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By Amanda Respess and Margaret Schell Charm Mapp (’03, ’06, ’10), an eighth-grade math teacher at Clifton Ridge Middle School in Jones County, is the 2027 Georgia Teacher of the Year. State School Superintendent Richard Woods announced the selection at a banquet Friday, May 29. Mapp was the Jones County 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year. “Charm Mapp makes mathematics come alive for her students through her classroom number talks and hands-on instruction,” Woods said. “I can’t wait to see...

By Ian Wesselhoff Two Georgia College & State University students have been recognized by the U.S. National Science Foundation through the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which is awarded to graduate students who demonstrate potential for significant achievements in research. Out of 14,000 applicants nationwide, Amber Stubbs (’24, ‘26) was one of just 2,500 to win the award, and Sydney Irons (’25) was one of 1,470 honorable mentions. Stubbs graduated with her master’s in...