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Atlanta Technical College Students Prepare For the State DECA Competition
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Feb 01The best and brightest students from the business and public service technologies division at Atlanta Technical College are preparing for the 2012 DECA state career development conference. From February 10 to 12, twenty-five Atlanta Technical College s... »
Recruiting, retaining black men
AJC.com
Feb 01As is true at many historically black colleges and universities, black women significantly outnumber black men in the University System of Georgia.Of the system’s 89,000 black students enrolled in fall 2011, more than 60 percent are female.System offic... »
Jones named the 2012 Instructor of the Year at Atlanta Technical College
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Jan 31Tamoura Jones, chair of the Culinary Arts and Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Management (HRT) department, has been named the 2012 Instructor of the Year for Atlanta Technical College. As Instructor of the Year, Jones receives the Atlanta Technical Colleg... »
A Closer Look at the Two New APS Redistricting Options
Cascade Patch
Jan 30The Atlanta Public Schools' updated "Capity/Utilization Study" contains a myriad charts, projections and analyses about ways to limit costs and best serve the district's students (see attached PDF). Anyone who wants to become an expert on the demogra... »
Marie Fowler Named Chairman Of The Board Of American Technologies
Cascade Patch Announcements
Jan 29Award-winning businesswoman Marie Fowler, President & Chief Executive Officer of American Technologies, has been elevated to Chairman of the Board of Directors as announced by her company this weekend. "I am humbled by this appointment. It allows me t... »
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Did the APD inadvertently make Capitol View less safe?
Fresh Loaf
Jan 06The Atlanta Police Department's recent beat redesign was intended to improve service. The idea was that more evenly distributing individual officer workloads would heighten police presence, shorten 911 response times, and generally improve public safet... »
Nuevo Laredo Cantina, Pasta Da Pulcinella and more restaurants that failed health inspections in December
What Now Atlanta
Jan 02Other failed inspections in Fulton county include Belly General Store, Goodfellas Pizza & Wings and Spiga. What’s considered failing? Failing scores change from one health inspector to the next but the industry standard is that anything below a 70 (out... »
Southwest Atlanta creek mysteriously turns gray
Fresh Loaf
Dec 05A creek in southwest Atlanta — which for years has turned various colors of the rainbow thanks to illegal dumping and pollution — changed to a creepy shade this weekend. Twitter master, former CL columnist and all-around decent human being Andisheh Nou... »
Atlanta Hawks: Holiday fixins
Hawks Blog
Nov 23If you want a roundup of the latest lockout news, check out NBA.com Steve Aschburner’s summary of recent negotiations with the goal of starting the season on Christmas Day. Rather than weigh in on that convoluted mess, I offer you some Hawks holiday ti... »
Historic southwest Atlanta church, property eyed for new library
Creative Loafing Atlanta
Nov 11For years, the historic Capitol View Baptist Church at the corner of Dill Avenue and Metropolitan Parkway has sat empty, waiting for either a new purpose or the wrecking ball. Over the years, residents of the surrounding southwest Atlanta neighborhoods... »