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Shine My Crown
Eight Black Women Among 10 Tuskegee University Graduates To Earn Perfect 4.0 GPAs for All Four Years, Turning Academic Excellence Into a Legacy
From a future cardiothoracic surgeon to a first-generation engineering graduate, the Class of 2026 scholars are carrying Tuskegee University’s legacy of excellence… The post Eight Black Women Among 10 Tuskegee University Graduates To Earn Perfect 4.0 GPAs for All Four Years, Turning Academic Excellence Into a Legacy appeared first on Shine My Crown .
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Local students learning to ‘Thinc Like an Adult’ with the help of an annual initiative
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Local high school students are getting a taste of the real world with the help of an annual event held right here in the Fountain City. Jordan Vocational College and Career Academy held its fourth annual ‘Thinc Like an Adult’ event to provide students with the necessary skills and hands-on experience […]
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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Columbus High hires new head baseball coach
Columbus High School has hired a new head baseball coach. According to the Columbus High Athletics Instagram page, former Midland Middle School coach Todd Anderson takes over one of the best baseball programs in the Chattahoochee Valley during the past 40 years with 12 state championships and players going on to play in college and the major leagues, including Hall of Famer Frank Thomas. While at Midland Middle School, Anderson coached football, basketball, track and field and soccer. He graduated in 2005 from Cairo High School, where he was a standout in football, basketball and baseball. He played baseball at Albany State University and returned to Cairo as an assistant baseball coach in 2012-13. “This opportunity, I don’t have words for it,” Anderson told the Ledger-Enquirer. “This is just a blessing for me.” Anderson replaces Chad Mathis, who was Columbus High’s head baseball coach since 2015. Mathis left the school to work in the Muscogee County School District construction department, Columbus High athletics director Danielle McCoy told the Ledger-Enquirer. The L-E didn’t reach Mathis for comment. In 2026, Columbus High finished with a 23-12 record and went 14-0 in GHSA Class 2A Region 1. The Blue Devils lost in the
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Miracle Riders set new endowment for Columbus State University’s nursing school
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)— Just one year after fulfilling its unprecedented, multi-year $1 million fundraising commitment to Columbus State University (CSU), the Miracle Riders announced a new $150,000 endowment for the university’s nursing school. Officials said the endowment will fund maintenance and technology upgrades for the three clinical simulation labs it created in CSU’s School of […]
Athens Banner-Herald
Follow Athens-area high school teams in GHSA softball playoffs here
Softball concluded its region tournaments and declared winners over the weekend and are now gearing up for the GHSA-wide competition to start Oct. 13. The first and second rounds, also known as the Super Regionals, will run from Oct. 12-15 and Oct. 19-22 in a traditional best-of-three format. The higher seed in each matchup will host and the final eight out of each classification will advance to the coveted Elite Eight. Games will be played in doubleheader format with a tiebreaker the following day. The Elite Eight and championships are slated to be held like always at the South Commons Softball Complex — located at 400 4th St. in Columbus, Ga. — from Oct. 28-31. GIAA-wide competition is set to be held in the same location in Columbus, but from Oct. 15-17. Those brackets are not yet set. Here are the Athens-area softball programs with sights set into the postseason and their Super Regional first-round opponents: Athens-area high school softball teams in state tournament: Super Regional first-round opponents GHSA Class 6A 24-seed Jackson County at 9-seed Northside Columbus | DH Oct. 14 at 5 & 7 p.m., IF game Oct. 15 at TBD Class 5A 6-seed North Oconee vs. 27-seed
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Pezold Center for Technology will rise like the Golden Arches
Pezold Center for Technology will rise like the Golden Arches Who better to lead a new center for technology at Columbus State University than Jack and JoRhee Pezold? The impact on STEM education, technology innovation, and workforce development in Columbus, across Georgia and beyond will help reshape education and the workforce. The Pezold family has served…
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Beyond the Game: Fountain City Classic Invests in Education, Opportunity and the Future of Students
Follow the Courier Eco Latino Newspaper as we share the inspiring stories of four Fountain City Classic scholarship recipients and explore how the Classic continues to make a difference beyond the game. Fountain City Classic Scholarship Recipient Spotlight: Grayce Hill. Investing in Dreams, Inspiring Futures: Grayce Hill Shares Her Journey...