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Story by Liz NewlinAs Georgia College & State University gears up for its 2024 spring commencement ceremonies, the significance of the event reverberates beyond the campus. For many graduating seniors, this ceremony marks more than just the end of their academic journey; it represents a chance to reclaim a rite of passage denied to them in 2020. COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the lives of high school graduates worldwide, robbing them of the traditional pomp and circumstance. There was...

When city officials in Hiawassee, Georgia, needed to boost one of their local businesses with a new logo—they did something ingenious.Rather than hire a graphic design company, which could cost up to $25,000 for a single creation, they held a competition for graphic art students enrolled at any of Georgia’s public and private colleges and universities. By doing so, they lowered their own costs while giving students a real-world experience: an opportunity to design a logo used by an...