Joel Suazo of Grayson High School and Jennifer Kim and Miki Nguyen of Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology are scheduled to speak at the national American Chemistry Society meeting in San Diego, California as part of Project SEED. Since 1968, Project SEED has connected colleges and universities with high schools and has helped more than 11,000 high school students, many of whom were the first in their family to attend college.

The University of North Georgia Boar's Head brigade honored a record 31 members of the Corps of Cadets at the 2019 Distinguished Military Students Review held Sept. 29. Metro Atlanta cadets: Alexander Chastain of Blue Ridge, Jacob Drobney of Acworth, Isaiah Fleck of Cumming, Holden Gossett of Adairville, Cody Kendrix of Cumming, Marc Lacroix of Grayson, Slade McMichael of Roswell, Joshua Nixon of Newnan, William Norman of Jefferson, Megan Reis of Snellville, Jericho Searcy of Newnan, Brandon Thurmond of Cumming, Parrish West of Roswell.