Enrollment at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) maintained its upward trajectory as students started classes for the fall semester. Preliminary numbers from the college show enrollment at more than 12,000 students (new and returning) which is nine percent above fall 2022.
Dr. Michael Poll, GGC’s vice president of Enrollment Management and Institutional Research, says: “With more than 4,000 new students, we’re excited to welcome our largest incoming class since 2019.” Poll noted that the college has seen an uptick in retention with returning students up 8.5 percent. New students, he said, are up 10 percent – on top of a 14 percent increase of new students in fall 2022. During the summer, when enrollment typically lags, GGC’s 2023 summer enrollment increased 14 percent.
Rainbow Village adds two veterans to staff
To scale up and better meet the needs of the families it serves, Duluth-based Rainbow Village is welcoming two seasoned veterans of the nonprofit sphere to its staff.
Holmes
Joy Holmes joins the 32-year-old nonprofit in the role of chief development officer. At the same time, Anika Crosby will work closely with the families Rainbow Village serves as a success coach. Holmes brings nearly 20 years of experience as a fundraiser. A graduate of Georgia Southern University, Holmes has lived in Gwinnett County for eight years. She is married with a large extended family. All of her siblings also work in service industries – two in healthcare and one is a pastor. As a military kid, she and her siblings were raised to believe in service to others.
Crosby
Also a Gwinnett County resident, Anika Crosby describes herself as a true boy mom. She became a single mom when her boys were 4 and 6. Her oldest is a 23-year-old veteran who was in the U.S. Navy and hopes to be in the pit crew at NASCAR one day. Her youngest (21) is at Western Carolina University on a full track scholarship. She is originally from New Orleans and received her Bachelor of Social Work degree from the University of Mississippi. Crosby became a single mom when her boys were 4 and 6. She has two sons, a 23-year-old Navy veteran and another (21) is at Western Carolina on full track scholarship.
- To learn more about the mission at the heart of Rainbow Village, make a tax-deductible donation, or register as a volunteer, visit www.RainbowVillage.org.
Lamme gets another term on conservation board
Lamme
Ellis Lamme of Gwinnett County has been re-elected vice president of the Georgia Association of Conservation Districts at a recent meeting in Savannah. Born in Portsmouth, Ohio, he has lived in Georgia for almost 40 years after his retirement from 22 years in the U.S. Air Force as part of the Red Horse Civil Engineering Squadron. In 2000, he was elected as chairman of the Gwinnett County Soil and Water Conservation District Board and has since been re-elected five consecutive terms. He also currently serves as the president of the Upper Ocmulgee River Resource Conservation and Development Council. He and his wife, Phyllis, live on a 12 acre farm in Dacula.
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