Category: Community News
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2022 Fiddlers Convention Set for October 6-8
Athens State University will be welcoming old time music lovers of all ages to campus from October 6-8, 2022 for the 55th Annual Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention, presented by Aetos Systems, Inc. Musical competitions will be held on the Alabama Farmers Cooperative Main Stage in front of Founders Hall, Delmore Brothers Stage in…
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6th Annual Juried Faculty and Alumni Art Exhibit to Open August 11
The 6th Annual Juried Faculty & Alumni Show is scheduled to open on Thursday, August 11 in the Alabama Center for the Arts’ Main Gallery and showcase works from 31 artists consisting of faculty, staff, or alumni of Calhoun Community College and Athens State University. The show will remain open until Friday, October 28. An…
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Sean of the South Coming to Athens State
As part of the “Athens Forever” Bicentennial Series, Athens State University will be welcoming Sean of the South (Sean Dietrich) to McCandless Hall for “An Evening with Sean of the South” on Thursday, August 18 at 7:00 PM. Following the show, Dietrich will hold a book signing during a small reception in Founders Hall. Dietrich,…
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Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama Opens at the ACA
The Alabama Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the opening of the 2022 Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama. The exhibit is a traveling juried art show that displays artwork created by students throughout Alabama who have visual impairments, blindness, and/or deaf-blindness. The show, which opened today, will be displayed through Wednesday, September…
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Athens State to Host Veterans Resource Day July 19
Athens State University will be hosting a Veterans Resource Day on July 19 from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm in the Sandridge Student Center Ballroom. Various participating organizations will be on-site to provide a variety of veterans support services. Employers in attendance will include Alabama Career Center, Alliance HR, Amazon, BOCAR US, Carpenter Technology Corporation,…
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Pamela Keller Commissioned to Sculpt USCT Monument
After the Community Advisory Council on Inclusive Recognition and Acknowledgment’s recommendation to the Pulaski Board of Mayor and Aldermen was approved for the United States Colored Troops (USCT) to be recognized at the Cave Spring Heritage Plaza, the CACIRA brought its next request to the board last week. That recommendation, which the city council approved…
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Center for Lifelong Learning to Create “LaunchBox” Entrepreneurial Center
Athens State University’s Center for Lifelong Learning is currently working to create the “LaunchBox” Entrepreneurial Center. LaunchBox will serve to support and catalyze entrepreneurship, small business growth, new product development, job creation, and economic development efforts for the City of Athens and Limestone County. Located in the fastest growing county in Alabama, the LaunchBox Entrepreneurial…
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Jillian Gardner to Perform Recital on Historic McCandless Hall Organ
Athens State University will be welcoming award-winning organist, Jillian Gardner, to campus this summer to perform a recital on the historic McCandless Hall organ. As part of the “Athens Forever” Bicentennial Series, the event will take place on June 9 at 7:00 pm in McCandless Hall and will be free and open to the public.…
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2022 Fiddlers Concert Series Continues with Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
The Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Concert Series, presented by WYTM Country, will continue on Thursday, May 19 at 7:00 pm with a performance by Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers. Special guest, Noah Goebel, will open for the band. Noah is from Elkton, Kentucky and won the Beginner Musician category at the 2021 Fiddlers…
