Current news from Agnes Scott College http://www.agnesscott.edu/news Agnes Scott College News Copyright 2009 Agnes Scott College ASC to Host Softball Tournament in Honor of Lauren Giddings http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=ff1f35ee-2c49-4ca3-9ab5-be1fc2a83a15 Agnes Scott College will host a softball tournament in honor of former player and alumna Lauren Giddings, who was murdered in Macon last June. http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=ff1f35ee-2c49-4ca3-9ab5-be1fc2a83a15 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Faith and Learning Lecture: Agreeing to Disagree http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=aa4f85ce-62e4-4c91-9ae3-b7397c8dcde4 Amy-Jill Levine will deliver Agnes Scott College’s 2012 James Ross McCain Faith and Learning Lecture, titled Agreeing to Disagree: How Jews and Christians Read Scripture Differently, on Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Gaines Chapel, Presser Hall. http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=aa4f85ce-62e4-4c91-9ae3-b7397c8dcde4 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Author John Green to Speak at Agnes Scott http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=c9289a2b-3b6f-4e9b-af22-949c6286942b Best-selling author John Green will be at Agnes Scott Jan. 15 to discuss his new book, The Fault in Our Stars. http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=c9289a2b-3b6f-4e9b-af22-949c6286942b Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Highly-Skilled Immigrants Create Jobs for Americans, According to Study http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=b2376c6b-f2b1-431e-9a98-60cdca1aca8a Immigrants with specific skill types do not compete with native workers, but instead create jobs for American workers and improve their rates of employment, according to a nationwide study written by Madeline Zavodny, professor of economics at Agnes Scott College. http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=b2376c6b-f2b1-431e-9a98-60cdca1aca8a Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Record Number of Entries for Writers’ Festival Contest http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=a7c71356-e712-4e34-a416-db20c25d218a Agnes Scott College’s Annual Writers’ Festival, the oldest continuous literary event in Georgia, received a record number of applicants for its state-wide literary contest this year. http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=a7c71356-e712-4e34-a416-db20c25d218a Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Amber Dermont Awarded NEA Literature Fellowship http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=f3d3e73d-3159-4584-85af-b3f98da7e52a Amber Dermont, associate professor of English and creative writing at Agnes Scott College, has been awarded a Literature Fellowship by The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=f3d3e73d-3159-4584-85af-b3f98da7e52a Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Grant Bolsters Undergrad Research Outside the Lab http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=9cc55117-8cbd-485f-85d1-aae6f4cff27a Thanks to a $200,000 grant awarded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, undergraduate research in the humanities will have additional support at Agnes Scott. http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=9cc55117-8cbd-485f-85d1-aae6f4cff27a Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Author of The Phantom Tollbooth to Speak at Agnes Scott http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=b88cd455-facc-421d-9025-0270311ac14a Norton Juster, author of The Phantom Tollbooth, will speak at Agnes Scott College Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at Presser Hall. http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=b88cd455-facc-421d-9025-0270311ac14a Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Agnes Scott Now Diverts 73% of Waste from Landfills http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=20b0cc9b-5f76-4c81-a806-a3376ff5e59d Agnes Scott College now diverts 73 percent of its waste, which would otherwise have gone into landfills, through recycling and composting. http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=20b0cc9b-5f76-4c81-a806-a3376ff5e59d Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Kiplinger Again Ranks ASC a Best Value Private College http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=43daa4a7-d890-4084-b0eb-c5cfcccc709c Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has again named Agnes Scott College among its annual best values in private institutions, private universities and liberal arts colleges it says combine outstanding quality with affordability. http://www.agnesscott.edu/news/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fAdmissions%2fAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=43daa4a7-d890-4084-b0eb-c5cfcccc709c Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT