The third Northwest Georgia Job and Career Fair presented by Shorter University and , the Georgia Department of Labor. Rome Radio Partners and Rome News-Tribune and The Forum served as sponsors for the event. (Doug Walker)
Job seekers are encouraged but not required to pre-register for the expo by logging on to www.nwgashorterucareerexpo.com. There is no cost to attend, and the expo is open to the public. Local businesses wishing to participate are required to register online at www.nwgashorterucareerexpo.com or by contacting organizer Britt Madden Jr. at bmadden@shorter.edu.
Madden, who serves as the executive director for adult enrollment for Shorter’s College of Adult and Professional Programs, has led the career expo for the past three years. “Over these last few years, we have seen thousands participate in our event. Local businesses and industries have found qualified employees to build up their workforce and skilled professionals have discovered employment opportunities by attending our event,” said Madden. “Shorter, along with our partners, have said every year that our hope is to make a difference in someone’s life and to provide an opportunity that they might not otherwise have.”
In conjunction with the career expo, a “Dress for Success” event will also be held. This event, designed as a resource for job seekers, will take place on Thursday, Sept. 6, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at The Forum. Open to the public and free of charge, the event will teach participants how to dress appropriately and with confidence when applying and interviewing for a job.
The Career Expo is sponsored by Shorter University, the Georgia Department of Labor, the Georgia Department of Veteran Services, Rome Radio Partners, the Rome News-Tribune, The Forum, and Floyd County. For more information on the Career Expo and Dress for Success event, contact Madden at bmadden@shorter.edu or by calling 770-678-3573.
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Isn't there a lot more to a college than athletics, though?
You say Shorter's going nowhere but up -- can you give some tangible data on how many replacements have been hired to fill in for the 40% that have left? How about the financial picture? Shorter's 2010-2011 tax return is still not available on line? Why not? What are gifts to date this year vs. the same period last year.
I really want to believe you're right, so show me reliable data to back your happy assertion. Talk is cheap.
http://rn-t.com/bookmark/13904775/article-Berry among several schools developing a NCAA Division III conference
http://www.romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/13239054/article-Shorter-University-Announces-Plans-to-Apply-for-Membership-in-NCAA-Division-II?instance=home_Most_popular
http://www.romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/18076798/article-Dowless-issues-statement-on-Shorter-survey?instance=news_page
http://romenews-tribune.com/bookmark/18082017
Not real keen to share the town with Berry, either.
I think there are plenty of potential faculty members that would sign Shorter's statement. Perhaps * It's very late in the hiring season for professors for the ucoming academic year.
* Given the controversy, Shorter will have difficulty attracting faculty.
* Sister college Brewton-Parker (also controlled by the Georgia Baptist Convention) is on the verge of losing accreditation. It has one year on probation to fix a long list of problems or they lose it. Teaching at a non-accredited college is terrible on a resume. Shorter's in the middle of an accreditation review itself.
* Shorter's financial stability has been questioned. Nobody really knows what it is but it is widely known that many wealthy alumni and friends stopped giving. There have been no announcements of large gifts from any new donors, nor even from the existing Board of Trustees. The Georgia Baptist Convention has not announced in increase in giving. In fact, the GBC has been content to let Brewton-Parker decline; financial stability is one of the reasons given for BPC's accreditation probation.
* There's been no sign of any push by high level officials at Shorter or within the GBC to go out and personally raise funds. That's normally an ongoing task for university administrators and it should be "Job One" at Shorter, given the current crisis.
* There are few jobs for academics in the area if someone moves to Shorter and "their pony dies underneath them."
For these reasons, I think it unlikely they'll fill many of their vacancies in Rome with qualified instructors. In fact, I worry that even employees supportive of the new regime and its policies may be looking to leave. I think they may be questioning just how much real support (beyond words) they have from their leadership, their Trustees and the GBC. The employees have much more “skin in the game”; if these higher-ups are sitting on their wallets, why shouldn’t they look for something more stable.
I am very worried about Shorter these days. I hope the Trustees, the GBC and the President will open their hearts and wallets — not just their mouths!
"I think there are plenty of potential faculty members that would sign Shorter's statement. Perhaps less than10% of Ph.D.s in the U.S., but that's still 1000s of people. There are still grave problems that worry me, however."