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GEORGIA MATCH direct college admissions program entering second year
ATLANTA — More than 137,000 Georgia high school seniors will receive a personalized direct college admissions letter this month, as the GEORGIA MATCH program begins its second year. Each letter will list the public colleges and universities in Georgia that are holding a spot for the recipient. The 23 University System of Georgia (USG) institutions participating in the program will waive application fees next month for students who used the GEORGIA MATCH dashboard at gafutures.org/GEORGIAMATCH. ...
Maria Guerra-Stoll becomes first Latina on Georgia Film Commission
Maria Guerra-Stoll has become the first Latina appointed to the Governor’s Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Advisory Commission. According to a press release, Guerra-Stoll was sworn in on Sept. 30 at a ceremony at the Georgia State Capitol. Guerra-Stoll – a native of Caracas, Venezuela – is also the president and CEO of PAM Studios and […] The post Maria Guerra-Stoll becomes first Latina on Georgia Film Commission appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.
Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast
A queer Black writer untangles her culture’s complex threads. In her debut, Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast, Neesha Powell-Ingabire complicates an already intense genre by adding layers of removal to it. Her take on growing up Black in the South turns the screw when she adds being queer, disabled, and Geechee to the mix.
Georgia Department of Public Health offering free mammogram and cancer screenings
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – The Georgia Department of Public Health has announced the dates and locations of upcoming mammogram and cancer screenings that it will be holding. Breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer death in women. However, many cancer deaths can be avoided through regular screening. […]
SC led Southeast in customers in the dark days after Helene. Utilities respond to complaints.
COLUMBIA — Widespread and lingering power outages far from coastal cities more accustomed to dealing with hurricanes have prompted conversations about what more utilities could do in South Carolina to get the lights back on sooner. Outages from Helene in South Carolina, Florida and Georgia peaked at around 1.3 million customers each, according to multiple […]
Kentucky’s electric cooperatives employees assisting with Hurricane Helene relief
With power restored within Kentucky, hundreds of line workers and contractors from the state’s electric cooperatives are now helping sister co-ops in other states ravaged by Hurricane Helene in one of the largest mutual aid deployments in the program’s history. More than 150 personnel from Kentucky’s co-ops are providing mutual aid in Georgia, North Carolina […] The post Kentucky’s electric cooperatives employees assisting with Hurricane Helene relief appeared first on The Interior Journal.
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