Think on This Augusta University

Stacie Mcbride is the owner of Stacie Social, a multi-media business headquartered in Augusta, Georgia.

Kaleb Worku is a senior majoring in Cybersecurity at Augusta University. He was born and raised in Augusta, Georgia. He was first exposed to Cybersecurity when he took a class as a sophomore at Lakeside High School. He decided to pursue it as a future career after his experience participating in the GenCyber Program at Augusta University in the Summer of 2017. Kaleb's parents were both born and raised in Ethiopia. They enjoy American culture and celebrate Ethiopian culture by participating in holiday festivals with the large community in Atlanta, Georgia. They moved to Augusta, Georgia from North Carolina after his father became a professor at the Dental College of Georgia about twenty-five years ago. Afterward, his mother worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Physiology at the Medical College of Georgia before becoming a stay-at-home mother to raise him and his sister, Aeden Worku. Aeden is a freshman majoring in Political Science at Augusta University, planning to attend law school.

Truc-Mi Hoang is a freshman, pre-nursing major. She describes herself as an avid consumer and sometimes creator of content. She enjoys going down Wikipedia rabbit holes, binging manga, drawing when she can find the time, baking, and folding origami.

Keefernee Manalac is an Information Technology major from Macon GA. She enjoys drawing (traditionally and digitally), Cosplaying, cooking, sewing and makeup and alternative/goth fashion.

Andrew Sand was born on Feb. 5 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He describes himself as a Roman Catholic, Right-leaning Libertarian. He follows the life motto that happiness is a choice you make every day. It is not always easy, but if you don’t try to be happy, you never will be.

Caroline Jackson has spent her whole life in the Augusta area. She attends Thomson High School in McDuffie County, where she has cheered for the past four years, and will graduate this coming May. She is also a dual enrolled student at Augusta University. Caroline loves to travel, enjoys hiking with her dog, swimming, mountain biking, spending time with her family and friends, meeting new people, and loves to work. The reason Caroline loves to work is because she works at a vet’s office and wants to earn a degree in veterinarian medicine.

Lizzy Sapp was born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, and attends Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School. She is also a dual enrolled student at Augusta University, and plans to attend AU full-time after she graduates from Davidson this year. Lizzy wants to become a psychology teacher, however, her passion lies with visual arts. In fact, she is working currently on a web comic called, Patrona, which is set to release in 2025. She is the oldest of 3, by 14 years, and has 2 sisters and 1 brother. Not to be forgotten, Lizzy also has 3 dogs that are all husky mixes.

Aubrey Corley is from Hephzibah, Georgia, and attends Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School. She is also a dual enrolled student at Augusta University. Aubrey’s main interest is in visual arts, specifically in animation. In truth, Aubrey works on drawing whenever she can. And, if you don’t find her working on her drawing skills, you’re likely to find her spending time with her family. She has two siblings, a younger sister, Taylor, who is 15, and a younger brother, Luke, who is 7.

Lyle Wolfgram was born in Traverse City, Michigan, and was the youngest of 5 children. His father built the family a modest home on a piece of property right on Lake Michigan that was purchased by his mother, who was a nurse. Unfortunately, Lyle’s father died when he was just 5 years old. Lyle describes his mother as a very earthy woman, a free spirit and woodsy. These traits came in handy not having much growing up. The family hunted and fished not as a hobby or for fun, instead they were done to help a lot with feeding the family.

Lyle made many friends in school when he was young, and he is still close with many of them to this day. By the time Lyle was 15 years old, the war in Vietnam was very active. He lost a good friend in 1966, so Lyle and 5 of his friends decided to go into the Marine Corp. Revenge was their youthful mindset. 6 of them went in, 3 of them made it out.

Lyle was married to the mother of his 3 children while in the service. In 1968, he finished high school in the Marines, then went to college. Along the way, he learned the skill of carpentry. Then Lyle’s life became crazier because of his wild ways and his drinking. But, a life changing experience occurred when he was introduced to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Lyle is retired now, still has a wood stove, still loves the look and feel of wood, and enjoys spending time in his shop building, creating, and working on other hobbies.