*Wendy Walker, Ph.D., is the new Associate Dean for Faculty and Graduate Programs for the Mike Cottrell College of Business at the University of North Georgia. She spent several years at Procter & Gamble as a Consumer and Market Knowledge Manager.
*Tim and Jan Armour of Cornelia are new members of the American Angus Association.
*Northeast Georgia Physicians Group will open NGPG Pulmonology Monday at 1315 Jesse Jewel Parkway in Gainesville.
*"Engineering Georgia” has named 9th District Georgia Department of Transportation Board member Emily Dunn of Fannin County to this year's list of its “100 Influential Women in Engineering.”
*Robby Tierman has joined Gainesville's Carroll Daniel Construction Company as Virtual Design and Construction and Design Director. Tieman most recently served as a Project Architect and a Contract Administrator for an architecture firm based out of Atlanta.
*Five UPS drivers who work out of Gainesville were among 30 of the company’s Georgia drivers who were honored this week for their safe driving. They are Johnny Garner, Tracy Holloway, John McCollum, Chadwick Wingo, and Randall Woodring.
*A group of Georgia Forestry Commission employees from Northeast Georgia was recognized by state legislators this week at the State Capitol. The outstanding employees for 2019 are Ken Masten, Toccoa; Glen Maxim, Gainesville; Brandon Merz, Tallulah Falls; Jeff Kastle, Gillsville; Chris Thompson, Watkinsville; Keith Murphy, Washington; and, Kevin Lee, White Plains.
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