Congratulations to our 2021 Atlanta ARCS Light, Frances Swensson! Frances has been a member of ARCS since 2007 and, among many other responsibilities, has served as Chair and Chair-Elect of the Scholar Awards Luncheon, Internal Communications Chair, VP Administration, and VP Membership. In addition, she has served on, or is serving...
As the new year begins, I write to not only wish you all a happy and healthy 2021 but to ask you to think of how we can continue to support ARCS. Two areas come immediately to mind.
First, Membership Renewal. You can easily renew your membership online and pay either...
As with most hard times, when we look at them in the rearview mirror, we realize that they were full of lessons. In 2020, we learned things we never realized we needed to know, and now they seem indispensable. Technology and science saved the...
After months of work with a professional consultant and the input from our membership, donors, and academic partners, our chapter developed a comprehensive 3-year strategic plan, and last January, that plan was approved by our membership. Nearly a year into the plan, we have made substantial in-roads on all four strategic...
I am hoping for a clear sky tonight, December 21st, so we can see the Great Conjunction, the near alignment, of Jupiter and Saturn. It will be the closest visible connection of the two planets since 1226 A.D. Naturally, this connection is all about perspective. ...
Despite Covid-19, this year’s celebration of our scholars will go on! Prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, the strategic planning session took place, led by Janie Wilson, Lee Doyle and Susan McGonigle, and facilitated by Debra Semans. One of the many initiatives that came out of this effort was the formation...
Upon receiving the gavel from outgoing ARCS president Susan McGonigle, incoming president Leslie Petter presented Susan with a gift from the membership with the following tribute.
“I am delighted to accept the ARCS gavel because it gives me the authority to perform my first official duty which is to thank Susan...
The beginning of the ARCS year is one of the busiest and most exciting times. Like all beginnings, it is full of the hopes and dreams of scholars, members, committee chairs and certainly the ARCS Atlanta President!
This has already been – and will continue to be –...
We all know that ARCS Atlanta does important work and the results of our efforts speak for themselves. Over our 28-year history, ARCS Atlanta has donated approximately $6 million for almost 1,000 individual awards to students at Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse College and University of Georgia. These students have gone...
When ARCS Foundation Atlanta Chapter celebrates its 2020-21 ARCS Scholars this November, six of its 44 ARCS Atlanta scholars will not only celebrate their ARCS Scholar Award but also the generosity of ARCS newest corporate partner that sponsored their funding – BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock is the world’s largest investment management firm with...
