GREATER ROME CHAMBER HOLDS 101ST ANNUAL MEETING
The Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce held their 101st Annual Meeting at The Forum in downtown Rome last night. J. Mac Holladay, Founder and CEO of Market Street Services served as the guest speaker. The gavel was passed from 2011 Chairman of the Board Dr. Greg Sumner to the 2012 Chair, Angie Lewis, President and CEO of Citizens First Bank.
Lewis says she is looking forward to a prosperous 2012.
While the Chamber’s goal as a whole this year is to bring jobs and prosperity to the community, Lewis says her job is to pull it all together.
RUSSIAN DOCTORS PAY VISIT TO ROME
A group of doctors from Russia are in town as part of a tour of medical facilities in North Georgia. They want to learn about American health care. The visit to Rome is being hosted by the Rome Rotary Club, in partnership with Redmond Regional Medical Center, Floyd Medical Center and the Harbin Clinic. The Russian doctors visited Gainesville earlier this week. The group includes Doctors Irina Kobernyuk, Svetlana Ermakova, Elena Kanaeva, Sergey Osanksin and Denis Makhankov. Their visit here will culminate with a reception at the Harbin Clinic’s Tony E. Warren MD Cancer Center this evening.
SHORTER UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR NEW RESIDENCE FACILITY
Shorter University is working with architects on plans for a new 100-bed student residence facility. According to a Shorter media release, the facility will provide much-needed student living space for the university.
University President Dr. Donald Dowless says, “Shorter University has had tremendous growth, and in the fall of 2011, our record enrollment included approximately 120 students who wanted to live on campus that we were unable to accommodate with on-campus living. The student experience is enriched by being part of the campus community, and we are excited that this new construction will allow us to have even more of our student population reside in our Christ-centered campus enviroment.”
WINNING NIGHT FOR SHORTER UNIVERSITY
It was a victorious night for Shorter University over Brewton Parker in a couple of Southern States Athletic Conference East Division basketball games at Shorter’s Winthrop King Centre last night. The 24th ranked Lady Hawks beat the Lady Barons 78-41. The number one Hawks remain undefeated with their 20th straight win over the Barons 97-70.
