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Vol. 48, No. 146
GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE
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North Gwinnett student Jared Edwards cheers during Saturday’s football game against Brookwood in the Corky Kell Classic on Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. See Sports on page 10A for Corky Kell coverage. (Photo: Dale Zanine)
Education, economic development are related issues, according to Abrams BY CURT YEOMANS
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There are several issues that former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams sees as being important to ensuring Georgia’s future prosperity. Some of those are issues Gwinnett residents are likely quite familiar with, including transit and infrastructure, both in metro Atlanta and in other parts of the state. There are other pieces, however, such as expanding broadband access in more rural Georgia. But there are two key issues that the Democratic Party’s nominee for governor has been highlighting repeatedly in recent weeks as she has toured the state to talk about her campaign platform: K-12 education and jobs creation. “I want every Georgian to have the freedom and the op-
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K-12, but also apprenticeships for those who aren’t intending to go to college or technical college.” One of her plans is the creation of 22,000 new apprenticeships in the state in a — Stacey Abrams, candidate for governor broad range of career fields. She said there are three ways portunity to thrive,” Abrams a trained workforce that can the apprenticeships could be said during an interview with attract new employers to the provided. One way would be the Daily Post on Friday. “We state. going through public-private know that the equation for “I think about it from cradle partnerships where the burden that is a solid, effective educa- to career,” she said. “A masis split in half. Another would tion coupled with economic sive part of our economic be going totally through the investment and economic op- opportunity is being able to private sector. portunity that is undergirded provide a quality workforce The third would be going by an effective and engaged but it’s also letting famitotally through the public secstate leadership that helps lies that want to relocate to tor to address specific busiremove barriers and creates Georgia to bring businesses, ness needs in a community. pathways for opportunity.” bring companies here (know) Abrams said Georgia leadAbrams has been laying out that they’re children will get a ers need to look at the statea broad, multifaceted plan for good education, so we have to wide apprenticeships needs as addressing education and new start thinking about it in both well, though. She pointed out economic opportunity that ways. that while Georgia has some shows how, in some ways, the “And we have to start think- apprenticeship slots available two issues overlap particularly ing about it as early childhood in making sure Georgia has investment and investing in See ABRAMS, Page 5A ... we have to start thinking about it as early childhood investment and investing in K-12, but also apprenticeships for those who aren’t intending to go to college or technical college.”
As Georgia Gwinnett College began its 12th school year this week, there were new changes in the college’s curriculum and its campus layout that are being highlighted by school officials. A new degree concentration is being added in the School of Business and a new building that will help the school accommodate some of the growth it has experienced over the last decade has been unveiled. These additions are part of the college’s longtime focus on constant growth and program development. School officials said the college has now entered a “phase of sustainability” that allows it to shift focus to getting the most out of resources available to students. “We constantly strive to be the best,” GGC president Stas Preczewski said. “GGC has become the college of choice for students in Gwinnett County because we hold ourselves to the highest standards. The additions in space and academic programming are manifestations of the college’s vision and mission.” The Lawrenceville-based college’s focus has been growth and program development over the past decade, as it has gone from a new school with enrollment in the hundreds to an established institution with more than 13,000 students. Growth keeps happening, though. GGC officials said the fall enrollment is 13,455 students, but the University System of Georgia will not release official numbers until later this semester. The official enrollment count from the fall 2017 semester was 12,287, according to a university
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Georgia Gwinnett College students talk on the way to class during the first week of fall semester. College officials are highlighting new changes in the college’s curriculum and its campus layout as the new school year begins. (Special Photo)
Back-to-school bash draws families for community health fair BY CURT YEOMANS
the nozzle was a different story. “It’s not that heavy,” he said afterward. Lawrenceville youth Xian was one of hunXian Romany-Ottley took dreds of Gwinnett residents a few moments to examine who attended the health the fire hose nozzle handed fair and back to school to him by Gwinnett County bash, which was co-hosted Fire and Emergency Serby the Daily Post. vices Driver/Engineer Zach The event was different Schaller on Saturday. from the other health fairs The 5-year-old wrapped that the newspaper has his hand around the co-hosted with Gwinnett nozzle’s handle as Schaller County and Live Healthy explained how it works Gwinnett this year in that during a Gwinnett Comit offered a back-to-school munity Health Fair and component in addition Back-to-School Bash at to the health checks and Bogan Park in Buford. presentations. While Xian was impressed While the health fair with the fire engine that took place in the Bogan the hose was attached to Park Recreation Center, the curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com
about 500 people, Brantner said. Visit gwinnettdailypost.com “The back to school part for a photo gallery. (of the event) has really drawn more families, more kids out,” she said. the fire engine display, One of the unique, backa trackless train ride, an to-school-related parts of Atlanta United 2 booth, Saturday’s event was a and a cornhole game and school supply drive that a Live Healthy Gwinnett benefited Patrick Elemenprize booth. tary School and Twin Daily Post Director of Rivers Middle School. At Events Noreen Brantner said the event drew a larger least three boxes filled up with book bags, notebooks, crowd than the first two Gwinnett County Health Department’s Ann Trump, left, health fairs. There were pencils, crayons, folders, talks with Arianna Farmer on Saturday at the Gwinnett about 200 people waitpackets of paper and other County Community Health Fair and Back-to-School bash ing in line when the doors supplies during the event. at Bogan Park in Buford. (Photo: Cory Hancock) “That will help treopen and she estimated mendously,” Twin Rivers about 450 people had back to school celebration obstacle course, inflatable shown up in the first hour. counselor Heather Haynes took place in the parkbaseball, football and bas- Attendance for each of the See FAIR, Page 5A ing lot with an inflatable ketball games, food trucks, first two health fairs was MORE ONLINE
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