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Journey Back to the Top: Relay For Life of Gwinnett Gears Up for Major Comeback!

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 Gwinnett hasn’t just been setting the global standard for community-driven...

Leaders & Legends: Nick Masino

Ask Nick Masino about the importance of human connection. Masino – a man to whom conversation seems as natural as the next breath, who strings words together with effortless aplomb, who assembles spoken sentences and paragraphs, hands gesturing in vigorous punctuation all the while – will get to the point soon enough.

From Entry-Level to Retirement: Investing Through Every Stage of Life

From Entry-Level to Retirement: Investing Through Every Stage of Life Whether you’re about to start your very first job, at the peak of your career, heading into retirement, or living life in retirement, there are unique ways to invest and expand your financial portfolio for each stage of your life....

Bite-Sized Science: Why MinuteEarth is My Favorite YouTube Channel

Written by Micah Xu, Converge multimedia journalism intern and Junior at Gwinnett School of Math, Science & Technology (GSMST) Science has, both historically and recently, been a subject that comes easy to some and hard to others, and it is hard to develop a genuine interest in and appreciation...

Gateway85’s Emory Morsberger Discusses Future of the CID, Unveils Big Plans!

When Emory Morsberger took the helm as Executive Director of Gateway85 CID in April 2019, he did so with a lifetime of experience already under his belt, working on and completing large visionary community projects and real estate developments like the rebirth of the City of Lawrenceville, involvement launching Ponce City Market and...

Leaders & Legends: Wayne Mason

You can try to keep up with Wayne Mason, but you’ll fall behind. Even at 82, Mason is a human calculator, solving problems in his head with a nimble precision that’s almost uncanny. His mind shines. You can see it in his eyes. They are alive and bright as he speaks in a swift...

Leaders & Legends: Dr. Calvin Watts

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 – having left his post as assistant superintendent at Gwinnett...

Congratulations, Mrs. Dula! GCPS Counselor Selected as 2022 National School Counselor of the Year Finalist

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 since 2017. The school serves 1,352 students, grades 6–8. The...