Hilton Head Art Festival set for May
The second annual Hilton Head Art Festival will be held May 29-30 at the Shelter Cove Harbor. This year’s festival will include a mix of today’s top artists in paintings, life-size sculptures, photography, glass, wood, jewelry, collage and ceramics.
Families, art enthusiasts and art buyers are welcome to the event to enhance their collections. Prices range from $25 hand-designed jewelry to $20,000 sculptures. Many of the artists on display have been business professionals in the past.
The waterfront location will be filled with booths transforming it into an outdoor art gallery. The artists will be present with their work to discuss it with potential buyers and visitors. All of the artists were hand-selected to display their work by expert judges based on quality and diversity.
For more information about the festival, go to artfestival.com or contact Susan Hancock at abshirepr@att.net. 
Palmetto Dunes to host Golf Channel tour
The Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront resort in Hilton Head will be hosting the largest amateur golf tour in North America on March 13-14. The Golf Channel AM Tour will include 5,000 members from 60 chapters all over North America.
The tour is open to the public and provides professional tournament experience for players of all ages and abilities. The tour provides players access to some of the most challenging and difficult courses in the country.
To become a member of the amateur tour, interested players must pay a fee of $199 at registration for a 12-month period. To register for the dunes tournament, a fee of $295 is required, and players must register by March 7 on www.golfchannel.com. For more information contact Susan Hancock at abshirepr@att.net.


FacesOnCampus launches for students
College students can now not only rate their professors, but their classmates as well. FacesOnCampus allows for students to rate their classmates based on user-generated questions to learn more about the peers they see every day.
This is the first social rating site exclusively for students. Students are ranked within their school and the online community for each selected question. The higher the ratings, the higher the student ranks.
FacesOnCampus provides students a chance to engage with and learn about their fellow students, while expressing themselves in a unique way.
To learn more about FacesOnCampus, contact Roger Limon at roger@facesoncampus.com or visit www.facesoncampus.com.
New Book offers fresh approach to financial management
When the economy is in recession and financial problems are a daily occurrence, people are looking for new ways to manage their money. “Shepherd’s Guide through the Valley of Debt and Financial Change: A Comprehensive Manual for Financial Management, Counseling and Spiritual Guidance” offers effective approaches, new information and orientation to financial decisions.   
Author Dr. Flora L. Williams provides in her book a guide to financial management, including counseling theories and techniques, and spiritual guidance in this economic downturn. Dr. Williams’ faith-based guide stems from her 32 years of teaching and research along with 25 years of directing a financial clinic.
The book addresses relevant economic issues today, such as goal-setting, 14 budget and spending plans, ways to analyze spending and lifestyle, overcoming addictions, reducing expenses, credit/debt, housing and food, funding college, family communication and more.