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Constitution Week
September 16, 2005
CARROLLTON,
GA - University of West Georgia faculty and Ingram Library administrators
coordinated Constitution Day programs and grassroots events for The September
Project. Activities include dramatic readings from the Constitution, voter
registration and a constitutional debate sponsored by the UWG debate team.
UWG student Page Stebman reads a passage from the Constitution while (l-r)
Greg Hurd, Lauren Jennings and Kimberly Newton wait their turn.
A federal law passed in 2005 requires any education institution receiving federal funds to hold an education program about the U.S. Constitution on Constitution Day. September 17 is celebrated as Constitution Day to acknowledge the signing of the Constitution in 1787. The September Project is a grassroots program that encourages library events on freedom, democracy and citizenship the week of September 11. Citizenship events on campus will conclude Friday, Sept. 16, at noon with a video broadcast of a conversation between Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Stephen Breyer. For more information call the Ingram Library at 678-839-6350.
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