Fort Valley State Promotes 'Dreaming and Doing in the Valley'

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So, what’s it like coming to Peach County? Many locals are familiar with the 100-mile drive toward Macon from Atlanta. Notable residents include singer Lena Horne, educator Horace Mann Bond, politician Julian Bond, civil rights leader A. T. Walden, and writer Judson Mitcham. It’s headquarters for the internationally known school bus giant Blue Bird Corporation—whose engineers developed the color we all know today as school bus yellow. With a small town population of some 27,000 people, it still boasts one of the best football teams in the state of Georgia—and only months ago during Super Bowl XLVIII, the Fort Valley State Wildcats did indeed go wild when one of their own—Ricardo Lockette, was part of the fast and physical Seahawks team that stopped five-time MVP Manning and the Broncos in their tracks. The new Wildcat-in-Chief does not have to look far for alumni that boast not only educators, veterinarians, teachers and engineers—but super achievers like Thomas W. Dortch, Jr. (Pres. and CEO TWD, Inc., and Chairman Emeritus of 100 Black Men of America), Dr. Traci McKenzie-Jackson (Principal of Shirley Hills Elementary—named by the U.S. Dept. of Education as a National Blue Ribbon School), and State Representative and business leader Calvin Smyre, among many others.

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