A new academic year means new editions of the Women's Center & LGBTQ+ Weekly Update! You can check it out here: https://www.smore.com/tgfec

Please note that a portion of the Centennial Parking lot (lot #01) will be closed on August 18th and 19th for Inauguration activities. All vehicles must be removed from these rows by 8am on August 18th. 

For more information on campus parking, please reference the GCSU Interactive Parking Map. 

Thank you, 
Presidential Inauguration Committee 

The issue causing Microsoft products to close on MacOS has been corrected. The products should no longer close out unexpectedly.  If you continue to experience a problem, please contact Serve at serve@gcsu.edu or 478-445-7378.

As we return to campus for Fall 2022, please be mindful of the existing COVID-19 Decision Path for Employees in an effort to keep our campus community as safe as possible!

 

If an employee:

• Is not feeling well with COVID-19 (C19) symptoms OR recently tested positive for C19
• Has been in direct contact with someone who has tested positive for C19
• Believes they have had indirect contact with someone who recently tested positive for C19

• The employee’s name
• If the employee is positive, symptomatic, exposed, or possibly exposed
• The employee’s direct contact information (usually a cell phone number)
• Whether or not the employee is eligible to work-from-home (WFH) if we have to ask them to stay away from campus for a few days following guidelines set by the GaDPH

GC Wellness is offering four CPR sessions on campus, facilitated by Steven Wright from the Wellness and Recreation Center. During the session, participants will learn how to administer Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) to someone in need, including chest compressions, mouth-to-mouth breathing, and the difference between compression-only and hands-only CPR.

Only TEN (10) spots available for each session. Location is TBD. Register using the links below:  

Thursday, August 25, 2pm-3pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cpr-course-tickets-400188062267

Thursday, September 22, 2pm-3pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cpr-course-tickets-400188072297

Thursday, October 27, 2pm-3pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cpr-course-tickets-400188082327...

The American Democracy Project at Georgia College requests your support for another semester of engaging, lively weekly discussions on current events and topics of local and/or global public interest in any arts, sciences, or humanities discipline or field. Times Talk is celebrating its 17th year as a GC campus tradition and a nationally innovative civic engagement program by providing a discussion space in the GC library as well as virtually via Zoom for interested faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members to gather from noon-12:50 pm every Wednesday and discuss a chosen topic of that week's volunteer facilitator who spends a few minutes providing perspective and insights on the topic, uses a New York Times article or other credible news source for factual background/context, and encourages participants to share their perspectives, observations, insights, and questions. ...

We are excited to begin the second phase of renovations to the first floor of MSU this fall. As we prepare for construction, access to the corridors around Donahoo Lounge will be limited throughout the semester. We appreciate your cooperation as we make these improvements. Please contact Facilities Planning at 478-445-8607 with any questions.

The Learning Center is gearing up for a busy but productive fall 2022 semester. It’s hard to believe but students will be back for classes on Monday. 

Attached to this announcement please see our fall newsletter, with info about upcoming events, ways you can connect with the LC, and a few data snapshots.  Faculty and staff are some of our biggest campus supporters and we wanted to keep the campus community abreast of upcoming events and services. 

Thank you for helping promote the important work the LC does toward GC student success. Please reach out with any questions or ideas for great collaborations to learningcenter@gcsu.edu. 

If you have students that need to gain access to facilities after hours for the Fall 2022 semester, please forward a list of names along with the building and/or room number(s) to publicsafety@gcsu.edu so that we can update our access log.

NOTE: Access will not be granted to facilities after hours without prior approval.

If you have any questions, please contact Public Safety. Thank you!

The Max is back with Big City Bites every Tuesday at lunch! From 11:00am-2:00pm on Tuesday, August 16th the Max will be featuring cuisines from Austin, Texas. Come in and enjoy!

Beginning August 15th, below are the hours of operation for the Fall 2022 semester.

• Books & Brew - Monday-Thursday 7:30AM - 3:00PM; Friday 7:30AM - 3:00PM; Saturday Closed; Sunday 2:00PM - 6:00PM.

• AFC Sushi - Monday-Thursday 10:30AM - 10:00PM; Friday 10:30AM - 7:00PM;Saturday 10:30AM - 5:00PM; Sunday Closed.

• The MAX - Monday-Thursday: Breakfast 7:15AM - 10:45AM; Lunch 11:00AM - 2:00PM; Dinner 4:30PM - 8:30PM

• Chick-Fil-A- Monday-Thursday 7:30AM - 10:00PM; Friday 7:30AM - 7:00PM; Saturday 10:30AM - 5:00PM; Sunday Closed

• Einstein Bagel Bros. - Monday-Thursday 7:30AM - 8:00PM; Friday 7:30AM - 3:00PM; Saturday Closed; Sunday Closed
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Get energized and have some fun when you join the System Showdown Step Challenge. This is your chance to team up with colleagues to get active and start a little healthy competition. Teams will be formed automatically for this challenge and participants will be assigned to a team with others from their institution. This challenge is all about team spirit, so rally your team and go all out! Sign up and log your steps to help Georgia College compete to win the USG traveling trophy!

• Sign in or register your USG Well-being account at ourwellbeing.usg.edu > Social > Challenges.
• Connect an activity tracker to your app to make it easier to track and get credit for all your hard-earned steps. If you don't have access to an activity tracker, you can also use an app on your smartphone or manually enter your steps.
• Employees and spouses enrolled in a ...

With students returning to campus and the fall semester right around the corner, Parking and Transportation would like to remind everyone that several parking lots have been reclassified to better serve the campus. 

North Clarke Street - reclassified to Commuter parking 

North Liberty Street - 44 spaces reclassified to Perimeter parking, open to anyone with a Georgia College parking permit 

North Wilkinson Street - 30 spaces reclassified to Perimeter parking, open to anyone with a Georgia College parking permit 

Wayne Street – will no longer be available for GC use