Savannah State scholarship gala set for April 26
Savannah State University’s President’s Scholarship Gala will be held at 7:30 p.m. on April 26, in the Student Union ballroom with proceeds going to support student scholarships.
During the black-tie affair, five individuals and organizations will be the inaugural recipients of the university’s awards of excellence in service, leadership, scholarship and philanthropy:
• Award of Excellence for Service – 100 Black Men of Savannah, Inc.;
• Award of Excellence for Leadership – Savannah Mayor Edna B. Jackson and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. (ret.) Walter E. Gaskin;
• Award of Excellence for Scholarship – Margaret C. Robinson, dean emerita of the SSU College of Sciences and Technology; and
• Award of Excellence for Philanthropy – Louise L. Owens, professor emerita, SSU College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
Individual seats are $150; a reserved table for 10 is $1,500. To reserve seats online, visit give.savannahstate.edu/gala. For more information, call 912-358-3059.
Coldwater Creek stores closing
Coldwater Creek, a chain of upscale women’s clothing stores, has filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy to facilitate an orderly wind-down of its operations and close all of its stores, including one in the Abercorn Walk Shopping Center in Savannah.
Coldwater Creek has not been profitable since 2007, and five months ago announced it was exploring strategic alternatives, including a possible sale.
Coldwater Creek’s stores and website are currently open for business, but the company said it expects to begin liquidation sales in early May.
The Savannah store opened in August 2006 in a 9,000-square-foot location next to Fresh Market in Abercorn Walk. The target audience for Coldwater Creek was women between 30 and 60 who earn an average of $70,000 a year.
The 30-year-old company operates 334 retail stores, 31 factory outlet stores and seven day-spa locations, as well as a catalog and an online business.
Women in construction schedule ‘bring your boss’ night
The Coastal Georgia chapter of National Association of Women in Construction will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, April 28, from 5:30 to ‐7 p.m. at the Exchange Tavern on Waters Avenue.
April’s meeting, with the theme ‘bring your boss,’ will feature two members showcasing how they use NAWIC locally, regionally and nationally to grow their business.
RSVP to Tonya Reed at tonya.reed@henryplumbing.net, www.nawiccoastalgeorgia.org or www.facebook.com/NawicCoastalGeorgia.
Registration and networking will begin at 5:30 p.m., and the meeting will start at and end at 7 p.m.
The cost is $20 for members and $30 for guests.