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Draffin Tucker promotes team members to key positions
ALBANY – Draffin Tucker, one of the region and state's leading accounting and consulting firm, has announced the promotions of several of the firm's employees. — Adam Mobley works in the health care practice remotely and has been promoted to supervisor. He holds a master of accountancy degree from Valdosta State University. Mobley is a Certified Public Accountant licensed to practice in the ...
Albany Tech to host first Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Summit
ALBANY — Albany Technical College will host its inaugural Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement Summit Aug. 6-8. The event, themed "Working to Maintain Trust and Keep Our Communities Safe," aims to foster positive relations between the police and the community, professionalize community engagement in policing, and offer specialized training, networking, and professional development opportunities ...
Summer job market leads to slight rise in June unemployment
ATLANTA — Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson announced Thursday that Georgia's June unemployment rate was 3.3%, up one-tenth of a percent from a revised 3.2% in May. The unemployment rate was eight-tenths lower than the national unemployment rate. “School's out, and Georgia is thriving like never before," Thompson said in a news release. "Our students infuse our work force with new ...
Pair from Tifton among UGA's 40 Under 40
ATHENS — A pair of Tifton professionals has been named to the University of Georgia's 40 Under 40 Class of 2024, a group of young alumni that includes a deputy national intelligence officer, a senior entertainment writer for Variety, an AI innovator at Microsoft, and more. Tamara Branch, the vice president of legal affairs at Tift Regional Health System, and Chris Chammoun, the executive ...
Phoebe nurse training program builds on early success
ALBANY — Four years after its implementation, Phoebe’s innovative Nursing Simulation & Training Education Program (NSTEP) continues to have great success in ensuring new nurses have the skills and confidence they need when they begin treating patients. NSTEP was designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to address difficulties faced by new graduate nurses transitioning from an academic ...
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