ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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High schoolers raise money for charity
July 2018 -
Gautam Desai’s Kids for Chess Camp benefits Save the Children. Aratrika and Urjoshi Kar raise money for children battling cancer. They say, “You can all do this in your own simple and small way."
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Team Vextreme a winner in World’s Robotics Competition
June 2018 -
Fifth graders Pranav Bhagam, Ayush Tailang, and Ashrai Gandikota (all from Daves Creek Elementary School in Cumming, GA) won second place in the Vex IQ World’s Robotics Competition.
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Budding entrepreneurs win big at TYE Pitch Competition
June 2018 -
TiE Atlanta’s Youth Entrepreneurship (TYE) Pitch Competition had two winners: Bye-Bye WiFi (5 high school students) for a paint primer for children’s rooms; Atramento (college) for tattoos.
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Students nominated for Emmy Awards
June 2018 -
Sakib Jamal and Ian Islam are two of the Lanier High School students whose video productions have earned award nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts and Science (NATAS).
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High school seniors awarded Corporate-Sponsored National Merit Scholarships
June 2018 -
Preethi Narayan and Dhaivat M. Mehta are among high school seniors selected as winners of 2018 Corporate-Sponsored National Merit Scholarships to help fund their college education.
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Students to represent Georgia at national business leaders conference
June 2018 -
Anvith Reddy, Shalu Patel, and Sanisha Shah are high school students who have qualified to represent Georgia at the 2018 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference.
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Dhruv Gaur Wins $100K in USA’s Most Popular Quiz Show
June 2018 -
Dhruv Gaur, an 18-year-old from Gainesville, Georgia, won the $100,000 “Jeopardy!” college quiz championship on April 20, 2018. He will go on to play in the “Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions.”
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Mehul Bhagat is speaker at Emory diploma ceremony
May 2018 -
A scholar, musician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Mehul Bhagat is the 2018 class orator and the only student to speak at the diploma ceremony this month at the Emory College of Arts and Sciences.
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Nina Gummadi heads to India as Fulbright Scholar
May 2018 -
Nina Gummadi of Suwanee, GA, has won a Fulbright Scholar Award and will be working on mental health issues of parentless children in Thotapalli, South India. She plans to pursue pediatrics.
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Kapasi is dean of MUSC College of Health Professions
May 2018 -
Zoher F. Kapasi is the new dean of the Medical University of South Carolina’s College of Health Professions. He has been an academic leader and acclaimed teacher at Emory University School of Medicine.
