Dr. Kerry James Evans, assistant professor of English, is named the Honorable Mention Winner of The Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry/University of Nebraska Press. He will be awarded $1,000 and his manuscript, Nine Persimmons, will be published in spring 2026. Of Nine Persimmons, Judge Tomás Q. Morín said: “’I play it out measure by measure,’ writes Kerry James Evans. And those soulful measures are filled with a music that is unabashedly Southern. These poems are haunted, full of grit...
The Office of Inclusion and Belonging (OIB), in partnership with the Department of Theatre and Dance, Black Student Alliance, Latino Student Alliance and Asian Student Alliance, will host “The World’s Largest Tamia Line Dance” Thursday, Sept. 12. The event will be held on the Front Campus lawn from 4:30 until 6 p.m. The entire Georgia College & State University community is invited. The event will be filled with fun and fancy footwork as GCSU attempts a world-record Tamia Line Dance.To...
The Office of Inclusion and Belonging (OIB), in partnership with the Department of Theatre and Dance, Black Student Alliance, Latino Student Alliance and Asian Student Alliance, will host “The World’s Largest Tamia Line Dance” Thursday, Sept. 12. The event will be held on the Front Campus lawn from 4:30 until 6 p.m. The entire Georgia College & State University community is invited. The event will be filled with fun and fancy footwork as GCSU attempts a world-record Tamia Line Dance.To...
Registration is now open for the fall 2024 senior exit exams. The registration deadline is Sept. 20, 2024. To view the testing dates specific to your major and to secure your spot, please visit: www.gcsu.edu/testingcenter. For any inquiries or assistance, feel free to reach out to us at 478-445-5016 or via email at gctesting@gcsu.edu.
Join us on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 10 a.m. at the West Campus Intramural lot for a 5K sponsored by the Exercise Science Club and the Exercise is Medicine initiative. We will have tables, concessions and prizes! All students, faculty and community members are welcome. Students will also receive a student discount. Come out to support the club and spend time with friends.
Join us on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 10 a.m. at the West Campus Intramural lot for a 5K sponsored by the Exercise Science Club and the Exercise is Medicine initiative. We will have tables, concessions and prizes! All students, faculty and community members are welcome. Students will also receive a student discount. Come out to support the club and spend time with friends.
The Information Technology Help Desk is closed Monday, Sept. 2, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The IT Help Desk will monitor phone and email messages. Information Technology staff will monitor systems and services to ensure availability. A system emergency is defined as an entire building being offline; internet access to the campus not working; and/or Banner, PAWS, email or the main website being down. We will follow up on all non-emergency requests during normal operating...
Do you want to learn more about oral history? Are you interested in preserving family stories? Look no further.Register for "Oral History Basics," a free online course created by Dr. Stephanie Opperman, professor of history at Georgia College and program director of the NEH-funded grant “Collecting the Past.”The course will teach you how to capture and share meaningful stories and memories.Perfect for history enthusiasts and storytelling lovers alike, this workshop offers practical...
Randall Bonser, a limited-term lecturer in English, spoke at the Digital Humanities 2024 Conference, “Reinvention and Responsibility” in Washington, D.C. as part of a panel on “Pedagogy and Generative AI.” Five instructors from the U.S. and Europe addressed a workshop audience interested in how a diverse section of college instructors are using AI as part of their curriculum. Professor Bonser outlined how he teaches students to use Gen AI as a collaborator, while helping his students...
UPDATE: This event has been cancelled due to rain. Meet the Bocats will be re-scheduled!Join the community for an exciting evening on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., as First Friday/Main Street partners with Georgia College to celebrate the spirit of the Bobcats at the "Meet the Bobcats" event. This special First Friday gathering will take place in downtown Milledgeville, bringing together the community to introduce and showcase the talents of Georgia College & State...
