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Decorated basketball athlete Brandon Thomas spent his time at Georgia College & State University balancing athleticism, academics and community service.   Now, he’s graduating with the dream of becoming an infectious disease epidemiologist—and hoping to study emergent tropical diseases like malaria.   Thomas worked one and a half years at the Center for Health and Social Issues, assisting Dr. Damian Francis, assistant professor of public health. He’s also gone above and beyond to serve...

Nursing graduate Clara White of Murrayville is leaving Georgia College & State University having made an impact she never thought she’d achieve.   Under her leadership, the Georgia College Association of Nursing Students (GCANS) has become an award-winning organization with reach throughout the university.   GCANS is an opportunity for nursing students to come together and decompress away from school. Upperclassmen mingle with first-year nursing students and share advice for homework,...

They say eyes are windows to the soul. But can emotions be understood only by looking in someone’s eyes? A group of Georgia College & State University Psychology majors attempted to see if that’s true. This year, students in Dr. Tsu-Ming Chiang’s Social Emotional Research Lab returned to Baldwin County’s Early Learning Center (ELC) to provide emotional coaching for 3- to 5-year-olds. The work is especially important for children who spent much of their early years looking at masked...