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Watkins Wins AU’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award

The Outstanding Young Alumni Award, much like the Jag20, highlights the achievements of outstanding alumni under the age of 40. One award is given out per college ensuring that each college is recognized annually.

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Augusta Offers Plenty of Opportunity to Young Alumni Entrepreneurs

Three AU alumni in particular have flourished in the Augusta area after graduation, using their degrees to help launch their own small businesses in three unique areas.

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Test The Waters

Don’t ever tell Martinez resident Cole Watkins that there’s nothing to do. Even when – or especially when – activities come to a halt because of a global pandemic.

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WATCH: 3Q’s with Cole Watkins

An undergraduate assignment to build a business plan led to the creation of Cole Watkins Tours. Now in its sixth year of business, Watkins’ company is one of the only organizations in the Augusta area that offers both kayak rentals and guided tours of areas like Betty’s Branch, Stallings Island, and more.

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Kayak Rentals a Hot Business This Summer

Entrepreneur Cole Watkins is among the competing business owners who the Wrights contact with overflow customers. But although he operates a smaller operation, even he is finding himself booked in recent weeks.

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Two Years Later, Local Kayak Company Going Strong

It started out as a school project. “I still call it fun money, I’m still enjoying it,” said Cole Watkins. But it quickly turned into a popular activity for folks going down to the Savannah River – or Augusta Canal – to partake in.

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Augusta Outdoors: Crazy for Kayaking in the CSRA

The sport of kayaking is growing rapidly around the country. With all the lakes and rivers in our area, it is no wonder that it’s popularity is skyrocketing. In this segment of Augusta Outdoors, Rob covers three important areas in kayaking – laws, types of kayaks and places to go in the CSRA.

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ASU Graduate Started Kayak Tour Business

Childhood weekends navigating the Savannah River led to a business venture for recent Augusta State University graduate Cole Watkins. During a junior year business management class, Watkins was assigned the task of building a company that could survive economic conditions at the time.

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Kayaking His Way Through School

Cole Watkins is an expert on the Savannah River – he even grew up on it! “Me and my friends have always been into the outdoors,” he says. “We always loved playing on the river.”

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Student Kayak His Way Into Business

Cole Watkins didn’t expect his Business Communication class assignment to be anything more than a grade when Sea Stachura, instructor in the Department of Communications and Professional Writing, presented the class with a challenge—to build a business from the ground up. While any business would do, it had to have the capability to survive in today’s market.

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