotion of GED and Adult Education services in the large-size service delivery area category.  Dr. Mike Moye, president of Lanier Tech, was present at the luncheon to accept the plaque on behalf of the college and the volunteer literacy organizations in the Lanier Tech’s eight-county service area...
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Brenau Radio Commercials Win Three National Advertising Awards
From more than 4,000 entries, Brenau won two top Gold Awards, one, called “New Life,” about a divorced mom who had been a teacher’s assistant but went back to school to get an education degree, and the second, called “Navy Man,” about a “retired” U.S. Navy submariner who earned an M.B.A. at Brenau to help him start a new career at age 40...
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Brenau Radio Airs The War of the Worlds on Halloween
The War of the Worlds, the 1938 program headed by Orson Welles was so believable that it created a minor panic in the streets. Set up like the original as realistic radio news coverage of a mythical invasion of earth by alien beings, the Brenau version of the 55-minute play will air during that season of the year when it is great fun to be scared witless – at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31...
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State Technical Colleges Shatter Enrollment Record, Number of Students is up 24% in Fall Quarter
The huge enrollment increase was fueled in large part by the downturn in the economy as thousands of displaced and under-employed Georgians turned to the technical colleges for training in career fields that are still in demand, like healthcare, computer information systems, and business and office technologies...
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Zachary Karabell to speak at North Georgia College & State University
Dr. Karabell is a contributor on CNBC, a writer for The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek, and a commentator on CNN and NBC Nightly News...
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Former Brenau Softball Player Fighting For Her Life
Tori Fobb, a Brenau graduate, recently became very sick and was admitted into the hospital with a primary diagnosis of Encephalitis, which is a serious and potentially fatal brain infection. In a matter of days, she went from being a normal 22-year-old, just graduated from college, to fighting for her life...
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Rauschenberg Collaborator and Art Historian To Appear at Brenau Program
By the time Texas-born Rauschenberg died in May 2008 at age 82, he was considered to be one of the most important artists of the 20th century with his works hanging in the Smithsonian, New York’s Museum of Modern Art and other venues around the world...
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Woman Becomes First Female Leader of Corps of Cadets at North Georgia
Ashlie Shrewsbury says she was interested in the opportunity to lead and manage at a higher level, and, other than dispelling preconceived notions about gender, it’s about getting the job done for the betterment of the 700-plus member Corps...
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Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Collaborates with Brenau University on Fall Programming Series
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International and Brenau University will celebrate the “Year of the Gorilla” this fall with a series of lectures, seminars and other events, all geared toward understanding the work of preserving endangered species and related critical conservation issues...
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North Georgia Ranks as Nation’s Top Senior Military College
Of the country’s 4,702 cadets ranked on this year’s list, six North Georgia cadets placed in the top 10 percent. Cadet Jessica Carlock, commander of Foxtrot Company, at number seven on the list, is the top-ranked cadet from North Georgia...
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Best-selling Author Kathryn Stockett Set for Brenau Appearance Sept. 23
Her book, “The Help,” is set in Mississippi in the racially torn early 1960s. It is a story of three women —two black, one white— who decide to dramatically break down the barriers of their racially segregated society...
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Georgia Appalachian Studies Center Offers Fall Classes
The History of Gold in Lumpkin County, The Story of Bluegrass, and Native Appalachians are just some of the classes offered through the NGCSU Continuing Education Center...

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BULLI Extends Registration for Fall Term at Brenau
The Brenau University Learning and Leisure Institute (BULLI) starts classes on September 28, and offers a variety of interesting topics, such as Conflict In Medieval Europe, Biography and Selected Writings of C.S. Lewis, Finance for Tough Economic Times and much more...
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Qwizzy’s World Founder, Julie Wilson, Appears on Atlanta & Company
The Forsyth County entrepreneur was a recent guest on the popular daytime program on 11Alive, discussing her new division, the QW School Campaign, currently being implemented in local schools...
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First-of-a-Kind Study Says Two Thirds of Georgia High School Grads Enrolling in College
As for students who travel outside of Georgia for post secondary education, a considerable number settle in neighboring states.  From 2000-07, Alabama proved to be the most popular out-of-state post secondary choice...
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