94 VSU has so much going for it .... But if we’re honest, we have our challenges, too,… South Georgia continues to see demographic trends that rightfully scare us all, and the jobs lost in the Great Recession have returned at a rate that is far behind other parts of the state. All that has led a well-regarded economic think-tank to label all but two of the counties in our assigned 41-county region as ‘distressed.’ — DR. RICHARD A. CARVAJAL “ “