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4A Thursday, November 19, 2020 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com LOCAL Photos by SCOTT ROGERS I The Times Hydro employees work with aluminum Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the Old Oakwood Road business. Hydro has been awarded the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce 2020 Industry of the Year Award for the large employer category. The plant provides aluminum extrusion, manufacturing, fabrication and finishing. INDUSTRY ■ Continued from 1A got a dedicated team of employees — of which many have been with us for decades or more.” Hydro at 2905 Old Oakwood Road, Gaines ville, extrudes alu minum profiles for applications from architec ture to transportation. Danny Colaris, plant manager, also thanked his employees in accepting the award, saying that the com pany operating through the COVID-19 pandemic this year “is what makes this award very special.” A panel of industry and business officials selected the winners from nomi nees, with anyone allowed to nominate an industry, said Tim Evans, the cham ber’s vice president of eco nomic development. Also, Murray Plas tics was recognized for workforce development, i / L * JH A i V 1 { Mike McGraw, right, owner of Ranger Manufacturing watches a Eric Medel operates a machine Thursday, Nov. 12. The Gainesville company has been awarded the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce 2020 Industry of the Year Award for the small employer with 1-50 employees. Ranger Manufacturing provides machining and fabrication services for a variety of industries. ALBAform for safety per formance, Conditioned Air Systems for corporate responsibility and Glo- Crest Dairy/Mountain Fresh Creamery for envi ronmental responsibility. The 12th annual awards were presented during a luncheon at Lanier Techni cal College in Gainesville. Greg Dozier, Technical College System of Georgia commissioner, was the key note speaker. HVAC supplier to bring $700K facility to Hall BY NICK WATSON nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com A supplier of heating, ventilation and air conditioning ducts announced Wednesday that it will place a $700,000 manufacturing facility and sales office in Hall County, according to a news release. Gov. Brian Kemp’s office announced the investment from Dongwon Tech Corp., which will reportedly bring 40 jobs to Gainesville including positions in production, management, sales and administration. “We’re grateful for Dongwon Tech’s investment in the Peach State, and moving forward, we will continue to work with these innovative companies to bring jobs and opportunities to hardworking Georgians and their families in every corner of the state,” Kemp said in a statement. According to the news release, the Centennial Drive facility will “primarily produce rectangular air ducts for SK Innovation and another local HVAC company” in Commerce. “Dongwon Tech is a welcome addition to the business community in Gainesville-Hall County,” Tim Evans, vice president of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce, said in the news release. “We are so pleased Dongwon Tech chose Georgia and Gainesville-Hall County for their new North American headquarters and manufacturing center. This is a fast-growing region, and their air han dling products are critical to new construction.” UNG ■ Continued from 1A Wednesday, Friday course, “they will be divided into three groups with each group meeting with the faculty member once a week.” The other 50% of class sessions will carry on online. A new instructional method has been added for the spring semester, called “partially at a distance.” This includes using technology to facilitate more than 50% of class sessions, but visits to a classroom are required. UNG has also updated its attendance policy, which requires students to participate in online and face-to-face portions for all hybrid courses, instead of reviewing avail able class recordings at their own leisure. Gille said the change was prompted by feedback from UNG’s faculty about sporadic in-person attendance from students and concerns about their engagement with courses. “We know that a strong predictor of student success is whether or not the student is attending class sessions and is engaged in the class in a consistent manner,” she said. If a student does stop attending class, they may be admin istratively withdrawn with or without academic penalty. UNG is also altering its academic calendar for the spring, keeping the semester start and end dates of Jan. 11 and April 30 the same, but changing spring break. Students typically have a week-long break in March; however, they will instead have April 1, April 2 and March 9 off. For more information, visit ung.edu. Above: An employee welds a frame at Ranger Manufacturing, Thursday, Nov. 12. Right: Hydro employees work with aluminum Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the Old Oakwood Road business. 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