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Georgia Gwinnett Professor Appointed to DeKalb School Board
GGC professor Michael Erwin was one of the six people selected by Gov. Nathan Deal to fill the seats on the troubled board.
An educator in Gwinnett was appointed to DeKalb County's School Board.
Michael Erwin is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Georgia Gwinnett College's School of Science and Technology.
Erwin joins five others who will try to reshape the troubled school board. He will represent District 3.
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Last month, Gov. Deal suspended six Dekalb County School Board members. Erwin and four others were sworn into office Wednesday afternoon at DeKalb Schools headquarters in Stone Mountain. A fifth member was out of town at the time.
Here is Erwin's bio as reported by Brookhaven Patch:
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Michael Erwin
Erwin is a U.S. Navy veteran and has been a research assistant at Duke University Medical Center and the University of South Carolina. He has worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Services and is past chair of the NOAA fisheries committees on fish species and fish diseases in Maine and South Carolina. In 2008, he earned a Ph.D. in Biological Science from the University of South Carolina. He has been a member of the faculty at Georgia Gwinnett College since 2009 and teaches undergraduate students in biological science. He graduated from North Carolina Central University with a bachelor’s in Biology and a master’s in Biological Science. Erwin resides in Decatur.
The other new members of the school board are:
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