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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Savannah-Area High School Teachers Chosen for USCB Korea
Fulbright Project
Sharon Butler
University of South
Carolina Beaufort is thrilled to
announce the selection of a tal
ented group of scholars, educa
tors and students who will par
ticipate in the university’s 2024
Korea-focused Fulbright-Hays
Group Program Abroad. The
successful applicants include
four Savannah-area high
school teachers.
Local K-12 educa
tors, members of the USCB
faculty and USCB students en
tered a competitive application
process in their quest to join
the innovative South Korean
and Asian Literacy Education
(SKALE) project. Funded by
a $161,778.27 grant from Ful-
bright-Hays Group Programs
Abroad in conjunction with the
U.S. Department of Education,
SKALE is designed to equip
local communities with cultur
al readiness amidst the growing
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South Korean influence in our
region.
Applicants selected for SKALE
are listed below.
K-12 Educators:
Georgia - Sharon Butler (Bry
an County, Richmond Hill
High School); Amber Crews
(Bryan County, Richmond Hill
High School); Roman Czer-
winski-Haro (Bryan County,
Richmond Hill High School);
and Elizabeth Rodgers Clarke
(Bryan County, Richmond Hill
High School)
K-12 Educators:
South Carolina - Elizabeth
Schlieger (Beaufort County,
May River High School) and
Mary Katherine Schramm
(Beaufort County, May River
High School)
USCB Faculty: Cin
dy Lahar (Degree Coordina
tor, Psychology); Kyle Mes-
sick (Assistant Professor of
Roman Czerwinski-Haro
Psychology); Angela Nadeau
(Instructor of Psychology);
Caroline Sawyer (Associate
Professor of Communication
Studies)
USCB Education
Students: Celeste Cruz-Reyes
(Elementary Education Major)
and Evan Calabrese (Second
ary Education - English Major)
The Savannah, Geor
gia, metro area and South Car
olina Lowcountry have seen a
surge in South Korean cultural
impact since 2022, with ongo
ing construction of a Hyundai
EV facility at a mega site near
the Port of Savannah; ongoing
construction of a Korean EV
battery facility near Savannah;
and the relocation of the PGA
Tour CJ Cup from Jeju Is
land, South Korea, to Conaga-
ree Golf Club in Ridgeland,
SC. The SKALE project has
emerged as a vital initiative to
enhance community prepared
ness.
In August 2023,
USCB initiated a call for par
ticipants from its internal
community, seeking four fac
ulty members specializing in
global/international teaching
and research, along with two
sophomore or junior education
students who plan to become
future educators within our lo
cal community. Subsequently,
in September 2023, the call ex
tended externally to K-12 edu
cators across Beaufort, Jasper,
Chatham, Bryan, and Effing
ham counties, leading to an ex-
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tensive two-month search and a
rigorous selection process.
In October 2023, the
SKALE selection committee
finalized its roster. The 12 par
ticipants for the project will
be led by project director Dr.
Juanita (Babet) Villena-Alva-
rez (Assistant Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs and Co
ordinator of USCB’s Interna
tional Programs), in conjunc
tion with subject-area scholar
Dr. Greg Choy (University of
California, Berkeley).
Over the next 12
months, this team will delve
into an immersive study of
South Korean culture, lan
guage, and education. The pro
gram will include a four-week
field study in South Korea,
encompassing visits to desti
nations including Seoul and
Busan, as well as to culturally
significant sites.
The group will pres
ent their findings and experi
ences gained from the SKALE
project at the Korean Cultural
Studies Conference (KCSC)
in October 2024, hosted on
the USCB Hilton Head Island
campus in collaboration with
USCB’s Osher Lifelong Learn
ing Institute (OLLI).
This initiative stands
as a testament to USCB’s com
mitment to fostering cultural
awareness and preparedness
within our communities. We
look forward to witnessing the
impact and outcomes of the
SKALE project as it unfolds.
Construction Co. in Duluth, GA seeks J QC
Manager and 1 Construction Manager
Job Site: Ellabcll, CIA. Duties are as follows: 1. QC
Manager; 1) Plan, director coordinate, usually through
subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned
with the overall quality of construe!tor and maintenance
of slructurcs. facilities, and systems. 2) Quality Cotilrol of
Electrical construction, etc. 2, Construction Manager;
]) Plan, direct, nr coordinate, usually through subordinate
supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the
construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and
systems. 2) Estimate Electrical construction work quote,
etc. 40 hiV week. Bachelor's Degree in Engineering rcq.
