GGC To Celebrate Button Gwinnett Day

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA — Georgia Gwinnett College is having a party for its namesake.

In partnership with the Gwinnett County Public Library, GGC will host the seventh annual Button Gwinnett Day next Wednesday, April 12.

The event, in Cisco Auditorium, Building C, is a celebration of both the county's history and the Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence for whom the county is named.

It will be from 10 a.m.-noon and is open to the public.

The day will begin with a literary summit featuring authors Thomas Mullen ("The Last Town On Earth") and Richard Hoard ("The Race Before Us"), followed by a panel discussion on the process of writing, the modern world of journalism and what it takes to become a published author.

Guest panelists are Bob Babcock, CEO and founder of Deeds Publishing, Steven Brown, professor of business at GGC, and Will Hammock, sports editor at the Gwinnett Daily Post.

Also, author and publisher Elliott Brack will be awarded the second GGC Preservation Award for his dedication to the preservation of Gwinnett County history.

Brack, a native Georgian, currently publishes GeorgiaClips, an executive news digest of Georgia, and distributes an online commentary forum.

During his career, Brack has served as associate publisher for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, vice president and general manager of the Gwinnett Daily News and publisher of a weekly paper in Jesup, Georgia.

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