James July-August 2024 web - Flipbook - Page 3
COLUMNS
SAVANNAH’S GRETSCH MUSEUM
A FAMILY MUSIC LEGACY 27
J U LY / A U G U S T 2 0 2 4
PHIL KENT
PCOM SOUTH GEORGIA CONTINUING TO IMPROVE
HEALTH FROM WITHIN SOUTH GEORGIA 29
DEPARTMENTS
SHAYLA JONES
PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE 4
FLOATING BOATS 7
GEORGIA PINES 43
MASON AILSTOCK
ROWEN A PROJECT UNLIKE ANY OTHER 35
THINGS MAY NOT ADD UP
TO JUST WHO VOTES 45
MATT TOWERY
9
FEATURES
MACON-BIBB COUNTY
COLLABORATION MAKING
THE DIFFERENCE 9
BAKER OWENS
GEORGIA’S TOP COLLEGES
& UNIVERSITIES
THE 2024 LIST 15
THE JAMES STAFF
15
GEORGIA’S TECHNICAL
COLLEGE SYSTEM
A PILLAR OF SUCCESS 31
CINDY MORLEY
BAKER OWENS
ON THE COVER
“THAT GREAT GRETSCH SOUND!”
GRAPHIC DESIGN BY ED RUSHTON–
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GRAPHIC
DESIGN, GEORGIA SOUTHERN
UNIVERSITY. ARTICLE PAGE 27.
CHAIRMAN MATTHEW TOWERY
CINDY MORLEY
SALUTING THE INFLUENTIALS
THE JAMES 2024 INFLUENTIAL GEORGIANS EVENT 53
SCAD SETTING THE STAGE FOR FUTURE FILM
INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS 57
PATRICK HICKEY
AN INTERVIEW WITH
USG CHANCELLOR SONNY PERDUE 59
PHIL KENT
SOCIAL MOBILITY
TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION 63
DR. GEORJ LEWIS
CEO SPOTLIGHT
TRILITH STUDIOS’
FRANK PATTERSON 38
38
OGEECHEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE
GROWTH & SUCCESS CONTINUE 49
THE AI DILEMMA BALANCING INNOVATION WITH
ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY 65
BRITTANY BENNETT
THE GEORGIA LOTTERY’S
TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT 71
GRETCHEN CORBIN
OFFICER DOWN (TRODDEN)
A SAD, TRUE REALITY 73
LANCE LORUSSO
STAFF WRITERS
PATRICK HICKEY
CINDY MORLEY
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