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Scholarship offered for community college students, recent alumni
Special to the Journal
The Jack Kent Cooke
Foundation has opened the
nominations process for the
largest scholarship available
to students and recent alum
ni from community colleges.
Through the initiative,
called the Undergraduate
Transfer Scholarship
Program, the private foun
dation will award up to
$30,000 annually per recip
ient to help students and
recent alumni from the com
munity and two-year insti
tutions pursue four-year
degrees at any accredited
Ga. Centennial Farm applications due in March
Special to the Journal
The Georgia Centennial
Farm Program was created
to draw attention to historic
farms and to encourage their
preservation.
Nominees for the program
are currently being taken
and must meet the follow
ing: Be at least 100 years old
with a minimum of 10 acres
actively involved in agricul
tural production or generate
at least SI,OOO in annual
income. In addition, farms
must have been owned by
members of the same fam
GDOT announces
launch of website
Special to the Journal
The Georgia Department
of Transportation recently
announced the launch of
www.whatsthebigidea.us,
which according to a release,
is a website that details the
state’s $7.7 billion transpor
tation funding shortfall over
the next six years, but “offers
hope that a funding solution
can and will be found.”
The website is the brain
child of State Transportation
Board Chairman Mike Evans.
“Legislators and the pub
lic can go online and see
for themselves the cold
hard facts about transporta
tion funding in this state,”
says Evans. “The reality is
something has to be done.”
Oxendine offers assistance
Special to the Journal
Georgia residents with
insurance problems or ques
tions can receive assistance
directly from Insurance
Commissioner John
Oxendine’s office by contact
ing his insurance investiga
tor working in this area.
To that end, one is sched
uled to be in Warner Robins
from 9:30-11 a.m. Dec. 29 at
the Public Library.
You can confirm the inves
tigator’s schedule by calling
478-923-0128.
In addition to receiv
ing assistance with insur
ance problems or questions,
Oxendine’s office, according
to a release, offers compli
mentary homeowner, auto
mobile and life insurance
policy reviews.
This service, according to
the release, is designed to
provide you with informa
tion you should know before
purchasing insurance and
how to avoid common mis
takes.
If you cannot meet with
the investigator during
these hours there are other
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college or university in the
United States and abroad.
Last year, the foundation
received nearly 700 nomina
tions for these awards.
Middle Georgia College
professor Dr. Peter B.
Makaya was selected to
serve as MGC’s faculty rep
resentative to the founda
tion, and all nominations of
the college’s students and
alumni must be submitted
to him. Makaya praised the
scholarship stating, “This is
indeed a lot of money that,
can help students who have
demonstrated excellence in
academics and extracurric
ily for at least 100 years
or be listed in the National
Register of Historic Places.
Qualifying Centennial
Farms are honored each
October at a special award
ceremony at the Georgia
National Fairgrounds in
Perry.
Since starting in 1993,
the program has recog
nized 327 farms around the
state. The Centennial Farm
Program is administered by:
the Historic Preservation
Division; Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation;
The website, according to
the release, allows users to
view transportation projects
by county and see the status
of projects that are either
unfunded and have been
moved out beyond the year
2014.
It also lists those projects
delayed due to fundingbut will
be accomplished in the next
six years and projects that
are funded and on schedule.
Georgia faces a $7.7 bil
lion transportation funding
shortfall over the next six
years due to many factors
including unprecedented
population growth, rising
construction and right of
way costs, and the aging and
deterioration of the state’s
infrastructure.
ways that you can receive
assistance.
Investigators are available
to assist you by phone from
8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Their
toll free number is 1-800-
656-2298.
You can also contact us
by e-mail and their web
address is www,gainsurance.
org. Or you can write a let
ter explaining the details of
your problem and mail it to
the following address:
John Oxendine
Commissioner of
Insurance
State of Georgia
2 Martin Luther King,
Jr., Drive
Atlanta, GA 30334
Attention: Consumer
Services Division
There is no fee for this
service.
Also, if you are an individ
ual with a disability and wish
to acquire this publication in
an alternative format, con
tact the ADA coordinator,
Office of Commissioner of
Insurance, 2 Martin Luther
King Jr. Drive, Atlanta, GA
30334. You can also call 404-
656-4031.
ular activities reach their
full potential through educa
tion.”
While 45 percent of all
college students in the U.S.
attend community colleges,
few private funds are avail
able to help these students
transfer to four-year institu
tions in spite of high levels
of ability and need.
The Jack Kent Cooke
Foundation scholarships can
provide funding for tuition,
room and board, required
fees and books for the length
of the undergraduate degree
which is generally two
years.
Georgia Department of
Agriculture; Georgia
Forestry Commission;
Georgia Cooperative
Extension Service; and the
Georgia National Fair and
Agricenter.
Nominations are due on
March 1, 2007. Applications
are available on HPD’s
Web site at http://hpd.
dnr.state.ga.us/con
tent/d ispl ay navigation.
asp?TopCategory=2s. For
more information, con
tact Gretchen Brock at
404-651-6782 or gretchen_
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