Shorter University announced on Tuesday the recipients of its 2021 Distinguished Alumni Awards: Dr. Terry R. Morris, Mr. Sean Perren, and Dr. Jeffrey Rice.

David Mathis has joined the board of directors of TRED Rome Floyd Inc., a local trails advocacy nonprofit.

Rome-based Northwest Georgia Center for Independent Living has promoted Kathy Baker to assistant director.

Dr. Joshua Wickstrom has joined Floyd Cherokee Medical Center Rural Health Clinic in Centre, Alabama.

Harbin Clinic Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Brad Bushnell, recently served on the international faculty of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow at their 2021 International Meeting in Poznan, Poland.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation promoted Brian Johnston to special agent in charge of the GBI’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit, the agency announced Friday.

Shorter University graduate Sarah Bradfield has returned as the school’s director of development and alumni.

A Berry College graduate has been awarded a fellowship of $8,500 by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi to pursue a dual Juris Doctor and Ph.D. in economics and law.

Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus quality award for stroke treatment.

For the third time since 2016, Apple has named Darlington an Apple Distinguished School, recognizing the school for its commitment to teaching students technology skills to solve real-world problems as an integrated part of its curriculum.

Rome High School student Alanna Meier was named by State School Superintendent Richard Woods as one of 66 members of his Student Advisory Council.

Berry College media students are in the running for several major professional awards slated to be announced in October.

Growing up in the home of a general surgeon, Dr. Bennett Brock always had a strong respect for medicine and the importance of patient-physician relationships. Although he was not sure he wanted to study medicine until college, his choice to be a surgeon was strongly impacted by experiences i…

Beth Pollard, Darlington’s assistant head of school for finance and operations, was selected to join the boards of directors of the National Business Officers Association and the Mid-South Independent School Business Officers this summer.

Berry College is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduates to earn their college degree, according to The Princeton Review guide released Tuesday.

Georgia Highlands College has recently been recognized by several national publications, including for having one of the “Best RN to BSN Programs for 2021” by Intelligent.com.

William S. Wade is joining River City Bank as senior vice president, commercial relationship manager.

Dr. Ademola Adeseye joins Harbin Clinic Cardiothoracic Surgery and will begin seeing patients on Aug. 16. He shares that his medical philosophy is “to treat every patient as if they are your mother, your father, or any other family member.”

John Beckner, M.D., has joined Floyd Outpatient Behavioral Health and is now seeing patients at 304 Shorter Ave., Suite 104, in Rome.

The College Board has released the AP School Scholar Roster and it includes 82 Floyd County Schools students earning 117 awards.

Rome High School students received recognition for outstanding Advanced Placement scores this past week.

Floyd County Farm Bureau member Cleve Jackson recently won the Georgia Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Discussion Meet held July 15-17 during the GFB YF&R Leadership Conference on Jekyll Island.

Sixteen of Georgia Highlands College’s student-athletes were recently recognized for their work in the classroom in addition to their abilities on the field and basketball court with National Junior College Athletic Association All-Academic honors.

During the 2020-21 school year, 52 Darlington students earned the designation of AP Scholar by The College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program exams. 

Mike Mathews, the former manager of the Floyd County airport, was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp to serve on the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame board of directors.

Taiwanna Brown-Bolds, M.D., has joined Floyd Primary Care. She is seeing patients at Rome Internal Medicine, 123 Three Rivers Dr.

Rome’s Junior Service League recently celebrated the conclusion of its 87th year with an annual May dinner hosted at the Coosa Country Club.

Veeka Malanchuk, a sophomore at Beloit College in Wisconsin majoring in Russian and education with minors in geology and Spanish, has been selected to participate in the 2021-2022 Advocacy Corps program. She is one of 18 applicants selected for the highly competitive national program. Malanc…

Harbin Clinic welcomes two new physicians coming to Floyd County in August. Daniel Grant, MD, will join Harbin Clinic Rheumatology Rome, and Justin Tanner, MD, will join Harbin Clinic Cardiology Rome.

Silver Bow Publishing will release In Absentia, a collection of poetry by Fabrice Poussin, on July 31. Poussin teaches French and English at Shorter University, where he is a tenured associate professor.

Calhoun-native Matt Robbins has been promoted to executive vice president of Greater Community Bank. Robbins joined the bank in 2014 and has gradually ascended through the ranks to his new post.

Shane Arp has been named as the new Armuchee attendance area athletic director and will serve Armuchee Middle School and Armuchee High School.

Jason Brock has been named the director of School Improvement and Data Analytics for Floyd County Schools. He will take on responsibilities held by the current director of school improvement and professional learning, Barbara Smith, who is retiring Thursday.

Dr. George Bosworth is stepping down as chairman of the Board of Floyd Healthcare Management Inc. when his current term ends Wednesday.

Seven physicians have graduated from Floyd Medical Center’s family medicine residency program.

“He has provided care that has made my father feel like a real person and not just a patient.”

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome, hosted her Class of 2025 appointees at a service academy send-off dinner at Dalton State College Monday.

The Georgia selection committee for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching has selected Phyllis Morrison from Rome Middle School as a 2021 state-level finalist in the Mathematics award category.

Internist Anandita Arora, MD, joins Harbin Clinic Family Medicine Rome and will begin seeing patients July 14.

Wes Walraven of Rome has been elected to the Georgia Trust board of trustees. Walraven is the head of the Global Industrials Group of Citi Global Markets and Banking and is a member of the firm’s Global Leadership Committee.

This summer, 10 new physicians will join Harbin Clinic, representing the specialties of cardiology, family medicine, general surgery, rheumatology, pediatrics and cardiothoracic surgery.