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2014 Scholar Awards Luncheon

The Atlanta Chapter of ARCS Foundation honored 45 outstanding young scientists with scholar awards totaling  $322,500 at its 23rd annual ARCS Scholar Awards Luncheon Thursday, November 20th at the Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta. This year’s recipients included Atlanta Chapter’s first 3 scholars participating in the Roche/ARCS Foundation Scholar Award Program in the Life Sciences. This program will support the next generation of life science leaders and further the shared interests of The Roche Foundation and ARCS Foundation in the advancement of science.

Shan Cooper, Vice President of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company and General Manager of the company’s Marietta, GA facility, keynote speaker for the event, discussed the importance of scientific innovation and plentiful STEM graduates to the future of the United States. She also encouraged the scholars to adopt excellence as a habit in all aspects of their professional lives. Bill Liss from WXIA-TV moderated the question and answer session. An unexpected question resulted in Ms. Cooper, who also happens to be a gospel singer, closing the program with an inspiring rendition of The Star Spangled Banner, which seemed only fitting given ARCS Foundation’s mission.

Photos by James E. Fitts, Atlanta, GA

2014 Scholar Awards Luncheon
Nov 2014
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Center for Civil and Human Rights

On October 23, 2014, more than 50 ARCS Foundation Atlanta Chapter members and guests toured the recently opened Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta. The Center is unique in that, rather than being content preserving and telling the important stories of the Civil Rights Movement, it also strives to connect that movement to the Global Human Rights Movements of today.

Touring the Center is both emotional and educational. Visitors can better appreciate the commitment and discipline of protesters that staged lunch counter sit-ins by experiencing the lunch counter display, closing their eyes and listening to the soundtrack of threats and beatings seeming to happen just behind them. They can also listen to the pure sounds of children playing while looking at stained glass portraits of the four girls that were killed by the bombing of Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963. A map of the world where countries are color-coded to indicate their levels of freedom focuses the attention of observers on work that remains to be done.

Following the time allotted to explore the galleries, Doug Shipman, visionary CEO of the Center, joined the group for a boxed lunch and discussion of the Center's creation, development, and vision.

Center for Civil and Human Rights
Oct 2014
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2014 Fall Cocktail Party

On Sunday, October 5th, the Atlanta Chapter of ARCS Foundation held its annual Fall Cocktail Party at the home of Leslie and Skip Petter. More than 120 members and guests spent the lovely fall evening together, greeting both old and new friends. Chapter President, Jane Dolinger, welcomed everyone and quickly turned the program over to the VP for Membership, Lee Doyle, who introduced the Chapter's 10 new members, providing a short biography for each.  Following this, Debbie Liss surprised everyone by auctioning off 4 bottles of fine wine and raising $2,700 for the Atlanta Chapter Endowment Fund. Everyone agreed this was a fantastic kick-off for the Chapter's new year of events!  

Photos by James E. Fitts, Atlanta, GA

2014 Fall Cocktail Party
Oct 2014
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Riverview Landing Field Trip

On November 5, the Atlanta Chapter of ARCS Foundation held a Fall Educational Event at Riverview Landing on the Chattahoochee, which is in the beginning stages of development as a mixed-use, planned community. This is a partnership between the Chattahoochee Riverkeepers and Nature Center and Chattahoochee NOW. Walter Brown, Senior Vice President and co-founder of Green Street Properties, presented a slide show of the Ponce City Market (formerly City Hall East) renovation in which 90% of its demolition materials were recycled. Attendees also learned about the LEEDs building standards and "report card,” waste reduction and environmental sustainability.  Finally, Mr. Brown explained about the post-industrial brownfield clean-up process used at Atlantic Station.  After the presentation, participants toured Riverview Landing which is being transformed from an industrial site to a beautiful pedestrian friendly town with up to 2.3 million square feet of mixed-use entitlement including boating and fishing access docks, mountain bike trails, organic farms, dog parks, storm-water ponds, and preserved wetlands.

Riverview Landing Field Trip
Nov 2013
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Carter Presidential Center Visit

On April 17, 2013, the Atlanta Chapter of ARCS Foundation visited the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta.  The Carter Center takes action on a shared dream of a caring global community. In 1982, President and Mrs. Carter entered into a partnership, with Emory University, that is committed to advancing human rights, alleviating unnecessary suffering, and improving the quality of life for people in more than 65 countries. This partnership is working to create a world where every man, woman, and child has an opportunity to enjoy good health and to live in peace.  The day’s activities included a presentation by Dr. John B. Hardman, President and CEO, and a tour of the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum led by Tony Clark, Museum Specialist.

Carter Presidential Center Visit
Apr 2013
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