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Tips for Students Before Attending the Probe College Fair.

College fairs are fantastic opportunities for students to see many different schools at one time. Here are a few tips for students to prepare in advance for making the most of the fair: • Do your homework - and in this case, we don’t mean English papers. Students should find out in advance who is attending the college fair and decide on which schools they are most interested in learning about. Next, students should spend some time on each school’s website, especially the admissions or future student page(s). Here, students can find facts about the school, learn about the campus, and look up admission and/or scholarship application deadlines.

• Make a list of questions to ask each school - Once they have narrowed down which schools to talk with at the fair, students should write down 3---4 questions to ask each school. It is a good idea to stay away from simple questions that could be answered quickly with a little online research.

Students should try to ask questions about the culture of the

campus, individual academic or extracurricular programs, or other questions specific to housing or student activities.

• Pre-register - This year students have the chance to pre---register for a bar code that can be easily scanned by colleges they visit with at the fair. This will allow schools to easily capture information and saves students from having to handwrite information cards. Take a few moments to sign up at www.gaprobe.org/#students • Have a back---up plan - What happens if the student gets sick on the day of the fair or has practice or a meeting during an evening fair? It is a good idea to have a back---up plan to send parents in the student’s place. At the end of the day, parents will play a major role in the decision making process and it is good to get them involved in the initial research process.

• Visit www.facebook.com/ georgiaprobe - Visit our Facebook page for helpful articles and tips on the college selection process, admissions and financial aid.

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High School Students Don’t Need to Wait to Start College; Dual Enrollment Offers Option to do Both Scott’s mom says she likes that her daughter, “earns the college credit by passing the course For Gillian Scott, heading back to school this without having to take an AP class and pay for August was a little different than that of many of the exam hoping to earn a 3, 4 or 5 that colleges her classmates. The Harrison High Junior is also require to accept the class for college credit.” taking classes at Kennesaw State University.

Through the Dual Enrollment Honors Program, She adds that forgoing the AP option has a three days a week she attends one class at her financial benefit too. Says the elder Scott, “Most High School followed by three at KSU. She also people don’t realize that participation in the takes a weekly science lab. program takes nothing away from the available funding that is offered under the HOPE Scott says, “I love being finished with my Scholarship which is available for freshmen in KSU classes by 11am allowing time to study, college. meet with a professor, socialize, or just head back home until I go to Harrison.”

Despite many benefits, the program has disadvantages. With regard to school breaks, That flexibility is one of the big benefits college and high school holidays don’t always program organizers tout. Students can attend match. Plus, enrollees often choose college full or part time and select a daily schedule that courses before knowing their high school works best for them. Dual enrollees may also schedule. choose courses specially designed for dual enrollees, or are eligible to take the same classes Still both Nightingale and Scott wouldn’t as a KSU student. The program works by trade the experience. allowing them to take college courses in lieu of high school classes and earn both high school “It really helped me learn how to manage and college credit simultaneously. my time well. It also really helped me mature in my studies as there wasn’t all the “hand holding” Recent Hillgrove High Graduate Nicole that they do in high school, says Nightingale” Nightingale knows this all too well. She spent two years in the program. Her final year was She is excited to put those skills to work this tuition free. year. In September, she begins her official college career at the Boston Conservatory studying “I loved this program as it gave me so dance. much more time during my day, “ says Nightingale. “I was overwhelmed before with Scott agrees about the maturity aspect, trying to get all my school-work done. Being a “After high school I think that I’ll be far more part of this program helped me be able to do prepared for college life. Hopefully, instead of everything.” fumbling around and freaking out in my freshman year, I’ll feel a lot more calm and Another benefit? Compared to the more collected.” traditional Advanced Placement route, she was earning guaranteed college credit for her work.

To discover more about the Dual Enrollment Honors Program at KSU, you can chat with a “I loved the fact that I was in the college representative during the Probe college fair at the atmosphere, and I was getting college credit,” Infinite Energy Center in Duluth on August 31st said Nightingale. from 6-8pm. To take part in the dual enrollment program next fall, participating students must That factor was also a big plus for Scott and register by January 2017 you can learn more at her mother, Traycee. www.kennesaw.edu.e the best choice.

