Features
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St. Mary’s Announces New Name, Interim President for Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center
May 18, 2015
St. Mary’s Health Care System announced that Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center will be renamed St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital and that Jeff English, St. Mary’s Vice President Human Resources and Support Services, will be its interim president when the acquisition process is completed on or around June 1st.
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UGA Executive MBA Ranks No. 14 Worldwide, According to The Economist
May 15, 2015
The Executive MBA Program at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business was ranked No. 14 worldwide by The Economist in its latest assessment.
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Community Office Hours Offer Free Business Expertise to Local Entrepreneurs
May 14, 2015
From 2-4pm every third Tuesday, a cadre of experienced startup and small business professionals make themselves available to current and aspiring entrepreneurs on a drop-in basis for one-on-one discussions on a range of key business topics, including digital marketing and social media strategy, legal questions, tips for seeking investment funding, and software development solutions.
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Leadership Training vs Leadership Development - Is There a Difference?
May 13, 2015
In the past 10 years, The Leadership Institute at Columbus State has worked with more than 80 organizations and thousands of individuals in leadership development/training. Along the way, we found something important that we really weren’t looking for; we discovered an important distinction between leadership training and leadership development. Rather than being a semantic debate, this distinction is a paradigm changer.
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Georgia GROW Green Promotes International Trade Development
May 12, 2015
The Georgia Department of Economic Development welcomes representatives from international companies as part of the GROW (Georgia Reaching Out Worldwide) Green program. International buyers from Israel, China, and Brazil are in Savannah and Atlanta, to meet with state exporters.
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Annual Sustainable UGA Awards Given to Outstanding Students, Faculty, Staff
May 08, 2015
Four members of the University of Georgia community received high marks from the UGA Office of Sustainability in the annual round of Sustainable UGA Awards for outstanding faculty, staff and undergraduate and graduate students.
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Ed Farley: Do You Have The Right Customers?
May 08, 2015
The phrase…”the customer is always right” may be wrong. One of the biggest challenges for business is to determine who their customers should be. Too often we do not realize that may of our customers cost us profit.
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LAD Truck Lines Launches Records Management Division
May 07, 2015
LAD Truck Lines has formally launched a new division called LAD Records Management to help corporations, governments and not-for-profits store, manage and securely dispose of their documents.
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5,600-Plus will Join Ranks of UGA Alums After Spring 2015 Commencement
May 05, 2015
The University of Georgia will welcome its newest class of alumni on May 8. Approximately 4,488 undergraduates and 1,179 graduate students—a total of 5,667—have met requirements to walk in the university’s spring Commencement ceremonies.
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TAG Seeks Nominations from Athens for 2015 STEM Education Award
May 01, 2015
The Technology Association of Georgia and the TAG Education Collaborative are excited to announce the 4th Annual STEM Education Awards, an event that will once again recognize and honor schools, programs and organizations for their outstanding effort and achievement in supporting and promoting STEM Education in Georgia.
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St. Mary's Among Top 5% in US for Patient Safety
April 30, 2015
St. Mary’s Health Care System announced today that it has achieved Healthgrades’ Patient Safety Excellence Award for the fifth year in a row and is named among the nation’s top 5 percent of hospitals for patient safety for the third year in a row.
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Veterans Career and Resource Expo Set for May 14th in Athens
April 29, 2015
The Georgia Department of Labor and the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary will co-sponsor a career and resource expo Thursday, May 14, in Athens. The expo will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the VFW Post No. 2872, 835 Sunset Drive.
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Tickle Your Funny Bone: 20 Desk Toys for the Office
April 29, 2015
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Lisa Rawls: Chamber Seeks to Empower Athens' Small Businesses
April 28, 2015
Access to proven, successful resources can be empowering for any business, but at the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, they are taking it to heart, especially for our area’s small businesses, says Lisa Rawls, principal of Evergreen CFO, a board member of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce and who chairs the Chamber’s Small Business Committee.
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Incredibly Simple Steps for a More Creative Workplace
April 24, 2015
Which one would you pick: A job that inspires you to dream up some new idea every single day then work and build on them? Or one that needs you to do the same mindless, repetitive task day in and day out? That’s a no brainer. The first one, of course.
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AGL Resources Moves the Natural Gas Industry and the Economy Forward
April 23, 2015
Hank Linginfelter, Executive Vice President, Distribution Operations, articulates with ease the activities of AGL Resources, headquartered in Atlanta since 1856. “Every year we’re running pipes to new areas of the state. We want to serve customers reliably and safely. We want to keep costs low,” he says.
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Governor Signs Opportunity School District, Education Reform Into Law
April 22, 2015
Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation that would implement an Opportunity School District to turn around failing schools. This law provides the framework for how the OSD would work should voters approve a constitutional amendment in 2016.
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Athens Twilight Rides this Weekend
April 21, 2015
80 fast-paced laps around the downtown city streets of Athens, Georgia – the 35th Athens Twilight Criterium takes place April 24-25, 2015.
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NORAMCO recognized as Athens-Clarke County’s 2015 Manufacturer of the Year
April 20, 2015
Athens-Clarke County’s annual Industry Appreciation Dinner was held last week to celebrate the contributions that local manufacturers make to the Athens community. The event was attended by over 100 guests, including local, State and national elected officials, community leaders and the captains of industry throughout Athens.
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UGA Grady College Announces Departmental Restructure Changes
April 17, 2015
The University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication has been restructured to create a single, digital-first journalism department and to have one department solely focused on entertainment and media studies, a rapidly growing sector of the media industry.
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St. Mary’s Receives Chest Pain Center Accreditation
April 16, 2015
St. Mary’s Health Care System has received full accreditation as a chest pain center with PCI – the technical term for emergency balloon angioplasty and stent implantation – from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care.
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Athen's Carrier Transicold Celebrates Two Anniversaries
April 15, 2015
Carrier Transicold is celebrating a double anniversary this year: 75 years of Carrier road transport refrigeration innovation and the 45th anniversary of the Carrier Transicold business. Carrier Transicold helps improve global transport and shipping of temperature controlled cargoes with a complete line of equipment for refrigerated trucks, trailers and containers, and is a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp.
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Q&A With GDEcD Director of Global Commerce Annie Baxter
April 14, 2015
In the first of a monthly series with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, Director of Global Commerce for Logistics, Energy, Agribusiness & Food Annie Baxter discusses important transportation projects, innovations in logistics, and the economic development climate in Georgia.
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Are Your Employees Getting Enough Sleep? (And if Not, Why Do You Care?)
April 13, 2015
It’s no secret to any harried entrepreneur that getting too little sleep has plenty of ill effects. But did you ever stop to think about the effect lack of sleep might be having on your employees. And, by extension, how that could be affecting your business?
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Georgia Lt. Gov. Cagle to Present UGA Public Service & Outreach Keynote Address
April 10, 2015
Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle will present the 2015 keynote address following the 24th annual University of Georgia Public Service and Outreach Awards presentations on April 13th.