Jane Goodall Speaks at Young Harris College

YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – On Thursday evening, Feb. 18, Jane Goodall, Ph.D., DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, spoke to an enthusiastic crowd at Young Harris College about her renowned work with chimpanzees in Africa and her continued work with the Jane Goodall Institute that empowers people to make a difference for all living things.

YHC students, faculty and staff, many local citizens, and Goodall admirers from beyond the local communities filled Glenn Auditorium to capacity to hear Dr. Goodall’s inspiring and empowering message of hope and peace. Dr. Goodall applauded Young Harris College for its campus-wide efforts to promote sustainability and green choices and encouraged those in attendance to think about the kind of impact each person makes every day.

Pictured above with her familiar mascot, "Mr. H," Dr. Goodall proudly displays her new Young Harris College Roots and Shoots T-shirt, a gift from YHC’s student chapter of Roots and Shoots, a global program of the Jane Goodall Institute for youth that is about making positive change happen—for our communities, for animals and for the environment.

Following the lecture, Dr. Goodall took a variety of questions from the audience, then signed hundreds of books for many attendees.

For more information, visit www.janegoodall.org or www.rootsandshoots.org.

To view and download photos from the event, visit www.janegoodall.org/tour-photos.

About Young Harris College
Founded in 1886, Young Harris College is a private, baccalaureate degree-granting college located in the beautiful mountains of north Georgia. Historically affiliated with The United Methodist Church, Young Harris College educates, inspires and empowers students through the highest quality liberal arts education. Long known for nurturing students during the first two years of college, Young Harris College received accreditation in 2008 to grant bachelor’s degrees. The College currently has approximately 700 students across four divisions—Fine Arts, Humanities, Mathematics and Science, and Social and Behavioral Science—and plans to increase enrollment to 1,200 over the next few years. The historic campus in Young Harris, Ga., is currently undergoing major campus improvements to accommodate the College’s growth. For more information, visit www.yhc.edu.