Georgia College’s innovative Rural Studies Institute was established in January. As Dr. Veronica Womack settled into her new role as its executive director, the coronavirus was raging in China. Now a global pandemic, it has sent billions of people home to work remotely by computer—giving more urgency and meaning to Womack’s work. “In addition,” Womack said, “many rural communities have few hospitals and emergency care services. So, during a world pandemic, they are vulnerable. Many...
