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Please see the December issue of Elevate to Celebrate for more information on:Spotlighting Dr. Jessica Wallace, 2025's Lilly Conference FellowIntroducing Brightspace Training Courses for InstructorsSetting the Scene for Online Success: Applying Brightspace Skills to Teaching - Ryan JonesEmpowering Learners Through Digital Course Tools - Kathryn LivingstonDesigning for Impact: Advancing Teaching Through Brightspace - Lamonica SanfordReimagining Course Flow with Mastery-Based Learning...

Meet Dr. Ania Rynarzewska, a marketing scholar at Georgia College & State University’s J. Whitney Bunting College of Business & Technology. With experience spanning to Fortune 500 firms, entrepreneurial ventures and academia, she blends theory with practice to prepare students for today’s digital marketplace.Her research tackles pressing issues like influencer marketing, social media crises and consumer protection. Recent work — such as Distracting Influencer: Visual Framing and Consumer...

Meet Craig Conyers, a 2020 Georgia College & State University marketing graduate who now manages Georgia Pacific’s JumpStart Internship Program. His career is built on one principle: Helping people reach their potential.Conyers' path wasn’t straightforward. After an internship with GEICO, he accepted a full-time role — only for COVID to change everything. Working customer service calls during the pandemic pushed him to pivot. A friend suggested sales at TTI, and Conyers jumped in...

Georgia College & State University, the Office of Inclusion & Belonging and community partners will present "Living the Legacy: Justice, Service and the Beloved Community – King Breakfast 2026," Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, from 7:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. in the Magnolia Ballroom. In honor of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., GCSU invites the campus and Milledgeville community to join us as we host the winners of our local K-12 schools' poetry and essay competitions. Their entries...

A friendly reminder for 10-month employees (faculty and staff, paid monthly and bi-weekly): January through May you will notice what appears to be an increase in your benefit deduction amounts. Georgia College & State University's 10-month employees work approximately Aug. 1 through May 31. The months of June and July are taken off unpaid, but benefit coverage for these positions are year-round. Standard premiums are taken out of each pay check from August through December. Since no...