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Georgia College made its debut on the Carnegie Hall stage this month in a bold and gutsy way – premiering two songs never before heard with choir, piano or orchestra. They’d only been imagined in the creative, silent depths of the composers’ minds.

It’s another good year for Georgia College, in terms of students winning REUs (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) through the National Science Foundation (NSF). Seven biology, physics and mathematics students were selected to do a wide-range of different research in the United States and abroad.

Ten Georgia College students ventured to Taipei, Taiwan May 17 and will be there until June 16. This is the university’s first study abroad in that country. The group—led by Dr. Tsu-Ming Chiang, interim assistant vice president of International Education and professor of psychological science and Dr. Jenq-Foung “J.F.” Yao, professor of computer science—will study there just over four weeks.

Public health major Laura Pappas’ sites are set on becoming an epidemiologist in another country, researching disease. But first, she plans to attend graduate school at Tulane University this fall to get her master’s degree in public health and tropical medicine.

Austin Sanders credits his degree in physics for giving him additional distinction and helping him land his new job at an engineering company in the metro Atlanta area. But it’s not the only degree he’s earned, nor is Saturday his only commencement.

Record-setting Georgia College Baseball pitcher Charlie Hecht aspires to work in player operations of a major baseball league one day. 

Ahmed Al-Bayati, ’12, has come a long way from growing up in war-torn Baghdad where he served as a translator to reaching the peak of his education as a medical school graduate and beginning his surgical residency.