A public listening session for a radio documentary project featuring Cherokee County to be held
KENNESAW‚ Ga. (Nov. 6‚ 2006) – A free public listening session for the Cherokee County…
Georgia (Nov 6, 2006) — A public listening session for a radio documentary project featuring Cherokee County to be held
LeeAnn Lands
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Contact: Frances Weyand‚ Director of University Relations‚ 770−423−6203 or fweyand@kennesaw.edu
KENNESAW‚ Ga. (Nov. 6‚ 2006) – A free public listening session for the Cherokee County
portion of the radio documentary project “Taking Place: A Community Examination of
its Place” will be held Dec. 12 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Holly Springs Historic
Train Depot and Community Center located in downtown Holly Springs‚ Ga.
Sponsored by the Georgia Humanities Council and by Kennesaw State University’s Department
of History and Philosophy and its Keeping and Creating American Communities Project‚
and hosted by the Holly Springs Historic Preservation Commission‚ the listening session
will feature a series of short radio documentaries about community‚ place and change
along Highway 5 between Woodstock and Canton. The documentaries were produced by KSU
students as part of a larger project examining how place and community are made and
experienced in northwest Georgia. The session will be followed by a facilitated discussion
and response.
For more information about the listening sessions or the "Taking Place" program‚ contact
Erin Cochran‚ project coordinator‚ at EBCochran@gmail.com or KSU history professor LeeAnn Lands at 770−499−3437 or llands@kennesaw.edu.
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student population approaching 20‚000 from 132 countries. The third−largest university
out of 35 institutions in the University System of Georgia ‚ Kennesaw State offers
more than 60 graduate and undergraduate degrees‚ including a new doctorate in education.
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