Greater Rome Times - Education

Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday is August 2-5

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:43:28 UT

Saving 6 or 7 percent on purchases may not sound like much, but the Sales Tax Holiday has become so popular most retailers offer big sales to attract additional business...

Berry Forensics Team Brings Home 13th Consecutive State Championship

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:46:54 UT

The Berry forensics team finished first overall in the Georgia Intercollegiate Forensics Association state championship tournament hosted by Southern Polytechnic State University. This is Berry's 13th consecutive state championship...

Shorter College reorganizes School of Business

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:21:50 UT

With successful growth in both the traditional and professional studies business programs, Shorter College’s School of Business has been divided into two representative schools.

Friends for Life Banquet

Rome Forum — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:43:17 UT

The Friends for Life Banquet has invited Jill Stanek to be the guest speaker for the 2007 banquet...

Coosa Valley Technical College Announces Four Local Finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership

Coosa Valley Technical College — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:26:47 UT

Coosa Valley Technical College (CVTC) recently announced the four local finalists chosen to compete for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL)...

Shorter College Slates Seminar on the Holocaust

shorter.edu.com — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:20:53 UT

Three scholars will join together to present a seminar on the Holocaust at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6, in ShorterCollege’s Brookes Chapel...

Senior Scholars Program Offers Educational Outlet for Older Citizens

Berry College Department of Public Relations — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:39:30 UT

The spring edition of Berry's Senior Scholars program will get under way Tuesday, Feb. 13, with a diverse slate of courses for people 55 years of age and older...

Madeleine Albright to be Inaugural Speaker for Gloria Shatto Lecture Series at Berry

Berry College Public Relations Department — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:21:13 UT

Berry College President Stephen R. Briggs announced Tuesday that former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will be the inaugural speaker for the Gloria Shatto Lecture Series...

Rome International Film Festival Calls for Entries

Allen Bell — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:11:15 UT

The fourth annual Rome International Film Festival (RIFF) is now accepting entries for the 2007 event scheduled for September 6-9, 2007 in Rome, Georgia...

Open House for St. Mary's School

Julie Black — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:10:37 UT

Mark your calendar for Tuesday, January 30^th from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m...

"Saturday Night Cinema" at Rome's DeSoto Theater

Hannah Orr www.theperiscope.org — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:55:28 UT

Have you ever wondered how it would feel to watch an original showing of a movie in a 1930s style theater? Now you have the chance...

Smithsonian's 'Earth from Space' Exhibit Coming to Georgia Highlands

Georgia Highlands Press Release — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:21:39 UT

The whole world will be on display in Rome when the Smithsonian traveling exhibition “Earth from Space” opens...

Shorter College School of the Arts Presents Winter Operas – An Evening of Puccini

Shorter College School of the Arts — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:48:46 UT

Don’t miss Winter Operas – An Evening of Puccini...

Shorter College Theatre Department Receives Prestigious Invitation

Shorter College Public Relations — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:16:30 UT

For the fourth time in five years, Shorter College’s theatre department has been invited to perform...

Four "Distinguished" School Districts Named

Georgia Department of Education — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:18:00 UT

Four Georgia school systems have been named "Distinguished Districts" for their improvement in educating economically-disadvantaged children...