Who’s News for Feb. 15, 2020

Published 12:45 pm Saturday, February 15, 2020

Columbus State

President’s List

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COLUMBUS, Ga. —Columbus State University this week announced that Abriana Stancil made the Fall 2019 President’s List. Stancil is a Nursing major at CSU from Moultrie.

The President’s List represents the pinnacle of academic achievement at CSU, recognizing students who have achieved a semester grade point average of at least 3.80 GPA (on a 4.00 scale) in at least 12 semester credit hours.

Georgia State

Dean’s List

ATLANTA — Hunter Meech of Moultrie was named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2019 semester at Georgia State University.

To be eligible for the Dean’s List, degree-seeking students must have earned a GPA of at least 3.5 for a minimum of nine semester hours of academic credit taken at Georgia State during the fall or spring term with no incompletes for the semester. Eligible students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 for all classes taken at Georgia State.

Georgia Tech

Dean’s List

ATLANTA — Quinton Pitts of Moultrie made the Dean’s List for the Fall 2019 semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have a 3.0 or higher academic average for the semester.

Georgia Police Academy

Moultrie Police Department

FORSYTH, Ga. — Lt. David Corona and Officer Eric Nix of the Moultrie Police Department completed a D.U.I. Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing course taught by the Georgia Police Academy Division of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth, Ga.

This training program includes the observation techniques involved in recognizing when a driver may be operating a vehicle under the influence of intoxicants. Patterns of driver behavior and the more common driving errors committed by drivers under the influence of intoxicants are identified. Students are taught the safe methods of stopping and approaching a suspect driver and the observations to make in order to determine if a driver is under the influence. Emphasis is placed on the proper manner to administer field sobriety tests.