Agnes Scott College News

• Around Here for July 15 (The Gadsden Times)
  posted on July 15, 2011 at 03:56:42 am
  • Jordan Kennedy, Snellville, Ga., class of 2012, was named to the Dean’s Honor List at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga., for the spring semester.
• Gazette.Net: Frederick natives honored for academic excellence (Gazette.net)
  posted on June 23, 2011 at 11:46:10 am
  Ÿ Natalie Duggan of Frederick was named to the dean's honor list at Agnes Scott College for the spring semester. Duggan, a rising junior at the Decatur, Ga. school, is the daughter of Bonnie Duggan and Robert Duggan III. Students must maintain a 3.7 GPA for the honor.
• DECATUR: Agnes Scott cuts jobs, offers early retirement (WXIA-TV Atlanta)
  posted on May 19, 2011 at 05:52:46 pm
  Agnes Scott College has cut 16 staff positions and offered early retirement to some of its employees, but says its finances are going well.
• Agnes Scott College Cuts 16 Staff Jobs (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)
  posted on May 19, 2011 at 12:00:30 pm
  Agnes Scott College says it has eliminated 16 staff positions as it attempts to trim $3 million from its budget.
• Agnes Scott College cuts 16 staff jobs (WRCB Chattanooga)
  posted on May 19, 2011 at 10:29:16 am
  Associated Press - May 19, 2011 6:14 AM ET DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - Agnes Scott College says it has eliminated 16 staff positions as it attempts to trim $3 million from its budget.
• State Department official to speak at graduation (Washington Examiner)
  posted on March 25, 2011 at 09:01:52 am
  The Associated Press The Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. School officials say the first-ever U.S. Ambassador-at-large for global women's issues will speak at Agnes Scott College's commencement this spring. Melanne Verveer will give the graduation address at the women's college in suburban Atlanta on May 14. Verveer heads up the State Department's office on women's issues, an office created by ...
• State Department official to speak at graduation (WRCB Chattanooga)
  posted on March 25, 2011 at 08:21:14 am
  Associated Press - March 25, 2011 4:14 AM ET DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - School officials say the first-ever U.S. Ambassador-at-large for global women's issues will speak at Agnes Scott College's...
• Agnes Scott lets students judge electricity use (Rome News-Tribune)
  posted on February 17, 2011 at 06:46:14 pm
  DECATUR, Ga. (AP)- A suburban Atlanta women's college is giving students a way to judge how much electricity their dorms use. Agnes Scott College in Decatur is putting touch-screen displays in t...
• Scotties Bite Lady Scots On The Road (The Chattanoogan)
  posted on February 6, 2011 at 12:20:42 am
  DECATUR -- For the second night in a row, the Lady Scots traveled south to battle against a soon to be Great South Athletic Conference opponent; this time it was against the Scotties of Agnes Scott College.
• Local colleges announce King Week programs (The Champion Newspaper)
  posted on January 14, 2011 at 09:55:05 pm
  Agnes Scott College has announced that it is presenting Martin Luther & Coretta Scott King Jr. Week of Human Rights A Voice for the Voiceless: Untold Stories.
• Agnes Scott Gets $1M Gift For Faculty (WXIA-TV Atlanta)
  posted on November 24, 2010 at 06:56:06 pm
  Agnes Scott College has received its largest donation ever for faculty development as an anonymous graduate gave a $1 million gift.
• Agnes Scott College gets $1M gift for faculty (WRCB Chattanooga)
  posted on November 24, 2010 at 09:21:16 am
  Associated Press - November 24, 2010 4:14 AM ET DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - Agnes Scott College has received a $1 million donation from an anonymous graduate to help support faculty.
• Agnes Scott working toward zero waste on campus (Rome News-Tribune)
  posted on October 6, 2010 at 08:24:05 pm
  DECATUR, Ga. (AP)- Agnes Scott College is getting closer to a goal of diverting nearly all of its waste from landfills. The women's college in suburban Atlanta is now reusing, recycling or compo...
• Agnes Scott Working Toward Zero Waste On Campus (WKRG News 5 Mobile)
  posted on October 6, 2010 at 01:28:04 pm
  Agnes Scott College Is Getting Closer To A Goal Of Diverting Nearly All Of Its Waste From Landfills The Women's College In Suburban Atlanta Is Now Reusing,... Decatur, Georgia - Agnes Scott College is getting closer to a goal of diverting nearly all of its waste from landfills. The women's college in suburban Atlanta is now reusing, recycling or composting 64 percent of its waste, up from less ...
• Agnes Scott College Working Toward Zero Waste On Campus (CBS 46 News Atlanta)
  posted on October 6, 2010 at 08:22:23 am
  Agnes Scott College is getting closer to a goal of diverting nearly all of its waste from landfills.
• Agnes Scott working toward zero waste on campus (The Washington DC Examiner)
  posted on October 6, 2010 at 08:22:05 am
  DECATUR, GA. — Agnes Scott College is getting closer to a goal of diverting nearly all of its waste from landfills. The women's college in suburban Atlanta is now reusing, recycling or composting 64 percent of its waste, up from less than 30 percent two years ago.
• Terry McMillan speaks at Agnes Scott College (Access Atlanta)
  posted on September 14, 2010 at 02:50:55 pm
  When a natural storyteller like author Terry McMillan is speaking, it’s best to get out of her way.
• Rebecca Lunny receives Agnes Scott College Award (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  posted on September 13, 2010 at 04:48:00 pm
  Rebecca Lunny, class of 2011 of Marietta, received the Betty Lou Houck Smith Drama Scholarship for the 2010-2011 academic year. Lunny is the daughter of James Lunny and Louanne Lunny.
• Reading Eagle (Reading Eagle)
  posted on September 12, 2010 at 04:30:41 am
  Elizabeth Gustoson-Berkstresser, Shillington, received a $500 Charles A. Dana Scholarship. She is a junior at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga. She is a 2008 graduate of Gov. Mifflin High School,
• Former Agnes Scott College President Dies (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)
  posted on May 27, 2010 at 10:24:35 am
  DECATUR, Ga. -- The first female president of Agnes Scott College has died. Officials with the private, all-female college announced that Ruth A. Schmidt died Monday of natural causes at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. She was 79.
• Former Agnes Scott College president dies at 79 (WCAX-TV Vermont)
  posted on May 27, 2010 at 12:21:45 am
  Associated Press - May 26, 2010 5:55 PM ET DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - The first female president of Agnes Scott College has died. Officials with the private, all-female college announced that...
• First female president of Georgia's Agnes Scott College dies at 79 (CBS 6 Richmond)
  posted on May 26, 2010 at 09:53:15 pm
  DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The first female president of Agnes Scott College has died.
• Filming at Agnes Scott College: 'Big Momma's House 3' (WXIA-TV Atlanta)
  posted on April 8, 2010 at 10:54:16 pm
  A movie company will set up shop this summer on the tree-lined campus of Agnes Scott College in Decatur -- Martin Lawrence's Big Momma's House 3.
• Sports briefs: Hawks fall in GSAC semifinals (Montgomery Advertiser)
  posted on February 27, 2010 at 10:08:17 am
  DECATUR, Ga. -- Huntingdon senior Heath Miller scored a career-high 21 points in what proved to be his final collegiate game. But the Hawks couldn't overcome 47 combined points from Maryville's Greg Hernandez and Eryk Watson as they lost to the Scots 79-71 in the semifinals of the Great South Athletic Conference tournament, hosted by Agnes Scott College.