[ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT 5] Emmelyn Harrison

 By: Emma Price 

I am an Activity Coordinator for the Bulloch County Afterschool Program. 

"I love getting to see my first and second graders every day; it is definitely an eventful time." 

[ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT 5] Jayden Wrenn

 

                                        Jayden Wrenn

                                        Senior Finance Major 

                                        " I have been a bouncer in Statesboro for 3 years, I would hate to tell you what      the craziest thing ive seen is." 

[ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT 5] Jennifer Kritz

By Julia Sellman

Memory Care Director at Summer Breeze Nursing Home "I’ve learned that even when someone can’t remember your name, they can still feel your kindness. And that feeling stays with them longer than we realize."

[ENVIORMENTAL PORTIARIT 5] Ashley Austin

 Ashley Austin 

Senior Criminal Justice Major at Georgia Southern

"I played competitive cheerleading and softball for years growing up, up until college. I am graduating this semester and I am excited to be done." said Austin

[ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT 5] Becca Burchard

 

Becca Burchard

Senior Exercise Science Major

"My major is exercise science and I plan to go to school for occupational therapy after graduation." 

[Environmental Portrait 5]

 By: Brooke Bowen 

Gabby Porth, Junior Marketing Major at Georgia Southern

"This summer I am staying and Statesboro and working before senior year starts"

[ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT 5] Sabrina Briggs

 By: Daisy Davis

                                           

  Sabrina Briggs

 Three Tree Coffee Barista

"I am transferring to Georgia Southern in the fall, and I will be studying electrical engineering," Briggs said. "My end goal is to work with cars or some sort of automation robotics."

[Environmental Portrait 5] Abby Shulstad

 By: Cate Kearby

Abby Shulstad, Senior Marketing Major at Georgia Southern University

"The thing I am going to miss the most about graduating is not seeing my friends everyday and leaving the lifestyle I live behind." 

Scramble 5

 

[ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT 5] Aminata Mimi Diallo

 

By: Vanessa Alcala

Aminata Mimi Diallo, Biology major at Georgia Southern

"I chose to go to Georgia Southern because the campus seemed really nice," she said. "I didn't tour it, but it seemed pretty and I heard they had a really good Biology program here."

[ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT 5] Morgan Conner

 By: Rayne Deese

Morgan Conner 

Morgan Conner is a Statesboro local and has lived here for about fourteen years. "My favorite thing to do is take my three kids to the farmers market in Statesboro," Morgan Conner said. 

[ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT 5] Lyla Gruia

 Lyla Gruia is a senior majoring in nursing at Georgia Southern University. "I am half Romanian, my dad moved to the US when he was sixteen, and I grew up bilingual." 

[ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT 5] Nylah Anderson

 

Nylah Anderson

Sophomore, Psychology Major

"I always wanted to be a veterinarian from Pre-k to 11th grade and in 11th grade I started taking psychology classes and I loved it ever since."

[ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT 5]: Lexi Weeks

 By: Kyra Dorsey 

Lexi Weeks 

Senior 

Nutritional Science Major 

“I’ve had three tests this week alone and I’m actively studying for the fourth one,” Weeks said. “I decided to study by the lake to try and catch a little sunlight.”

[PHOTOSTORY 4: WORK SHIFT] A Day In The Garden With KSBB

 By: Daisy Davis

The City of Statesboro Community Garden sign on Parker Street in Statesboro. The Community Garden is maintained by Keep Statesboro-Bulloch Beautiful (KSBB), a governmental non-profit organization in Bulloch County.

Timeka Shannon reaches for a pair of gloves. Timeka Shannon is the coordinator for KSBB who organizes  Garden Together Day every Friday.

Timeka Shannon grabs gardening gloves to hand to volunteers. Hillary Nguyen, a senior at Bulloch Academy, puts her gloves on for volunteer work to add to her BETA club community service hours.

Patricia Larose Wallflower walks with her daughter, Ava Wallflower, and other volunteers to get a rake to use in the flower garden. The garden has over 20 volunteers this Friday.

The raised flower bed section of the Statesboro Community Garden. Ground plots and raised bed plots are sold to residents who are willing to come to the garden and maintain them.

Ava Wallflower and Hendrix Delaney sit against the raised garden beds, awaiting further instructions. The girls are learning how to weed raised beds and plant flowers.

Timeka Shannon (left) instructs Ava Wallflower (right) and Hendrix Delaney (center) on how to pull weeds properly from the soil. "It's exciting to teach kids how to plant and see that they are eager to learn everything you are telling and showing them," Timeka Shannon said.

Ava Wallflower (left) and Hendrix Delaney (right) pick weeds from the raised bed to put in their buckets. The girls are learning the steps of planting in the flower beds before they move on to the larger ground plots.

