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President’s Message
Dr. Jann L. Joseph
President
Challenges
Make Us Grizzly Strong
Facing and overcoming challenges is nothing new to the GGC community.
Many of our students must balance college with work and family obligations. Others need a little extra help with their coursework. Many more struggle with finances and some contend with food insecurities or even homelessness.
Georgia Gwinnett was designed to help students complete their degrees despite the short- or long-term barriers they may encounter. Because of the exceptional teamwork between students, faculty and staff, we all come together to achieve our common goal of student success.
It should be no surprise that when the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted our community, we confronted it with the same teamwork and resilience that are constant characteristics of the Grizzly spirit.
Faculty, staff and students all had to find a way to maximize our altered educational environment while maintaining optimum safety. With combined forces, we persevered.
In fact, our students became pioneers of this new normal by creatively using technology to develop ways to continue their work, interact with groups of all sizes, hold events, present research and even organize large conferences. Already, they are leaders and innovators – and as our mission states – prepared to anticipate and respond effectively to an uncertain and changing world.
Our mission was not written during a time of pandemic, social change and economic restructuring, but these words are particularly meaningful in light of today’s extraordinary times.
We cannot know what new challenges the future will bring, but we do know that together, we are prepared, persistent, relentless and Grizzly Strong.
Go Grizzlies!
