For years, Relay For Life of Gwinnett reigned as the largest Relay For Life in the world. Year after year, the local powerhouse would attract thousands of enthusiastic participants and often raise well over $1 million (sometimes over $2 million) toward fighting cancer. Relay For Life of...
Written by Jaiden Arada, Converge multimedia journalism intern and Senior at Cherokee Bluff High School
It is nearing the end of the year and graduation is right around the corner for the class of 2022. This may seem scary...
It’s 2018.
Dr. Calvin Watts and J. Alvin Wilbanks sit together in a crowded conference room filled with fellow leaders from 26 other school districts around the country. It’s a reunion of sorts.
Watts hasn’t seen Wilbanks for some time now...
If you ask Dr. Jann Joseph about her recent investiture as Georgia Gwinnett College’s third-ever president in the institution’s history, she’ll tell you it’s not about her.
It’s a celebration for friends and family. It’s a thank you to the...
The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) is pleased to announce Teshia Stovall Dula, school counselor, Hull Middle School, Duluth, Ga., as a finalist for the 2022 School Counselor of the Year awards program (#SCOY22). Dula has been a school counselor since 1998 and with Hull Middle School...
Gwinnett Magazine’s historic kickoff of the Leaders & Legends series begins. Sit back and strap in for some great reads! All year long, you’ll enjoy fascinating stories of success from those who faced unfavorable odds – and came out on top. You’ll read page-turning perspectives from those...
There’s an old, sepia-toned photo hanging behind the desk of Melvin Everson. In it, a couple stand outdoors, shoulder to shoulder. The man sports a suit, tie and slightly tipped fedora. He wears a pragmatic, no-nonsense expression. The woman is clothed in a floral-patterned dress, resplendent grin...
It’s winter 1986. Snow – that rarest of southern delights and freeway frustration – falls in central Gwinnett County. The young, founding president of Gwinnett Technical College navigates the rapidly freezing roads. Wipers flick away the snow, squeaking against the windshield as the man squints toward the...
It’s the mid-50s in middle Georgia. The sun beats down on Beauty Poole as she drags a cotton sack from one end of a sharecropping field to the other. Beauty wipes the sweat from her forehead and looks around. She isn’t alone; her...
Written by Jaiden Arada, Converge multimedia journalism intern and Senior at Cherokee Bluff High School
I surveyed 18 teenagers to try and find the most useful studying apps for teenagers. The results definitely varied, but it was interesting to...
For years, Relay For Life of Gwinnett reigned as the largest Relay For Life in the world. Year after year, the local powerhouse would attract thousands of enthusiastic participants and often raise well over $1 million (sometimes over $2 million) toward fighting cancer. Relay For Life of...
Written by Jaiden Arada, Converge multimedia journalism intern and Senior at Cherokee Bluff High School
It is nearing the end of the year and graduation is right around the corner for the class of 2022. This may seem scary...
It’s 2018.
Dr. Calvin Watts and J. Alvin Wilbanks sit together in a crowded conference room filled with fellow leaders from 26 other school districts around the country. It’s a reunion of sorts.
Watts hasn’t seen Wilbanks for some time now...
If you ask Dr. Jann Joseph about her recent investiture as Georgia Gwinnett College’s third-ever president in the institution’s history, she’ll tell you it’s not about her.
It’s a celebration for friends and family. It’s a thank you to the...
The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) is pleased to announce Teshia Stovall Dula, school counselor, Hull Middle School, Duluth, Ga., as a finalist for the 2022 School Counselor of the Year awards program (#SCOY22). Dula has been a school counselor since 1998 and with Hull Middle School...
Gwinnett Magazine’s historic kickoff of the Leaders & Legends series begins. Sit back and strap in for some great reads! All year long, you’ll enjoy fascinating stories of success from those who faced unfavorable odds – and came out on top. You’ll read page-turning perspectives from those...
There’s an old, sepia-toned photo hanging behind the desk of Melvin Everson. In it, a couple stand outdoors, shoulder to shoulder. The man sports a suit, tie and slightly tipped fedora. He wears a pragmatic, no-nonsense expression. The woman is clothed in a floral-patterned dress, resplendent grin...
It’s winter 1986. Snow – that rarest of southern delights and freeway frustration – falls in central Gwinnett County. The young, founding president of Gwinnett Technical College navigates the rapidly freezing roads. Wipers flick away the snow, squeaking against the windshield as the man squints toward the...
It’s the mid-50s in middle Georgia. The sun beats down on Beauty Poole as she drags a cotton sack from one end of a sharecropping field to the other. Beauty wipes the sweat from her forehead and looks around. She isn’t alone; her...
Written by Jaiden Arada, Converge multimedia journalism intern and Senior at Cherokee Bluff High School
I surveyed 18 teenagers to try and find the most useful studying apps for teenagers. The results definitely varied, but it was interesting to...
