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Three UWG Programs receive grants
June 2, 2006
CARROLLTON, GA - The Community Foundation of West Georgia awarded three University of West Georgia programs grants totaling $8,000.
Dr.
Said Sewell, associate professor of political science and planning, received
a $1,000 grant in support of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished
Lecture Series. The series kicked off its inaugural event with Dr. Cornell
West, author and Princeton University professor, last March. The event
is sponsored by the Center for African American Male Research, Success
and Leadership.
Robert Jennings, director of the Townsend Center for the Performing Arts, received a grant of $3,000 to support the center’s Artist-in-Residence program. The center’s 2005-06 season was one of the most successfully attended and featured a visiting musician and a visiting actor.
Dr. Ann McCleary, director of the Center for Public History, received a $4,000 grant to support the center’s “Set Your Fields on Fire” music history project. The project researches, documents and preserves the diverse music traditions of the West Georgia Piedmont region. The center also sponsors concerts and educational programs.
The Community Foundation of West Georgia is a charitable organization founded in 2003 by residents of the west Georgia region.
For more information, call Sharon Kramer, assistant director of annual giving at UWG, at 678-839-6582.
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