Promoting democracy becomes controversial topic

by Savannah King
from the Gainesville Times, February 7, 2012

The third lecture in an eight-week series called Great Decisions focused on what proved to be the controversial topic of promoting democracy.

The discussion was led by Jonathan Miner, associate professor of political science at North Georgia College & State University.

Miner asked a group of more than 70 people if democracy was destined for global dominance and what place the U.S. has in promoting democracy in its foreign policy. The response was mixed. [Full story...]

North Georgia softball No. 3 in preseason poll

from the Gainesville Times, February 1, 2012

The North Georgia College & State University softball team is ranked No. 3 in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II preseason Top 25 Poll that was released Wednesday.

The Saints are the only team in the country to appear in each of the last three Division II National Championships, as they will look to continue with a fourth straight appearance in 2012.  [Full story...]

Gold Miner's Cabin Comes to Campus

by Marc McAfee
from 11alive.com, January 31, 2012

When a prospector built a small cabin on the site of the first gold rush in the country 180 years ago, he probably never imagined his humble home motoring through the streets of Dahlonega. But Alice Sampson did have that vision.

She's the Director of the Appalachian Studies Center at North Georgia College and State University. For three years since it was donated, she's been planning to move the small log cabin from where it sat on private property. [Full story...]

Dahlonega cabin makes big move, will be NGCSU teaching tool

by Savannah King
from the Gainesville Times, January 31, 2012

A small, 180-year-old cabin from Dahlonega's gold rush era made a six-mile trek Tuesday morning to its new location at North Georgia College & State University.

The cabin was donated to the school by Jim and Betty Smulian and will now serve the students at the Dahlonega college as a teaching tool and a performance stage.

Students will have the opportunity to uncover the history of the cabin and the families who once lived inside the wooden walls. [Full story...]

Climate of Leadership

by Patty Rasmussen
from Georgia Trend, February 2012

Many people know that North Georgia College and State University, founded in 1873 and located in Dahlonega, is the second oldest public university in the state. A liberals arts college, North Georgia has also maintained a military instruction presence since its inception 139 years ago. The Corps of Cadets has trained and educated hundreds of U.S. Army officers and produced 36 generals and admirals.

What most don't know is that North Georgia was also the first college in Georgia to admit and graduate a woman. And now, for the first time in its history, the university is led by a woman, President Bonita Jacobs, who also has the distinction of being the second woman to lead one of the six senior military colleges in the United States. [Full story...]

Details still in the works for Georgia's college mergers

by B.J. Williams
from Access North Georgia, January 26, 2012

GAINESVILLE - While there is a framework in place for consolidating North Georgia College & State University and Gainesville State College, the details of the merger are far from finished. That was the word in Gainesville Thursday from Steve Wrigley, the Executive Vice Chancellor for the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents. 

Wrigley, speaking to the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, said most of the work on the campus consolidation for NGCSU and GSC, as well as three other consolidations for Georgia insitutions, will be left up to implementation teams for each project. He said the Board of Regents will take a back seat on most decisions, allowing the 'new' campuses to be molded by those who will use them. [Full story...]

NGCSU seniors help bring more technology to primary school in Poland

by Dallas Duncan
from the Gainesville Times, January 30, 2012

Poland might be an ocean away from most Hall County residents, but for two North Georgia College & State University seniors, the country is right next to their hearts.

Seniors Ashley Walters-Otwell and Madeline Jones, both 21, are student teaching there this semester. Walters-Otwell is already set up in a classroom teaching English, and Jones will be joining her next month. [Full story...]

Professor urges 'wait-and-see approach' on Arab Spring

by Savannah King
from the Gainesville Times, January 24, 2012

In a time when much of the Middle East is in a seemingly constant state of change, North Georgia College & State University provided an opportunity for clarification and discussion.

The first of an eight-week lecture series called Great Decisions focused on Middle East realignment and was led by Victoria Hightower, assistant professor of history at NGCSU. [Full story...]

Groundbreaking Ceremony of New Instructional Campus

by Liz Kennedy
from the Cumming Patch, January 19, 2012

School officials from North Georgia College & State University (NGCSU) and Gainesville State College joined about 100 people, including state lawmakers, city and county officials, Tuesday in a ceremonial groundbreaking of the new instructional campus in Cumming.

Construction of the new campus called University Center | GA 400 is underway. The site is located behind the Georgia Department of Driver Services and Cumming Aquatic Center at 300 Aquatic Circle, off Pilgrim Mill Road. [Full story...]

Work begins on college campus

by Jennifer Sami
from the Forsyth News, January 17, 2012

A decades-long dream was realized Tuesday as officials broke ground on University Center, a blended campus of North Georgia College & State University and Gainesville State College.

North Georgia President Bonita Jacobs said the $7 million, 38,000-square-foot facility in Cumming will build on the schools’ “very enriched relationship” that dates back 27 years.  [Full story...]