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The 15th annual Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Awards ceremony took place March 28 at Georgia College & State University. Out of 63 submissions, five finalists were selected from different writing categories including poetry and short story. In the first year and sophomore category, sophomore Kennedy Welker of Peachtree City placed first and third for her poems “The Last Sheep” and “December 2016,” respectively. Placing second, is sophomore Alexia Schauer of Johns Creek for her short...

Every now and then you come across a situation that really warms the heart.   But few people—let alone an international student continents away from home—get to directly affect another person’s life, altering their path to greatness. Rihito Uda was privileged to be that person recently for a little boy from Japan. Sosuke Nishimiya, a fifth grader from Springdale Elementary School in Macon, almost pulled out of the recent K-5 State Science and Engineering Fair at Georgia College & State...