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Lecture on Holocaust

Kevin Spicer, C.S.C., will give a lecture, "Father, what did you do during the Third Reich? Catholic Clergy and National Socialism," at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 17, in the Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn Street.

The talk focuses on collaboration between the clergy and the Nazi regime. The event is free and open to the public. Spicer is a Roman Catholic priest, a history professor at Stonehill College, and a research fellow of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. His research focuses primarily on modern Germany, most specifically on the relationship of the Catholic Church to the National Socialist state. For his Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies Fellowship, Professor Spicer conducts research and writes on, "Hitler’s Priests: Catholic Clergy in the Nazi Party." For more information, please contact Daniel Skidmore-Hess at 921-5674

Open house at AASU

Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) will hold an open house on Saturday, April 14, at 10:30 a.m. in the Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn Street in Savannah. The event is free and the public is invited.

Faculty, staff, and current students will be on hand with information about scholarships, financial aid, admission requirements, degree programs, student life, and other services and programs offered at Armstrong Atlantic. Attendees will get acquainted with university life and tour student housing and the scenic campus. For more information call 921-5951 or visit www.es.armstrong.edu/admissions/openhouse.htm.

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Richmond Hill High School senior Jacey Shanholtzer shows her Dawn Harrington Berry Spotlight Award, which was awarded by the Richmond Hill Community Theatre and includes a $500 scholarship. With her are Tom Harris, Ashlee Farris, Brett Berry and Kim Diebold. The award was created in memory of Dawn Harrington Berry, a long time RHCT member and president who died in 2016. - photo by Photo provided.

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Richmond Hill High School senior Jacey Shanholtzer received the Dawn Harrington Berry Spotlight Award, which was awarded by the Richmond Hill Community Theatre and includes a $500 scholarship. The award was created in memory of Dawn Harrington Berry, a long time RHCT member and president who died in 2016.

Garden Club

The Richmond Hill Garden Club recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Katherine Wood and a $500 scholarship to Carly Vargas, both seniors graduating from Richmond Hill High School.

The awards were presented May 8 during Honors Night at RHHS.

Wood plans to attend Green Mountain College in Vermont and major in environmental studies.

Vargas plans to attend Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, to pursue a degree in either environmental studies or biology.

The garden club awards a $1,000 scholarship annually to a local high school senior who plans to major in a field related to environmental concerns, plants and/or gardening.

This year, due to having two exceptional candidates, the garden club awarded an additional $500 scholarship.

Exchange Club

The Exchange Club of Richmond Hill recently named Caroline Odom as its student of the year.

The club each month during the school year names a student of the month, and the student of the year is chosen from among those winners.

Awards are based on academic performance, community involvement and leadership.

Monthly winners receive $100, with the annual winner getting a $1,000 scholarship.

The Exchange Club has been recognizing students for more than 30 years.

Odom will go on to compete in the Georgia District Exchange Club against students from across the state.

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