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An open thank-you note to my children Remember my emptynester column back in June? Well, ignore it.

At that point, the boys were just away for a few weeks. I knew they’d be home at the end of July.

Granted, that’s not the same as expecting them to walk in the door any minute, but still — it doesn’t qualify as true empty-nesterhood.

This is the REAL empty-nester column, because this time it’s official. The boys are off at college now, in a far-distant state, and they won’t be walking through the door again until midDecember.

And so, now that I officially have no children at home, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the four of them for the best 29 years of my life: Jennifer, married with two kids of her own; Robert, newly married and pursuing his dreams; Michael, a junior in college; and Nathan, a freshman.

Thank you, kids, for keeping me young and allowing me to relive some of the best parts of my own childhood — running through sprinklers, playing tag, catching fireflies, sliding down a big grassy hill on a cardboard box.

Thank you for helping me stay in shape. I know of no better fitness plan

Rob Jenkins than throwing batting practice, rebounding free-throws, spotting stunts and running under long passes.

Thank you for dragging me outside when, left to my own devices, I might have just sat on the couch, nose buried in a book. Those nights under the stars, the days in the woods or on some lake are among my favorite memories.

Thank you for keeping my mind sharp, as I struggled at times to answer your often insightful, sometimes piercing and occasionally impossible questions.

Thank you for filling our home with sound. I used to wish, sometimes, for a little peace and quiet. Now I have it, and I realize I would happily trade it for some noise.

Crying babies, fighting kids, mindless Nickelodeon cartoons — I miss it all.

Thank you for the music, whether from a stereo booming behind a

teenager’s closed bedroom door or the family piano or someone practicing the trumpet.

Thank you for all the cheesy stories you let me tell, all the bad dad jokes you patiently listened to, all the mac and cheese you endured when Mom was out for the evening.

Thank you for the fashion advice (which, on occasion, I even took), for all the times you tried not to roll your eyes, for not being too embarrassed to be seen with me at the mall.

Thank you for Friday night movies and pizza, for Saturday morning pancakes and cartoons, for family church on Sundays.

Thank you for the ball games, the cross country meets, the band and chorale concerts, the cheerleading competitions, the art shows, the science fairs, the award banquets, the Scout campouts, the daddydaughter dances.

I loved every minute of it. And I will forever be in your debt.

Rob Jenkins is a local freelance writer and the author of four books, including “Family Man: The Art of Surviving Domestic Tranquility,” available at Books for Less in Buford and on Amazon. E-mail Rob at rjenkinsgdp@yahoo.com.

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Q&A with Robin Remich, Director of Student Recruitment at Gwinnett Technical College.

WHAT IS YOUR ROLE WITH PROBE COLLEGE FAIR: This is my 8th year hosting the North Gwinnett Counselor Workshop and PROBE fair

considered all my options I can’t confidently give them my time and money...Maybe another shoe is a better fit, maybe another store has a sale on the same pair. I have to be sure I’m WHAT SHOULD STUDENTS making the best decision for ME, SHOP EXPECT AT THE FAIR: We have over AROUND! 150 different colleges and universities WHAT COLLEGES AND represented, so it’s like the Mall, except instead of stores you are shopping for UNIVERSITIES WILL BE AT THE FAIR: We usually have close to 175 colleges! schools. Everything from 4 year public WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS and private to Technical and community ON HELPING TO HOST THIS EVENT: colleges including; University of I love hosting PROBE. It’s exciting to Alabama, Auburn, Penn State, help provide students with the Clemson, Florida State, University of opportunity to meet with so many North Carolina, University of different colleges and universities from Tennessee, University of Georgia and across the country. They may not get of course...Gwinnett Tech. Visit the the chance to travel to Alabama, PROBE Facebook page for the full list!

