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With the rising demand for workers in STEM-related fields, a Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) program is working to attract younger generations to STEM careers.

GGC partners with local schools to offer its Super Saturday Series, which provides middle school students hands-on experience in biology, chemistry, exercise science and information technology (IT), through participation in activities presented by GGC’s faculty, staff and student volunteers.

GGC initially focused on female students

Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) is continuing its upward trajectory of student enrollment this spring.

Recently released data indicates that GGC’s total spring student headcount, including new, transfer and returning students, is up 5% over this time last year. First-year freshman are up 52% from spring 2022, according to Dr. Michael Poll, GGC’s vice president of enrollment management and institutional research.

Poll also said that student transfers into the college are up 14%, new students

Jamarius Strong-Williams has dreams of working in healthcare. The 19-year-old Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) majors in biology with a concentration in biochemistry in the hope of someday becoming a surgeon. But Strong-Williams said that having grown up in the town of Covington, about 35 miles southeast of Atlanta, he felt that such big dreams were elusive for a small-town African American male, where the poverty rate is 21%, nearly double the average of the poverty rate in Georgia.

“Where I

Could a fungus be the last of us? That question is the premise of HBO’s critically acclaimed series “The Last of Us.” Based on the video game, the series follows an ominous, but hopeful tale of a small group of survivors along the lines of other recent post-apocalyptic dramas like “The Walking Dead,” “Sweet Tooth,” and “Station Eleven.” What sets “The Last of Us” apart is the seemingly terrifying plausibility of its plot. Set in 2023, events in the show take place 20 years into a global pandemic

With aging comes the arrival of reduced biological functions and mobility. To provide insight to Human Services students on the implications of getting older, Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) students donned a "suit" of weighted clothing, as well as specialized goggles and noise-cancelling headphones, to simulate different components of aging.

The event, orchestrated by Dr. Mark Sweatman, professor of sociology at GGC, helps students experience first-hand the troubles and difficulties that

By Collin Elder

In all cultures, food is a way to connect with others when it is shared. The meal is a staple feature that encourages understanding, cooperation and togetherness. 

Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) is harnessing that concept to celebrate its differences and to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the higher education space through a series of dinners that began Feb. 1.

“The benefits of building an inclusive and supportive workplace are well researched in literature,”

Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) has introduced an after-school program for historically underserved elementary school students that will serve as a model for similar programs across Georgia.

Named Grizzly Academy Dreamers, the program serves third-, fourth- and fifth-graders from Jenkins and Lawrenceville Elementary. The initiative was funded by a $1.75 million federal grant spearheaded by its director, Dr. Amber Jarrard Ebert, assistant professor of science education and secondary education

Want to get a start on those new year health and wellness resolutions? Georgia Gwinnett College’s (GGC) School of Science and Technology is offering a chance for individuals to work on their personal fitness.

The exercise science program at GGC seeks volunteers to participate in a free 12-week exercise program. The program will help exercise science students sharpen their hands-on skills, while gaining experience in a practical fitness setting. Volunteers will undergo a pre-training and post