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Employee Spotlight: Corey Parson
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Greetings fellow book enthusiasts, scholars, and author stalkers! My name is Corey Parson. I’m currently working on my Bachelor’s Degree in English at the University of North Georgia. I’ve had the pleasure of working for the University Press of North Georgia since early 2012. Dr. Robinson’s Introduction to Publishing class…
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Student Spotlight: Mario Sheats
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Hi, my name is Mario and I am a junior General Studies major concentrating in Business, Humanities, and Social Studies. I am 23 years old, and for most of those years I have been very interested in the music industry/business. More so than the actual music, I’ve found myself dwelling…
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History in the Making: Informational Video
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History in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877 is a downloadable, free-to-use textbook licensed under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 unported license. This textbook examines U.S. History from before European Contact through Reconstruction, while focusing on the people and their history. To learn more, click…
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Dahlonega Lit Fest & UNG Chili Cookoff
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Last week was a fun, busy week for the University Press of North Georgia. Our managing editor, April, wore four different hats at the 2014 Dahloenga Literary Festival which took place on March 8 and 9. She not only attended the festival and represented the press at our vendor booth,…
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Call for Submissions for New Translations Series
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Call for Submissions: Cultural Understanding and Literary Translations The University Press of North Georgia is accepting proposals for books on cultural understanding and translations. Our objective is to create cross-cultural understanding, artistic awareness, and communication by offering translations of works that world otherwise not be available to the English-speaking population…
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Student Spotlight: Dohyeong Serena Son
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Hi! I’m Dohyeong Serena Son, an exchange student from South Korea. I’m very glad to introduce myself. During the spring 2014 semester, I will be working at the University Press. My major is business management, focusing in marketing, and my minor is economics and politics. I will graduate in February…
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Southeastern snow delays more than just traffic
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At UNG students, professors and staff members alike were simultaneously relieved and inconvenienced by the “snow-pocalypse” that descended on the state and caused traffic jams of historical proportions. The snow shut down schools and business, but, worst of all here at the Press, we had to postpone the release party…
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Need for Speed
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The publishing industry, like all other capitalistic ones, is subject to the increasing demand for accessibility from the consumer. This translates into more information, faster. Thanks to technology more and more consumers can get what they want, now! Though there are still people who love the feel of a paperback…