Education

The Ogeechee Technical College Foundation is pleased to announce a $50,000 endowment from the Rockin’ Out Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation to support academic scholarships for students pursuing Health Sciences degrees, with two scholarships awarded annually.

Ogeechee Technical College (OTC) celebrated the achievements of 23 Practical Nursing students during a heartfelt pinning ceremony on December 10, marking their transition from academic training to clinical practice and recognizing their dedication to the healthcare profession.

Shawna Douse has been selected as Ogeechee Technical College’s (OTC) 2024-2025 Dinah Culbreath Wayne Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE) delegate, an honor that highlights her remarkable perseverance and dedication to overcoming personal challenges to achieve her educational and leadership goals.

The University of North Dakota’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences has appointed Dr. Jacob C. Warren as the new director of its Center for Rural Health, bringing over 20 years of leadership experience and a strong background in rural health research to the role. Warren was the founding co-executive director for the Rural Health Research Institute at Georgia Southern University.

Gov. Brian Kemp announced the formation of a new commission under the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) to develop high-demand career pathways and credentialing strategies, aimed at aligning education with workforce needs in the rapidly growing Southern region.

Four eighth-grade students from Bulloch County have earned $10,000 college scholarships as the newest REACH Georgia Scholars, a state initiative supporting students from lower-income families to attend and graduate from college. The program has now helped make college possible for 62 local youth.

The Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA) is making a significant impact in the local community with a $10,000 donation to the Southeast Bulloch High School chapter of the National FFA Organization. The contribution is meant to reflect Hyundai’s commitment to education, innovation, and fostering the next generation of leaders in agriculture and technology.

The Bulloch Board of Education held their last regular meeting of 2024 on Thursday December 12, following the signing ceremony of the new cohort of REACH Scholars.

The Young Eco-Stars Programme (YES-P) is an innovative climate leadership initiative that empowers 60 high school and university students from Indonesia, Nigeria, and the USA to become environmental advocates, and it has roots right here in Statesboro. The American Eco-Stars recently took a field trip to Kennedy Pond Conservancy with local teacher Richard McCombs.

Georgia Southern's Henderson Library is hosting "Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: Remembering, Representing, Reframing," a moving exhibit put together by graduate students in the English department after they visited the US Holocaust Museum in Washington DC earlier in the fall.