Georgia Piedmont Technical College, a member of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), is located in Clarkston (DeKalb County). In addition to the main campus, the college administers the Newton Center in Covington (Newton County), the Rockdale Center and Rockdale Career Academy in Conyers (Rockdale County), the Regional Transportation Center in Lithonia (Rockdale County), and a campus in Madison (Morgan County). In spring 2010 Georgia Piedmont Tech’s total enrollment was around 4,800 students.

The Andersonville prison site was preserved as a national cemetery soon after it closed in 1865, largely due to efforts by Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, who worked to have all the graves identified and marked.  Photograph provided by Judy Baxter  The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.

Georgia governor Joe Frank Harris (left) presents Herman J. Russell, an Atlanta entrepreneur and community leader, with the award for the Atlanta Business League's CEO of the Year in 1986. Courtesy of Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Harmon Perry Photograph Collection. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.

Located on the shores of Lake Chatuge, a reservoir in northeast Georgia, Hiawassee serves as the county seat for Towns County. Hiawassee is approximately 110 miles from Atlanta and just a few miles south of the North Carolina border. A quiet, rural town for most of its existence, several events during the twentieth century helped Hiawassee become an important part of the economy and culture of the north Georgia mountains. The origins of Hiawassee can be traced to the mid-nineteenth century.

The Intellectual Capital Partnership Program (ICAPP) was created in 1995 as an economic development program of the University System of Georgia. In an effort to improve the state’s economy, ICAPP helps businesses use the resources of Georgia’s colleges and universities to meet their workforce needs, including access to college-educated employees, recent research, and free business advice. The program has attracted national attention and was recognized as a model program at U.