Tucker, Sale and Anker
Three new members have been named to the Gwinnett Technical College board of directors. They are:
- Kim Anker, chief nursing officer for Northside Hospital Gwinnett and Duluth;
- Raymer Sale Jr., chief executive officer for E2E Resources Inc.; and
- Deon Tucker, regional director, North Metro for Georgia Power.
Dr. D. Glen Cannon, president of Gwinnett Technical College, says: “I am confident their knowledge and expertise will continue to serve the Gwinnett Tech community and workforce demands.”
Anker earned her Bachelor of Nursing from Emory University and a Master of Nursing Leadership from Walden University. Since 2009, Kim has worked for the Northside Hospital system in several leadership positions.
Sale, since 2006, has been a Lifetime and Qualifying Soaring Eagle Member of the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU). He joins other Gwinnett County business leaders to meet with members of Congress in Washington, DC, to listen and discuss legislative issues and policies related to healthcare.
Tucker leads the company’s external affairs activities for DeKalb, North Fulton, Gwinnett, Forsyth, and Rockdale counties. She is active in the community and currently co-chairs the Forward Macon campaign, an economic development effort of the Macon-Bibb County Chamber. Deon holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University and a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Troy University.
Georgia Gwinnett College offers new MIS degree
Kathy Zaino, Bailey Rungruang and Hajira Kahn
When Bailey Rungruang, 22, started his college career, he dove headfirst into the computer science world. After spending some time learning exactly what a programming career entails, he realized that he didn’t like the “heads-down” approach to coding, where he focused only on his projects. He wanted something that allowed him to combine his love of coding with his desire to work with others.
Enter Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) and its new management information systems (MIS) degree, a way for students like Rungruang to experience the best of both the technology world and the fast-paced, person-to-person interactions of the business space.
An MIS degree focuses on combining the coding aspect of a back-end developer with the social interaction of a business manager. Examples of careers that benefit from MIS degrees include information security analysts, data analysts and database engineers.
Kim Windham, Mytiem Moc and Dawnel Bell
Dr. Tyler Yu, dean of GGC’s School of Business (SBA), is excited to put the community’s desires at the forefront. In creating the degree, SBA solicited extensive employer and community input. “In every discussion, constituents voiced a need for more qualified applicants to fill available management analyst and computer information systems positions,” Yu says.
The new major was introduced this fall. So Rungruang is in the process of changing his major to MIS because he feels it better suits his dream of becoming a scrum master in the aviation field. A “scrum master” facilitates adherence to established processes and removes obstacles to help teams achieve goals.
“I’ve always wanted my pilot’s license, so a job working in the flight industry would be a great way to springboard into a personal passion, and MIS puts me right where I need to be.”
Kim Windham, 41, a senior MIS and bachelor of business administration double major from Stone Mountain, says her time at GGC has helped her cultivate a working understanding of her field. “MIS sets me up well because GGC’s program exposes you to tons of coding languages. Getting into the industry with this much experience in different languages, like C# or Python, sets you apart,” says Windham.
- MIS graduates are in high demand, with 69 percent being placed into the workforce with an average starting salary of about at $65,000. For more information on the MIS degree at Georgia Gwinnett College, visit www.ggc.edu.
Norcross Gallery showing works of 10 photographers
In a new photography exhibit, Norcross Gallery and Studios has chosen the works of ten accomplished photographers in a wide-ranging show now open at the gallery. The exhibit includes varied subjects in color or dramatic black and white, affirming a quote from Ansel Adams, “There are no rules for good photographs. There are only good photographs.”
Wil Grewe-Mullins’ “Platform” is a haunting photo taken in the early morning on the MARTA train platform at the Fort McPherson station. It was a very foggy day, and the fog, the light, and the moment all came together, he says. Anne Labaire chose the iconic oversized clock in Paris Museum’s Musee D’Orsay in a wonderful light and shadow perfect composition. As an artist and art lover her visit there was a delight which shows here.
A colorful photo is “Jammin’ on Thrasher Street” by Jean Baldwin, who reports “these two ladies were providing entertainment during an arts and crafts show. The lady on the right is an old and dear friend who currently lives in a retirement community in Stone Mountain. She is in her 90’s, a talented musician and still going strong!”
Another dramatic black and white photo by skilled photographer Mikki Root Dillon is “Sunrise, Sapelo II.” It is a combination of the dead tree from a hurricane and the clouds that morning on Sapelo Island.
Norcross Gallery and Studios provides artists with creative opportunities and professional resources, thus advancing the cause of Fine Arts awareness and education in the artistic and local communities. The Gallery and Studios are open Thursday, Friday and Saturday 11 am to 4 p. m.
New I-85 lanes soon to open between Braselton, Jefferson
An additional interstate lane will soon be completed by the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) each way on Interstate 85 between Braselton and Jefferson.
It is part of the Major Mobility Investment Program projects. Weather permitting, four of the first 6.7 miles of the project will open the new third lane the first weekend in October, nearly two months ahead of schedule.
The project will widen I-85 north and southbound from two to three lanes between Braselton at Georgia Highway 53 and U.S. Highway 129 near Jefferson. The project is also replacing and widening six mainline bridges and one overpass bridge, which opened in late August after a seven-month closure.
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