According to the Centers for Disease Control, symptoms of anxiety and depression are on the rise due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. That includes for teens and young adults, 25% of whom said they seriously considered suicide in the past month. The inability to fix what is wrong or cope with stress and anxiety can negatively impact different facets of life including health, relationships, and academic performance.

With the new school year well underway, several Georgia-based schools have now had the chance to utilize their newly designed classrooms courtesy of a state-wide School Crashers program. 

Hosted by Georgia United Credit Union Foundation with donor partners like Mohawk Group, the annual program awards one deserving school a makeover grant funded by the foundation and runners-up with grants for specific projects. 

As 5G continues to roll out around the globe, innovations in extended reality (XR) are transforming industries and creating brand new ones. In our ongoing series on XR, we explore how Qualcomm Technologies-powered devices are changing the way the world connects, computes, and communicates. In this installment, we take a look at the powerful work being done by Rescape Innovation, a company that’s using VR to support healthcare professionals battling the pandemic.

School may have been out for summer, but class was in session for our team at Mohawk Group as we worked on a sense-ational surprise for students at New Hope Middle School.

When students return to campus in Dalton, Georgia, they’ll find that a formerly unused room has been transformed into a completely new space – a fully furnished sensory room complete with soothing new commercial carpet.