Three faculty at Georgia College & State University have created the Order of the White Rose chapter for the Georgia Nurse Honor Guard, which now spans the width of Georgia.Assistant Professors of nursing Dr. Amy Malcom, Dr. Joyce Norris-Taylor and Dr. Catherine Fowler co-founded the chapter to expand free funeral and tribute services to 14 rural counties in Georgia. A new program, the Georgia Nurse Honor Guard was established in January 2024 to provide funeral services to nurses,...
Retired registered nurse Anresa Davis of Savannah gave a keynote commencement address at her alma mater, Georgia College & State University.Her message to students graduating from the university’s College of Health Sciences was simple: to identify their unique strengths, always be prepared to care for those who cannot care for themselves and go forward “brilliant and kind.”Davis served more than 20 years as a nurse in surgical intensive care units and emergency rooms in Georgia. Then...
Dr. Avis Simon, commander in the Nurse Corps at the Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command at Camp Lejeune, wants to help individuals suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She already has a plan in place designed to identify it early in military members and veterans. Recently, she successfully defended her Doctor of Nursing Practitioner project at Georgia College & State University titled "Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder...
Q: What attracted you to Georgia College & State University? A: I came here because my best friend, Jesus Villamizar, who I've known since I was four years old, came to Georgia College because of a tennis scholarship. He told me to try it. He invited me to come here and visit him. I talked with Susie Ramage of the International Education Center and got scheduled for a campus tour. And I just took a chance, applied and got in. Georgia College is a very nice university. I really enjoyed...
Q&A with Class of 2024 Graduate Macy Sheley, Exercise Science with minor in Public Health from Savannah, Georgiaby GCSU junior Kathryn PriceQ: Why did you choose exercise science as your major? A: I always knew throughout college and into my future career I wanted to work in athletics as someone with a major passion for exercise. My main intent is to help athletes themselves be able to perform better. I found out about Georgia College’s exercise science program through my sister, who...
The Center for Health and Social Issues is partnering with the Life Enrichment Center and Public Health Student Organization to promote awareness of autism and other disabilities and to celebrate the abilities of people with disabilities. There will be food, live music, activities and more. If anyone would like to volunteer, please reach out to karli.galloway@bobcats.gcsu.edu.
Dr. Catherine Fowler was awarded the Innovation in Teaching Award by the Georgia Association for Nursing Education (GANE) in February 2024 at the statewide GANE conference.
The nurse midwifery concentration in Georgia College & State University’s Master of Science in Nursing is now fully accredited through the Accreditation Commission of Midwifery Education. Pre-accredited since May 2020, the program has graduated two cohorts of nurse-midwives and is the first public program of its kind to be accredited in Georgia. “The establishment of the Nurse Midwifery program at Georgia College stands as a powerful testament to our unwavering commitment to advancing...
The Georgia College & State University Lettie Pate Whitehead Nursing Scholars Program has 12 spots in their fall 2024 cohort. Applications are open until May 1. The cohort-based nursing scholarship provides four-year funding for the cost of tuition and fees, housing, meals, textbooks, nursing program fees and one funded, healthcare-related study abroad. “The Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship is a beacon of opportunity, empowering women in Central Georgia to obtain a nursing education...
Virgil R. Miller, ’92, is the president of Aflac U.S. He jumped on that prestigious path as an accounting major and mathematics minor at Georgia College & State University. Outfitted in an Aflac-blue blazer lined with both Aflac and Georgia College logos, Miller recently presented a $100,000 Aflac CareGrant to the university’s College of Health Sciences—the first of its kind in the state of Georgia. The money will support implementation of COHS’ newest initiative: a mobile health clinic...
