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Email submissions to: apgsouthcentralchapter@gmail.com
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Locality Guides – April 28th – 6:30pm
Your Personal Tour: Creating a Locality Guide
April 28 @ 6:30 pm CT
Lisa Medina will be in-person, presenting
Your Personal Tour: Creating a Locality Guide. Yarborough Branch Austin Library and hybrid.Register -
Summer Camp
Join SCC members on a summer adventure.
May – August
3rd Tuesday at 7pm
Once a month participants will examine an article, design a short locality guide, create a
research log and author a very short proof.Participants who will be given certificates of completion and an APG water bottle ($35)
Schedule
April 21st – Introduction to article and camp
April 28th – Locality Guide Webinar
May 19th – Create a Locality Guide based on Piedmont Region of North Carolina
June 16th – Research question and Log
July 21st – Proof Sketch
August 18th – Proof Summary
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