Jennifer Drey (left) has problems with fire ants while weeding a raised bed with Kirsten Barrett (center) and Kathryn Stewart (right). The women are doing their quarterly service work for the Institute for Health Logistics and Analytics at Georgia Southern.

Kristen Barrett (left) and Kathryn Stewart (left) look towards their friend as fire ants from the garden disrupt their work. "I didn't believe that there were fire ants over here until I felt the sting on my ankle too," Barrett said.

Potted flowers sit beside the raised bed garden. These flowers are potted for eventual planting by volunteers in the raised bed garden.

Alana Jackson pulls weeds from a raised bed before new flowers can be planted. Alana Jackson is a Serve 912 leader doing community service work for the organization.

Bags of Black Kow Manure and a rake sit beside a freshly tilled plot. "We're picky, this is the brand of manure we buy and we stay away from any fertilizer that uses peat moss," Timeka Shannon said.

Aaron Jump burns a field of weeds before it can be tilled and planted. Aaron Jump is a KSBB Board Member and avid gardener who enjoys giving Community Garden demonstrations. 

Volunteers spread out to perform different tasks in the garden. Most of the volunteers represent five university organizations, while contribute independently.

Julie Jung, a senior at Bulloch Academy, tills a row of soil. Julie Jung said she enjoys volunteering in the garden because of the hands-on aspect of the work.

A power tiller plows through the garden, making room for new vegetables to be planted. The power tiller works fast so that new plants can be grown in the garden.

Charity Lynn (left) and Aaron Jump (right) make a plan for planting in the freshly tilled field. The garden board members are often here to assist volunteers and get the plots ready for new plants.

Timeka Shannon digs in the dirt to pull old roots. The fertilizer in the garden is carefully selected for the type of plant, in this case, the plot is being prepared for vegetables.

 Volunteers stand in front of a plot with buckets of pulled weeds. The Statesboro Community Garden is open for volunteers every Friday from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m.

[PHOTOSTORY 4: WORK SHIFT] GATA Productions

 Ben Powell gets ready to film a video at Eagle Field. Ben Powell is a assistant director GataProducutions and has been working for 11 years and 2 years as a student.

Ben Powell and Byron Abt checks their camera settings to make sure their cameras are at the highest quality it can be. Byron Abt is the director has been working at GataProduction since 2022.

Ben Powell, Bryron Abt and Dakota Guy going over the process of the film they are about to make. Dakota Guy is sideline reporter and a producer for GataProduction who now makes videos with athletes to learn how to play their sport.

Softball infielder for Georgia Southern Delanie Thames pulls a rack of balls to prepare for the video. Thames is having a great season as she leads her team in home runs with 9 this season.

Byron Abt talks to Delanie Thames about ideas on how the video should go. This is Thames first time having an interview like this and she talked about she was a little nervous.

Ben Powell helps Delanie Thames put on her mic. Powell graduated from Metter High School in 2013 and Georgia Southern University in 2017 in Multimedia Film Production.

Ben Powell lines up Thames in his shot while they are recording. Delanie Thames is excited for this video as she kept smiling throughout the recording.

Ben Powell records Delanie Thames teaching how to swing a bat. This is Dakota Guy first time swinging a bat so Thames was being detailed as possible teaching her.

Ben Powell gets ready for his shot as Dakota Guy prepares to swing. This is GataProductions second time doing an video with an athlete who has being playing well, as their first time was with Georgia Southern forward Kayla Cleveland.

Ben Powell switches his lens as he prepares for a new angle. Powell wanted to get a lens that had a longer zoom lens so he can capture the faces more.

Ben Powell makes sure his bubble level is straight and the audio is clear. Powell worked his way up top to GataProduction by asking for harder roles early on so he can be valuable anywhere in his field.

Ben Powell puts away his camera equipment after recording. Ben Powell was excited about how the potential of the video as he would be editing it.

Ben Powell carries camera equipment down to prepare for the Georgia Southern softball game. Powell says he's always helping set up the camera to make sure everything looks right before the game is live.

Ben Powell checks a monitor for one of the cameras. Ben Powell is directing this game as his first ever game was a Georgia Southern softball match.

Ben Powell opens up a camera bag to setup. Powell hopes this is a smooth process as last time he stated he was having trouble making sure it was even.

Ben Powell white balances the cameras. Powell talked about how important it is to white balance and now how to during the game as the sun goes down.

Ben Powell having a camera meeting with the people who are on cams for the softball game. Powell says there is a camera meeting every game so everyone knows there assignment and who to focus on.

Ben Powell directs the softball game. Powell said he prefers directing over producing games because he enjoys "calling the shots" and being more involved in the action.

Ben Powell directs the ending of the live show. Powell worked his way into becoming assistant director after starting on camera and stage managing, eventually learning and earning his opportunity to direct frequently.

Ben Powell gets ready to have a camera meeting. Powell loves this part of the job he said as he gets to praise the people running cam while also giving them tips to get better.