California or Illinois, but they can visit WHAT BENEFIT DO YOU SEE with college reps from all those places and more without ever leaving WITH ATTENDING A COLLGE FAIR LIKE PROBE: Getting to meet with that Gwinnett! many college reps within a 2 hour time ANY ADVICE FOR SOMEONE span is a great way to start drafting or DECIDING IF THEY SHOULD OR narrowing down your list of potential SHOULDN’T ATTEND: This is a great colleges. You can collect information meet with admissions opportunity to speak with schools you and are interested in. Additionally, you are representatives to get all of your exposed to Universities you haven’t questions answered. even thought about yet, that could be ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO the perfect fit.

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Probe College Fairs Great Option for All Students

By Erin Wolf

Katie Liles just started her 8th year as an educator. Like all instructors, she has a room full of students to teach and nurture for excellence. But unlike most teachers, her classroom is in her home. Her students are her 5 children.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, more than 3 percent of children in Kindergarten to 12th grade are home schooled. That number continues to grow. In the NCES study, 91 percent of families cited concern about the traditional school environment.

“They will be prepared for college scholastically, but they will also be able to excel in the real world since every day is the real world for them,” Liles says. “I will know their strengths and weaknesses and be able to focus on the needed areas.”

She recognizes there are resources like Probe fairs that assist with college planning. These events are free and scheduled with day and evening hours to accommodate a variety of learning programs.

“The purpose of Probe is to help connect Georgia high school students with colleges and universities across the state and country,” says Bill Smith, Probe Executive Director. “Our goal is to provide students access to as many colleges and universities as we can for each community in Georgia.”

“We believe that socialization of children is best done when interacting with other children and adults of different ages- not just to be placed in the same class with the same age students every single year,” says Liles. “We are able to While the Probe fairs are offer them interaction with all ages and cultures by taking outings and typically attended by High School serving our community through Juniors, Sophomores and Freshman may attend to get a jump-start on church homeschool activities.” their college planning. A full list Liles doesn’t have any kids in high school--her oldest just started can be found at www.gaprobe.org, 8th grade--but she knows college is The site offers registration and on the horizon. She uses an directions to nearby fairs. This fall, accredited curriculum in her there are more than 68 college fairs Macon area home, and understands statewide--including one at the college and life preparation are Infinite Energy Center in Duluth both needed. on August 31st from 6-8pm.

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Pictured left to right: 2016 Grayson High School graduate Lauren Warwick, 2016 Dacula High School graduate Madison Grubbs and Georgia Farm Bureau President John Archer (Special Photo)

Local high school graduates awarded $1,500 scholarships

By Zach Miles

The purpose of the Georgia Farm Bureau’s scholarship is “to recogGeorgia Farm Bureau’s nize and assist deserving president John Archer and outstanding young recently awarded Laupeople who are pursuren Warwick of Grayson ing a college degree in High School and Madiagriculture or a related son Grubbs of Dacula field.”

High School each with a Warwick and Grubbs $1,500 scholarship. will attend the University

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of Georgia beginning in the fall 2016 semester, and both girls plan to major in animal science.

Details about the 2017 scholarship opportunity are available. For more information regarding the Georgia Farm Bureau’s scholarship, call their office at 770-963-6209.

Military notes U.S. Air Force Airman Britney N. Wilcox recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio. Wilcox is the daughter of Tracy and Unhui Wilcox of Lawrenceville. She is a 2014 graduate of Mountain View High School in Lawrenceville.

Champeria Cobb has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program. Cobb is the daughter of Darrio Cobb of Upper Darby, Pa., and Latarsha Goodwinne of Grayson.

She is a 2017 graduate of South Gwinnett High School in Snellville.

Tasheaca T. Bryan has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Bryan is the daughter of Leon Bryan of Loganville.

She is a 2017 graduate of South Gwinnett High School in Snellville.

Anthony Greene has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program. Greene is the son of Roseline Appleton of Lithonia and Daniel Greene of Providence, Rhode Island.

