Getting To Know The Island

Agenda By The Day

Thursday, March 3, 2022

1:30PM - 3:20PM

Hotel Check-in and Registration

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Welcome Reception (Cherokee Cottage)

Icebreaker

Welcome & Remarks:

Chairman Charlie May (LG ’14)
President Teresa MacCartney (LG ’15)

Greetings:

Jones Hooks, Jekyll Island Association Director

Jones Hooks, JIA Executive Director

https://jekyllislandfoundation.org/about/leadership/ex-officio-directors/c-jones-hooks/

Group Activity

The Gilded Age at Jekyll Island

https://www.atlantamagazine.com/southbound-articles/a-gilded-age-getaway/

https://www.thisismysouth.com/the-gilded-age-landmarks-of-the-south/

Birds in Coastal Georgia

https://www.exploregeorgia.org/things-to-do/blog/make-new-feathered-friends-in-coastal-georgia

Beach Revetments

https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/these-photos-offer-a-stark-view-of-rising-seas-in-georgia

https://waterfrontgurus.com/revetment-definitions-its-uses-and-advantages/

Georgia Turtle Center

https://www.jekyllisland.com/activities/georgia-sea-turtle-center/

6:45PM - 10:00PM

Dinner (Mosaic Museum)

https://www.jekyllisland.com/history/museum/

Greetings & Mosaic History:

Dion Davis (LG ’16) – Jeckyll Island Foundation

Speaker Introduction:

Phil Polk (LG ’16) – Jekyll Program Chair 2022

Speaker:

Matt Bishop (LG ’08, Chairman ’19) – Director, UGA J.W. Fanning Institute

10:00PM - 11:30PM

Hospitality (Cherokee Cottage)

Friday, March 4, 2022

7:00AM - 7:15AM

Grab and Go Breakfast/Board buses (Turtle Center Parking Lot)

Transportation Provided by Gylnn County Schools https://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/

7:15AM - 10:45AM

Department of Natural Resources Coastal Resources Division/Port Authority

https://coastalgadnr.org/

https://georgia.gov/organization/georgia-ports-authority

11:00AM - 1:00PM

Lunch (DNR Coastal Resources Division)

Introduction of Speaker:

Miki Thomaston (LG’ 16) – Jekyll Program Chair 2022

Welcome & Invocation:

Mark Williams – DNR Commissioner https://gadnr.org/aboutCommissioner

Speaker:

Spud Woodward, Former Coastal Resources Division Director https://safmc.net/council-members/spudwoodward/

1:00PM - 4:00PM

Port Authority/Department of Natural Resources Coastal Resources Division

https://georgia.gov/organization/georgia-ports-authority

Department of Natural Resources Coastal Resources Division

https://coastalgadnr.org/

4:30PM - 5:45PM

Rest and Dress for Motown Beach Party

5:45PM - 5:55PM

Board buses for St. Andrews Beach (Turtle Center Parking Lot)

Transportation provided by the Boys & Girls Club of South Georgia https://www.bgcsega.com/

6:00PM - 10:00PM

Motown Beach Party and Dinner (St. Andrews Beach) https://www.jekyllisland.com/activities/beaches/st-andrews-beach/

Welcome & Perspective:

Nora Polk (LG ’16) – Jekyll Program Chair 2022

Wanderer Memory Trail

https://www.jekyllisland.com/history/sites/wanderer-memory-trail/

https://visitblackhistory.com/the-wanderer-memory-trail-jekyll-island-georgia/

The Dolphin Club

https://www.jekyllisland.com/magazine/when-b-b-and-otis-played-jekyll/

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=115139

Dinner

Dinner Provided by Camden County

Dancing

10:15PM - 11:30PM

Hospitality (Cherokee Cottage)

Saturday, March 5, 2022

7:00AM - 8:15AM

Check out of Hotel (if not staying for Linger Longer)

Travel in personal vehicle to Ritz Theater:

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1253

https://www.goldenisles.com/listing/historic-ritz-theatre/57/

1530 Newcastle Street

Brunswick, GA 31520

Breakfast (Ritz Theater)

8:15AM to 8:45AM

Special Presentation

GA Souther Wildlife

https://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/wildlife/

https://www.exploregeorgia.org/statesboro/entertainment/animal-parks-zoos/center-for-wildlife-education

8:45AM to 8:55AM

Welcome and Greetings:

Nora Polk (LG ’16) – Jekyll Program Chair 2022
Cosby Johnson – Brunswick Mayor https://www.brunswickga.org/
Regina McDuffie – Brunswick City Manager https://www.brunswickga.org/
Michelle R. Johnston – College of Costal Georgia President https://www.ccga.edu/