RABUN COUNTY COMMISSIONER KAY DARNELL RECOGNIZED FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN LIFELONG LEARNING ACADEMY

ACCG presents education certificates to county officials

 

ATLANTA, Ga. (Oct. 31, 2017) – ACCG, Georgia’s County Association, recently awarded county officials with certificates for completing requirements in the Lifelong Learning Academy. Recipients were presented with their achievement certificates during the 2017 Legislative Leadership Conference at the Augusta Marriott Convention Center in Augusta-Richmond County. Darnell was honored for successfully completing the core requirements in the Lifelong Learning Academy.

 

The Lifelong Learning Academy has been essential in providing an opportunity for county officials to enhance their knowledge in various areas while providing practical lessons that are applicable to situations in their respective counties.

 

ACCG President Allen Poole congratulated the recipients who earned their certificates. “Those who participate in the Lifelong Learning Academy are willfully enriching their counties by equipping themselves with the latest information pertaining to counties,” he said. “Government moves at an incredibly fast pace, but they have taken the time to sit and become informed on complex topics and become up-to-date on ways to best serve their constituents. I congratulate all who have graduated and am proud of the effort they have shown.”

 

For over two decades, ACCG and the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia have worked in concert to provide supplemental training and educational tools for county officials. Members work to complete core requirements and can then choose from the abundant course options in a number of specialty tracks, such as intergovernmental relations and disaster and emergency preparedness.

 

“The development of our membership to better serve their counties is the core of the classes we offer,” said Ross King, ACCG’s Executive Director. “Year after year, county officials face the burden of high stakes leadership and make decisions on pressing issues both old and new. Our programs guide officials through this pressure, giving them the tools they need to not only face, but overcome obstacles.”  

 

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ACCG is Georgia’s county association and works on behalf of county officials and their communities by providing public policy and legislative advocacy, leadership development, civic and community engagement initiatives, insurance and retirement programs that specialize in local government needs and other cost-saving programs.  Formed in 1914 when county officials came together to help fund the state’s first highway department, ACCG today serves as a catalyst for advancing Georgia’s counties.  For more information, go to www.accg.org.