Bragbook for March 31

Samara Huggins of Whitefield Academy won first place in Georgia’s statewide Poetry Out Loud competition.

Samara Huggins of Whitefield Academy won first place in Georgia’s statewide Poetry Out Loud competition.

Edward Appiah and Melvin Russell of Norcross were named to Culver-Stockton College's honor roll.

Grant Carl of Peachtree City was named to Culver-Stockton's president's list.

Max Galipeau of Atlanta was named to Curry College's dean's list.

Samantha Pekelnicky of Marietta was named to University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's dean's list.

Deborah Choi of Atlanta, Jennie Huynh of Duluth, Nathan Cenatus of Jonesboro, David Nguyen of Lawrenceville and Sagar Rijal of Marietta were part of a team of students at Georgia State University that took first place in the inaugural Healthcare IT Slam hackathon this fall at the university's Center for Health Information Technology.

Robert Hatcher of Brookhaven, Adesuwa Imafidon of Milton and Michael Carter of Stone Mountain placed among the top four finishers in the Clayton State University Personal Elevator Pitch Competition. They earned $500, $100, and $250, respectively, for their accomplishments.

Rebecca Sullivan of Decatur was awarded the Amanda G. Hyatt Fellowship by the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.

Lori Jouty of Stone Mountain was awarded the Public Management and Policy Scholarship by the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.

Ivie Osaghae and Lashanah Thomas of Atlanta were among the representatives of Georgia State University's Black Student Alliance that received the university's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian award.

Rebecca Sullivan of Decatur was awarded the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance's Career Development award.

Saara Anam, Angela Chan, Mallory Lane, and Larissa Lemus-Castro of Pinckneyville Middle School won second place in the Performance Group Project Junior Division at the Gwinnett County National History Day Competition.