Must speak Korean. Send resume to Hyojin America,
Inc, (HQ address: 3100 Breckinridge Blvd, Ste 501,
Duluth, GA 30096) Attn: Changwoti KiM. Director,
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Savannah Book Festival
Announces 2024 Festival Lineup
For Main Event
Midnight In The Garden of
Good and Evil
30th Anniversary Edition
The Savannah Book
Festival (SBF), February 15-
18, 2024, returns as one of the
finest invitation-only literary
festivals in the country. Now
in its seventeenth year, SBF
presents nationally recognized
best-selling and debut authors
to Savannah’s book-loving
community over the four-day
weekend.
SBF’s main event is
Festival Saturday. On Febru
ary 17, 2024, over 30 authors
will give presentations from
9:00 am to 5:55 pm at historic
venues in and around historic
downtown Savannah. Details
about presenting authors and
their books can be found at sa-
vannahbookfestival.org.
John Berendt, author
of the acclaimed, Midnight in
the Garden of Good and Evil
returns to SBF as we celebrate
the 30th anniversary of the
book that had a major impact
on Savannah.
The Festival Saturday
lineup includes some of the
most popular books of 2023;
Goodreads CHOICE AWARDS
2023 Winner for Best Science
Fiction The Lives of Puppets
byTJ. Klune
Goodreads CHOICE
AWARDS 2023 Nominee for
Best Humor How to Stay Mar
ried; The Most Insane Love
Story Ever Told by Harrison
Scott Key
Goodreads CHOICE
AWARDS 2023 Nominee for
Best Fiction and Best Debut
Novel Pineapple Express by
John Berendt,
Author
Jenny Jackson
NPR’s Top 10 Books
of the Year Absolution by Alice
McDermott
The New Yorker
magazine’s Best Books of 2023
Night Watch by Jayne Anne
Phillips
Amazon’s Top 20
Books of the Year The Art
Thief; A True Story of Love,
Crime and a Dangerous Ob
session
Festival Saturday is a
free event made possible with
the generous support of spon
sors and Literati members.
Join us on Festival
Saturday along with over 20
additional authors presenting
as we celebrate the written
word, and the role literature
plays to improve the human
experience.
The Savannah Book
Festival Inc. is an independent,
non-profit corporation commit
ted to encouraging literacy and
the love of books. SBF presents
best-selling and emerging au
thors at a four-day Presidents
Day weekend event featuring
talks by dozens of authors.
Festival Saturday, February
17th, which is free and open
to the public from 9 am to 5:30
pm, showcases over 30 au
thors in locations in and around
downtown Savannah. For more
information, please contact Ex
ecutive Director Tara Setter
at 912.598.4040, info@savan-
nahbookfestival.org or visit
www.savannahbookfestival.
org.
SA Recycling Donates
100 Boston Butts
David Triesch, Bro. David Wright, and Rebecca Seymour
Growing In Grace Donation
Sister Sandra Lewis and Rebecca Seymour
First Tabernacle Baptist Donation
SA Recycling, Geor
gia’s largest metal recycling
company, located at 500 Sta
ley Avenue, kicked off their
community outreach campaign
with a donation of 50 Boston
butts to Growing in Grace Min
istries located at 1517 Staley
Avenue in Tatemville and 50
Boston Butts to First Taberna
cle Missionary Baptist Church
located at 310 Alice Street Sa
vannah.
“With a new location
on Staley Avenue, we wanted
to reach out to the surrounding
communities to let them know
that we are dedicated to being
a strong community partner to
local residents and businesses.
A part of our company core
values is to have strong rela
tionships in the communities
that we operate in. Our next
year will be devoted to bridg
ing our business with nonprof
its, churches and local busi
nesses who share our inclusive
goals,’’ shared SA Recycling
Staley Avenue General Man
ager Rebecca Seymour. “With
the help of Miquan Green of
MGreen Productions, we were
able to personally deliver to
two local churches and con
gregation members for our first
community outreach event.”
Joining in the deliv
ery and drop off efforts was SA
Recycling Regional General
Manager Bobby Triesch.
“We are incredibly
grateful to SA Recycling for
their generous donation of Bos
ton butts to the senior members
of our congregation. Their
support embodies the spirit of
community and compassion,
and we are truly blessed by
their kindness. On behalf of the
entire congregation at First Tab,
I extend our heartfelt thanks to
SA Recycling for their dedica
tion to helping those in need,”
stated First Tabernacle Mis
sionary Baptist Church Pastor
Andre Osbourne.