Student Life & Activities

By Ian Wesselhoff Georgia College & State University exchange student Ayomide Rahman set foot on American soil for the first time in August. Just six months later, she is working at the Georgia State Capitol. Born and raised in London, England, Rahman is spending her second and final semester in Georgia interning as a senate aide to State Senators Kim Jackson, Sonya Halpern and Josh McLaurin. Rahman was one of just 35 students across the state accepted into the Georgia Legislative...

By Gil Pound With the spring 2026 semester underway and campus roaring back to life, Georgia College & State University students are choosing the cost savings and convenience of the Barnes & Noble First Day by Course program. Entering its third semester of implementation on campus, First Day has collectively saved students an estimated $105,000 on course materials.Offered through Barnes & Noble at Georgia College, the First Day program gives students easy access to discounted digital...

By Amanda Respess Georgia College & State University this week earned the 2026 Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement, a national certification that rewards the cumulative impacts of thousands of service hours logged annually by Georgia College students. With nearly 100% of Georgia College students participating in community service during their time on campus, civic involvement remains core to GCSU’s mission. One signature program, GCSU Gives Day, is an annual event...

By Gil Pound Georgia College & State University men’s flag football continued its dynasty last week, winning a third NIRSA national championship in the last four years and fourth since 2019. Georgia College sent 13 men and a team of women to the NIRSA (National Intramural-Recreation Sports Association) national championships held Jan. 7-9 at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Punching well above its weight class in terms of enrollment numbers, the GCSU men went undefeated through pool...