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A county public health department employee is seeking a spot on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors.
Democrat Susan Vileta of Swisher has spent the past seven years working at the Johnson County Public Health Department but said the last year handling the response to the COVID-19 pandemic was the real test. People may not realize how much of this we took to heart. You would wake up in your sleep answering questions, and you would be using your free time to look at new research, she said. It consumed us for a very long time.
As the coronavirus continued to spread, Vileta said her role as a health educator felt high-stakes.
Carter Marks
February 7, 2021
Carter Marks is a junior business management and economics double major from St. Simons Island. His words of wisdom for incoming students are: “Everyone at UGA, both students and staff, are rooting for you. Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone to talk to an administrator or a professor. You have the power to make real change on this campus and in the Athens-Clarke County through the hundreds of resources UGA has to offer.” (Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2020)
Student served as online orientation leader; lives life to the fullest
Carter Marks is a junior business management and economics double major from St. Simons Island. This summer he served as an orientation leader online. From First-Year Programs to Student Alumni Programs, Marks tries to build community at UGA and to above all “find ways to make sure students know that they are not alone, and together, we can … find those blessings in disguise to grow as a student body and insti