VALDOSTA STATE MAGAZINE 3 Inspiring Regional Comprehensive Progress Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Ready To Plant Its Flag Diving To Discover The Unknown Dr. Timothy Henkel Joins Research Expedition To Study The Echinoderms of the Atlantic A Blazer Transformation Story Austin Dunham Discovers His Purpose At Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Once a Blazer, Always a Blazer Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Remains Connected to its Alumni Striving for Excellence Capital Campaign Empowers Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø to Realize Bold Ambitions Now and in the Future Exercise is Medicine at the CEMR Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Changes the Face of Higher Learning By Encouraging Faculty, Students to Change Lives An Investiture Celebration Richard A. Carvajal Shares Story of his Journey From Poverty To Blazer Nation President COVER PHOTO BY PAUL LEAVY Austin Dunham enjoys working out on the rock climbing wall inside Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø’s Student Recreation Center. Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Magazine is published by the Division of Student Success, led by Dr. Rodney Carr, vice president, and the Office of Communications and Marketing, led by Keith Warburg, executive director. W H A T ’ S I N S I D E 10 16 26 35 63 73 90 Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Magazine is written in Associated Press style.