He is a 2015 graduate of Central Gwinnett High School in Lawrenceville.

Austin Boussou has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Boussou is the son of Genevieve Kouassi of Loganville. He is a 2016 graduate of Abidjan Secondary School in Lawrencevile.

Davantay Brown has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program. Brown is the son of Donna Brown of Atlanta and Ethan Brown of Duluth. He is a 2016 graduate of Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee.

Bianca Buchanan has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Buchanan is the daughter of Sheila and Bertchel Buchanan of Stone Mountain.

She is a 2016 graduate of South Gwinnett High School in Snellville.

Angel Nunezgozman has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program. Nunezgozman is the son of Silmare Guzman of Lawrenceville. He is a 2016 graduate of Collins Hill High School in Suwanee.

Jack Heustess has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Heustess is the son of Edward and Amy Heustess of Suwanee. He is a 2016 graduate of Lambert High School in Suwanee.

Brian Muccay has recently joined the United

States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Muccay is the son of Jennifer and Robert Muccay of Suwanee. He is a 2015 graduate of Lambert High School in Suwanee.

Colin Blankenship has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Blankenship is the son of James and Julre Blankenship of Suwanee. He is a 2016 graduate of North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee.

Ji Park has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program. Park is the son of Il Sun Park and Yong Soon Kim of Lawrenceville. He is a 2009 graduate of Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee.

Derrick Bayer has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Bayer is the son of Jeffrey and Daunyale Bayer of Suwanee. He is a 2016 graduate of Lambert High School in Suwanee.

Hwang Tae has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program. Tae is the son of Gyung Kwon and Hwang Jong of Duluth.

He is a 2010 graduate of Duluth High School in Duluth.

Gustavo Angel has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program. Angel is the son of Dominga Guzman Dominguez and Marcelino Algel Librado of Sugar Hill. He is a 2016 graduate of Lanier High School in Buford.

Matthew Antill has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program. Antill is the son of Matthew Antill of Cambridge, Ohio, and Allison Wynters of Byesville, Ohio.

He is a 2016 graduate of Brookwood High School in Snellville.

Heon J. Lee has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Lee is the son of Sung Yea Lee-Moon of Suwanee.

He is a 2016 graduate of Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee.

Yeeun Cho has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program. Cho is the son of Yongki Cho and Soonja Lee of Suwanee.

He is a 2016 graduate of North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee.

Nicolas EcheverriDominguez has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Echeverri-Dominguez is the son of Juan Echevarri of Lawrenceville and Maria

Dominguez of Orlando.

He is a 2013 graduate of Cypress Creek Senior High School in Orlando, Fla..

Joseph T. Matthew has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Matthew is the son of Siby and Terrine Matthew of Lilburn. He is a 2016 graduate of Parkview High School in Lilburn.

Quinn W. Dziwura has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Dziwura is the son of John and Cindy Dziwura of Suwanee. He is a 2016 graduate of Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee.

U.S. Airforce Airman Marquis D. Wilson recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland, San Antonio, Texas. Wilson is the son of Cynthia A. Haynes of Peachtree Corners. He is a 2015 graduate of Dutchtown School in Hampton.

U.S. Airforce Airman 1st Class David M. Byrley recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland, San Antonio.

Byrely is the son of Laurie and Donald Byrely of Buford. He is a 2010 graduate of Fairmont High School in Kettering, Ohio.

U.S. Airforce Airman Calvin T. Leangpun recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland, San Antonio, Texas. Leangpun is the son of Lisa L. Goff of Duluth and Timothy L. Goff of Snellville. He is a 2014 graduate Grayson Hish School in Grayson.

Hwang Yongseong has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Yongseong is the son of Hwang Youngsoo and Busoon Kim of Peachtree . He is a 2011 graduate of Peachtree Ridge High School.

Kyung M. Hyun has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Hyun is the son of Won Sook Seong and Haekil Hyun of Duluth. He is a 2016 graduate of Technical Gwinnett School of Georgia in Lawrenceville.

