VOTING IS OPEN! We have received 9 GREAT proposals for our next QEP. Please read them and vote for your TOP FIVE  choices. Visit the QEP voting page to read the proposals and cast your vote.  Voting is open March 3 to March 13.

QEP VOTING PAGE:   https://irout.gcsu.edu/qep/qep-vote.html

Visit GC's main QEP website for more information: https://irout.gcsu.edu/qep/index.html

The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) announced its postseason awards in Men's Basketball Thursday, with Georgia College's Mark Gainous earning PBC Coach of the Year and Brandon Thomas (McDonough) taking his second Elite-16 Award. Jordan Thomas (Conyers) and Wesley Simpson (DeLand, Florida/Union Grove HS [Ga.]) also took All-PBC trophies.

"I am so happy for Mark and the holistic success he has built within our program," said Director of Athletics Wendell Staton. "There is no higher compliment than being recognized by your peers. Mark is the ultimate team player and exudes contagious positivity. I am thrilled for Mark and our outstanding student-athletes who made this recognition possible."

Gainous earns the second Herbert Greene Coach of the Year honor in his career. The Bobcats are 21-7 this year, the first 20-win season ...

The 2022 Annual Meeting, hosted by Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, will be held in a HyFlex format 26-28 June. The theme explores Equity and the Power to Transform public liberal arts campuses.

Cross-campus teams representing both Student and Academic Affairs are invited to attend and contribute to conversations about actionable equity on your campuses.

Deadline for submission: April 11, 2022

We are now accepting proposals for presentations on the theme. Registration will open later this spring.

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This year's Summer Institute invites women faculty in STEM to gather with colleagues at UNC Asheville, 9-11 June 2022.

As part of an NSF ADVANCE grant-funded initiative, there is funding available to provide need-based scholarships to assist with travel costs.

Applications for scholarships are accepted from now until 15 March. Recipients will be notified by 30 March.

Registration to attend the Institute opens 15 March and continues through 15 May.

See website or flyer for more information!

Join us for the next USG Well-being team challenge: Mindful Exploration

March 14-April 24

To join visit www.ourwellbeing.usg.edu and go to Social-> Challenges 

Connect with colleagues, make friends, and learn something new! 

The Atlanta Braves announced Thursday, March 3 additional stops of the World Champions Trophy Tour Presented by Truist. The trophy will be available for viewing on the Georgia College campus Thursday, March 24 at 3 p.m.

Stops will include the opportunity for fans to take photos with the trophy.

Additional details and activities for the Georgia College event will be announced as they are confirmed. Check back here for updates. 

The tour will travel throughout Braves Country through summer 2022 with a total of 151 stops, commemorating 151 years of Braves baseball. 

More information on the tour is available at: www.Braves.com/TrophyTour.

The Andalusia Institute Spring 2022 Newsletter is available here. 

The Office of Health Promotion in partnership with Dr. Whitney Heppner's SPaW class and members of the GC Mental Health Initiative are pleased to present a Mental Health Resource Lookbook for campus. In this book, you will find resources to help you direct students and employees to on and off-campus resources to assist when they are having a mental health challenge. This is an easy access point to browse what is available for times of crisis, opportunities for training, and self-help studies and applications. Print copies will be made available to departments at a later time. This lookbook will be housed on the GC Mental Health Page.  We are asking that you download this pdf and save to your computer to access as needed. Please download the lookbook here: www.gcsu.edu/gcmentalhealth

 

The Georgia College Mental Health Initiative is also trying to get as many people trained with Kognito during the month of ...

Upcoming scheduled maintenance notice:

OneUSG Connect Release 6.30 is scheduled for Friday, March 11, 2022, from 11:15 p.m. until Monday, March 14, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. During this time, OneUSG Connect and OneUSG Connect - Careers will not be available. KABA Time Clocks and OneUSG Connect - Benefits will be available for use.

Note that W-2s and pay statements will be unavailable for viewing and printing during this time, so please plan accordingly.

WELCOME to the inaugural edition of Advising Notes! This monthly newsletter will be used to inform, connect, and engage faculty and staff with the work occurring in the Academic Advising Center.

Nominate one or more former students for a Georgia College alumni award! Visit  -Alumni Awards Nomination Form - Formstack to submit your nomination by May 15th. Please note the supporting documents are suggestions, and are not required in order to submit a nomination. Information about the awards can be found at https://www.gcsu.edu/alumni/awards

Are you wondering how you can better take advantage of the tools available in GeorgiaVIEW to improve your class management? Learn about features and tools in GeorgiaVIEW that can be used to save time, support teaching and learning, and promote student engagement. Effective class management promotes student learning and your ability to teach. A structured learning environment increases student success. At the end of the workshop, participants will have a basic understanding of classroom management and strategies to enhance their classroom management. Participants are encouraged to come with questions and scenarios to share with colleagues. Topics include Quick Eval, Manage Course, Time Savers, Accessibility, etc.

This virtual workshop will take place at 2 pm on March 29. The meeting link will be sent out to registrants ...

Did you (student researcher) miss the deadline to submit your research for presentation at the GC Student Research Conference?

WELL, there is good news!

We have extended the deadline until 3:30 p.m. on March 4, 2022 to submit. To submit, be sure to use the link below, watch this "how to" YouTube video (TUTORIAL),  and ask your faculty mentor to use the link provided for them. What a great way to gain presentation experience and beef up your resume.

Your link:

STUDENT SUBMISSION LINK

Mentor approval:

MENTOR SUBMISSION LINK

Join Bobcat Cheerleading for a stunt clinic March 6! Open to all high school and college age students. $40 per person - contact head coach Sierra Watson at georgiacollegecheerleading@gmail.com for more.

Saturday, March 5- Two of Georgia College’s choral ensembles, Women’s Ensemble and Max Noah Singers, will present an evening of music by women composers at 7:30 p.m. in Magnolia Ballroom at the Student Activity Center. The concert will also be live-streamed at facebook.com/GCMusicDepartment. “Raising Her Voice” features compositions that span almost 400 years and includes pieces by well-known female composers such as Fanny Hensel and Clara Schumann. The choirs will also perform music by other lesser-known composers, such as Undine Smith Moore, the "Dean of Black Women Composers," and Rosephanye Powell, Auburn University Professor of Voice and winner of a “Living Legend Award” presented by California State University African Diaspora Sacred Music Festival in Los Angeles. The choirs and solo singers will perform music by eight other women composers from countries such as Italy, Canada, Amer...

This "show-and-tell" talk Monday, March 7 at 10 p.m. hosted by the Digital Humanities Collaborative will focus on the ways in which Scalar, the digital publishing platform, can be used to present research that is rich in multi-media content. Elliott Kuecker will review how to plan a project with attention toward collaborative labor, defined research purpose, and reasonable workflow. Further, he will perform a short demo of how the Scalar dashboard looks for authors and editors. 

Elliott Kuecker is the Interim Head of DigiLab, the Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Georgia Libraries.

Contact elissa.auerbach@gcsu.edu for the Zoom access link.

Hey Bobcats! Need your personal statement or CV reviewed? Want to meet with a career advisor to talk about graduate or professional school? Join us on the last day of Graduate & Professional School Week for our Graduate & Professional School Drop-in Day - no appointment needed! Drop by 110 Lanier Hall anytime between 9 AM and 4 PM on Friday, March 4.