The Office of Inclusive Excellence presents Self-Care and Social Justice Virtual Workshop on October 29 at 12:30 p.m. Connect with like-minded peers as we discuss how to navigate challenging campus, community, national, and global issues and how we can take care of our physical, mental, and emotional selves when our environment may be disaffirming. Participants will learn to identify the symptoms of social justice stress and how it impacts them. Likewise, participants will be able to identify ways of managing their distress to improve self-care.

To register, go to https://tinyurl.com/y2odllnw

Zoom Link:

https://gcsu.zoom.us/j/98779841216?pwd=a1hsbC9XOE5mVHI2NjY3dmorSDhGdz09

For more information, contact OIE at 445-4233.

Today—Friday, October 23, 2020--is the deadline for offer letter submission to the Office of Human Resources for any staff or student bi-weekly new hire or rehire starting on November 15, 2020. Offer letter submission is the first step on the updated start date matrices for all new and rehires. All student and staff offer letters must be sent to HR for review and approval before extending them to the new hire or rehire. This helps ensure that we remain compliant with our many institutional, USG, state, and federal regulations.

The next bi-weekly start date for eligible new hires and rehires will be November 29, 2020.

There is a deadline within the matrix for document submission to HR. Please encourage your new hires and rehires to deliver their offer letter acceptance and approved enclosures to HR via email to NewHirePaperwork@gcsu....

Thursday, Oct. 29 At 7:30 p.m., Georgia College will present its annual Wind Symphony concert online, inspired by the 1996 song “Virtual Insanity” by Jamiroquai, to musically portray the COVID-19 pandemic—showing humanity’s ability to survive and even flourish. The music is intended to share the darkness of the crisis, while moving toward hope, perserverance and light. One positive outcome of COVID-19 has been ways people have adapted by using new technology, procedures and habits. This program utilizes new techniques, as well. All rehearsals and pre-recordings were done by distance through the use of technology. This was a huge undertaking and steep learning curve for the ensemble, making the performers stronger musicians. Compositions include “Life Painting” by Aaron Perrine and “Let Me Be Frank” by ...

If you attended any of the meetings or presentations with one of the Sr AVP for Enrollment Management candidates, please submit an online evaluation form by the end of the day Tuesday, Oct 27 so that your input can be taken into consideration. Thank you!

Gender & the 2020 Election: A Panel Discussion

Tuesday. Oct 27, 2020 from 5-6:30pm

 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81384757546?pwd=a2tSeVpQa1hjaWhheWhtN0xrNEVoQT09

Join GC Professors to discuss issues related to gender and sexuality in the upcoming election sponsored by the Women's and Gender studies program. Topics may include: legal issues pertaining to gender and the Supreme Court battle; protections for LGBT Americans; media representations of women of color candidates; and the current upsurge in women's political activism. Attendees are asked to keep their mics and cameras off unless otherwise instructed. 

Panelists:

Jan Hoffmann, moderator (Rhetoric)

Dana Gorzelany-Mostak (Music)

Jehal El-Jourbagy (Business Law and Ethics)

Kerry Beth Neville (English) 

Lauren Pilcher ...

Please join us in welcoming the Sr. AVP for Enrollment Management candidate, Mr. David Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes will be giving an open campus presentation entitled, "Discuss Strategic Enrollment Management for a Public Liberal Arts University" in the Mayfair Hall Presentation Room on Friday, Oct 23rd from 3:00 - 4:00 PM. A limited number of seats are available for the Mayfair Hall location due to social distancing regulations, so please consider joining by Zoom (see below). The feedback form is available on the GC Intranet.  Mr. Rhode's resume is attached to this posting for your review.

Topic: Sr AVP for EM Candidate 5 Campus PresentationTime: Oct 23, 2020 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meetinghttps://gcsu.zoom.us/j/98447241969?pwd=QVVNTWhIcWlwZGhIZzFneEo5L0FUdz09

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Join faculty, staff, and students from across the country on Friday, October 23rd from 1-2 p.m. ET for a national discussion to debrief and discuss the first Presidential Debate. Designed to reach across differences and create a space for discourse, this national facilitated dialogue is based on the fundamental value of the pursuit of knowledge for the public good. We will provide access to articles covering the previous night’s debate and use those for guided questions and prompts for a lively conversation. Open to all ADP campuses, faculty, staff and students. Bring your classes, student organizations, and join us for this national dialogue. Register here. 

This year’s Benefits Fair will still take place, but like other gatherings in 2020, it has been transitioned to a virtual format. From October 19-23, you can visit the Virtual Benefits Fair and check out our vendors’ booths in the Exhibit Hall and hear from experts during live, virtual presentations from the experts in the Auditorium.

You must register in order to attend! 

Good news—registering is extremely simple! When you visit the Virtual Benefits Fair, you will see a button in the top center of the screen that says “Register”—click it! You will provide your first and last names, email address, and institution. That’s it! No password required, and nothing new for you to remember! After you register, you will need to login simply by entering your email address. Once you’re logged in, you can see the schedule of events under “Program and Speakers” and you can add events to your calendar to hear from the vendors you are interested in.

There will be live ...

Saturday, Oct. 24 At 7:30 p.m., Georgia College will present its fall choral ensembles concert online. “Gems of Stage and Screen” will feature music from operas, operettas, Broadway musicals and a TV show. As we navigate the pandemic, music is becoming an outlet and a comfort. Entertainment on our screens  keeps us busy and sane. With this concert, we pay tribute to composers, performers and production houses, who’ve been silenced from normal routines—but whose performances reach worldwide audiences by Internet. University choral ensembles will record live with pieces by composers like Bizet, Verdi, Wagner, as well as choruses from “Phantom of the Opera,” “The Baker’s Wife” and “Wicked.” A song from the popular television show, “Outlander” will also be featured. This concert will be ...

Come join GC2Y “Sex and Resistance” students along with the GC Women’s Center, LGBTQ+ Programs, and Project BRAVE to discuss domestic violence in the panel, Taking The Power Back, on Zoom Saturday, October 24 at 1 p.m. for National Domestic Violence Awareness Month! The discussion will be led by Christy Showalter, Associate Director of Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Langston Walker, Director of Prevention at the Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault; and Khyla Guishard, Project BRAVE Peer facilitator. This event will describe domestic violence, how it happens, and what people can do to prevent it. It will also go into detail about domestic violence resources available to all Georgia College students and projects happening ...