Hyung G. Choi has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Choi is a 2012 graduate of North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee.

Desmond Evans has recently joined the United States Army under the delayed enlistment program.

Evans is the son of Andrew Evans and Lori Jackson of Norcross. He is a 2016 graduate of Norcross High School in Norcross.

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Alicia James, director of Georgia Gwinnett College’s Academic Enhancement Center, talks with Farzana Zerin, a sophomore biology major and AEC student assistant, inside the AEC. The AEC has moved into the college’s recently completed expansion of Building C, which includes classrooms and offices. (Photo: Rod Reilly)

Academic enhancement

Building expansion among host of changes at GGC

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LAWRENCEVILLE — The days of local college students walking from one building to another to receive tutoring appear to be over, at least in the formal sense.

While the buzzing activity of the first wave of papers and exams is still a few weeks away, Georgia Gwinnett College recently opened an expansion of Building C that features an all-encompassing tutoring center under one roof. It’s called the Academic Enhancement Center, and it is part of an $11.5 million addition to that building, which includes classrooms and offices that serve the schools of business, education and transitional studies.

The addition includes three floors, 16 classrooms, and 104 offices and covers 54,300 square feet. It more than doubled the size of the previous building structure.

“I think we’ll see this building be sort of a hub for a lot of our efforts, especially the academic enhancement efforts,” said Justin Jernigan, dean of the School of Transitional Studies.

Previously, the college’s tutoring areas were separated, such as writing in one area and math and science in

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Most of this year’s changes revolve around providing better service for students, from dining to information security, there are few aspects of the student experience that will not be impacted by the enhancements we are making this semester.”

— Stas Preczewski, GGC president

another. Because of that, it was common that a student who needed help in multiple areas wouldn’t make it all the way around campus.

“Now we have those combined in this center here and it really does, I think, minimize the loss of students going from one place to another place because that definitely happened in the past,” Jernigan said. “If students really, really focus and have their minds set on it, they’ll get there, but in many cases they either got lost along the way (or) got distracted along the way.”

A little more than 30 percent of GGC students receive some form of tutoring, Jernigan said, though that number is higher among freshmen and sophomores and the overall number rises in the spring semester.

Two tutors talk inside the Academic Enhancement Center, which is part of a $11.5 million expansion to Building C at Georgia Gwinnett College that opened for the fall semester. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner)

The one-stop-shop building also helps meet a student’s needs quickly instead of waiting to set up another appointment.

“If they have a need in multiple areas, we’ve got the tutors right there, and we don’t have to refer them,” Jernigan said.

The School of Education is also adjusting to having

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more things under one roof.

It previously was in Building I, which doesn’t have classrooms, and Dean Cathy Moore said students mainly came to that building only if they met with a mentor or had another appointment.

“It’s not some place they would come and just hang out,” Moore said. “But in this building, they will.

They’ll be able to pop into our office just to say hello. … It’s a great opportunity for them be able to engage on a more regular basis with us. I can go visit classes more easily.”

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Alicia James, left, director of Georgia Gwinnett College’s Academic Enhancement Center, talks with Justin Jernigan, dean of the School of Transitional Studies. A little more than 30 percent of GGC students receive some form of tutoring, though that number is higher among freshmen and sophomores and the overall number rises in the spring semester. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner)

•From Page 1C offices and buildings.

The college’s honors program relocated to Building B, while nonacademic areas, such as public relations and digital communications, have a new home in Building I. The college is finishing a pedestrian pathway be-

GGC tween Buildings A and D, and among the new dining services options is a Moe’s Southwest Grill, along with more seating.

There’s also a private lactation facility in the library and a campus Weatherbug station. And workers recently broke ground on a memorial garden where flag poles previously stood.

“Most of this year’s changes revolve around providing better service for students,” President Stas Preczewski said in a press release. “From dining to information security, there are few aspects of the student experience that will not be impacted by the enhancements we are making this semester.”

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