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Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) is taking steps to increase retention and graduation rates among a population that has historically dealt with challenges by hosting the Inaugural African American Male Initiative (AAMI) Summit, held April 28 on the college’s campus.

The event, sponsored by GGC’s AAMI-Elite Scholars program, created a forum for African American males to share experiences and discuss positive solutions. Throughout the day, students shared their perspectives about the challenges

Camille Covarrubias spent most of her life in Mérida, Venezuela, a small city in the middle of the Andes mountains. Steep green hillsides rise high from the edges of the town and end in sharp rows of snow-capped mountains. It was a beautiful place to grow up, breathing crisp mountain air and enjoying mild temperatures year-round.

After high school, she became a nursing student, inspired by her grandparents, who were both doctors.

“I remember sitting in my grandma’s office, who was an

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the need for health care professionals will grow 13% over the next decade, translating to more than two million new job openings in the next ten years and another two million openings projected to come from growth and replacement needs. The median wage for health care practitioners and technical occupations was $75,000 in 2021, while the median annual salary for all occupations was $45,760.

Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) launched a new degree

Of all the students who will walk in Georgia Gwinnett College’s (GGC) graduation ceremony on May 11, it’s safe to say few have traveled farther than Nana Afia Serwaa Oppong to receive her degree.

Oppong grew up in Ghana in West Africa. Her hometown is the small village of Bonwire (pronounced “bon-ray”), where the most popular cloth in Africa, known as “Kente,” originated. According to legend, two brothers from the town learned how to weave the fabric by watching how a spider spun its web. It

With more than 11,000 students and more than 1,000 faculty and staff, the dining hall at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) stays busy serving more than 3,000 meals daily. That can add up to a lot of food waste if all those diners don’t clean their plates. One student decided to find a way to repurpose all that organic material, making GGC’s dining operations more sustainable while at the same time providing a teaching tool to students.

Stephen D. Johnson, 28, a senior studying environmental

Georgia Gwinnett College’s (GGC’s) School of Business (SBA) successfully earned reaccreditation through the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), an international accreditation body.

“AACSB accreditation ensures both a high-quality standard of teaching, research, curriculum, and learner success, and a relevancy and impact to the communities the business school serves,” said Dr. Tyler Yu, dean of GGC’s SBA.

The accreditation process involves rigorous internal focus

Officials broke ground yesterday on a 72,280 square-foot Convocation Center at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC). Referred to by officials as the “new front door to campus,” the Convocation Center is part of a $48 million state-funded capital project that will include an infrastructure upgrade, including the creation of a central energy plant onsite.

GGC President Jann L. Joseph said the new building will reshape life on the college’s campus for students, faculty and staff, and the community for

Georgia Gwinnett College’s (GGC) School of Education has introduced an autism endorsement program for licensed teachers and other certified professionals. An autism endorsement program increases one’s knowledge in the area of teaching students with autism spectrum disorders. The program consists of nine hours of training that will be delivered online. GGC is one of nine USG institutions offering the Autism endorsement.

Dr. Matthew Boggan, professor of special education at GGC, said the

The Georgia Foundation for Public Education (GFPE) has awarded a prestigious innovation pilot grant to the Georgia Gwinnett College Foundation in support of math tutoring for elementary school students in need of targeted support. The Innovative Education Fund Prototype Grant was awarded over one year to pilot an innovative education program that “has the potential to impact student outcomes and transform teaching and learning practices at the school or district.”

Dr. Amber Ebert, assistant

First- through 10th-grade students showed off their math skills at the annual Olifer Math Competition held on Georgia Gwinnett College’s (GGC) campus on March 25.

Mary Barboza Beltran was one of the more than 130 students who attended the event, hosted by GGC's School of Science and Technology. As she sat still in her chair, her eyes focused on the paper in front of her, the sixth grader from Dacula Middle School displayed an impressive amount of patience beyond her years as she methodically