TIFTON – Future nursing students will benefit from scholarship funds raised from the fifth annual “Run for the Nurses” event on April 2 sponsored by the School of Nursing and Health Sciences on the campus of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. The event includes a 5K run and half marathon. Both begin at 7:30 a.m. at…
TIFTON – Polly Huff and Keith Rucker, both from Tifton, captured two of the top statewide awards for the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College during the recent annual meeting of the Georgia Association for Museums and Galleries (GAMG) in Albany. Huff, the curator and assistant director of the…
Tift Regional Medical Center (TRMC) received special accreditations from the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) for its oncology center and breast health program as well as the American College of Radiology (ACR) for being designated as a center of excellence in low-dose CT lung cancer screenings. The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the ACoS granted…
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Event Name: BFHS Spay-ghetti & No Balls Fundraiser Dinner Description: Celebrate World Spay Day by helping raise money for BFHS while eating a plate of Spay-ghetti & No Balls! This fundraiser will be held in the downstairs meeting room at the Margaret Jones Public Library at 205 E Pope Street in Sylvester. There will also…
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TIFTON, Ga. – More than 1,400 attendees were able to fine-tune their farming operations with information gained at the 40th annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show and Conference on Jan. 21, 2016, at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton, Georgia. The show is sponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission in cooperation with…
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TIFTON – The ABAC Wildlife Society will hold its fourth annual Beast Feast on Feb. 27 at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $13 at the door. The wildlife supper…
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The following local residents made the Fall 2015 President’s List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 512 students recognized for scholastic achievement. Sherry Blakey of Sylvester Jakin Tillery of Sylvester Georgia Southwestern State University, located in Americus, GA, is a public, four-year University of the University System of Georgia with nearly 3,000 students….
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Trina Barber, a resident of Warwick, made the Fall 2015 Academic Achievement List at Georgia Southwestern State University and was among 512 students recognized for scholastic achievement. To be eligible for the Academic Achievement List, a student must previously earn at least 12 credit hours at GSW, be enrolled in 3 to 11 hours of…
The following local residents made the Fall 2015 Dean’s List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 512 students recognized for scholastic achievement. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or better and take a minimum of 12 credit hours. Haley Hagin of Doerun Lauren…
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