Alumni

Mass communication major and senior Sophia Clark is putting what she’s learned at Georgia College & State University to work as a marketing intern at Blue Cypress Consulting this summer.  She’s doing this with a little help from fellow Bobcat Monica Klinkmueller, ’20, senior marketing coordinator for Blue Cypress Consulting.  The company is a women-owned, small business providing community planning and utility management services with headquarters in Decatur, Georgia. “At Georgia College,...

Dr. Ahmed Al-Bayati, ’12, has come a long way from growing up in war-torn Baghdad where he served as a translator to reaching the peak of his education as a medical school graduate and soon will be wrapping up his surgical residency.  His journey began in Baghdad when he was a teenager. At that time, very few town people knew English, but Al-Bayati did. So, he became a local translator for the U.S. Army stationed in Baghdad during the war. A few years later the war escalated; his uncle...

Georgia College & State University’s Homecoming and Alumni Weekend took place Feb. 12 -17, 2024, ushering a new era of alumni engagement. This was the first time in several years Georgia College combined the two events. There were plenty of activities for alumni and their families. The elevated events and activities for alumna allowed us to welcome back a strong alumni percentage with the hope for this to continue to grow in the years to come.  Some events included: Biscuits and Brew...

Story by GCSU senior Cale Strickland. Georgia College & State University held its annual Alumni Awards Dinner in Magnolia Ballroom Friday, Feb. 16. Four awards were given: the Alumni Heritage Award, the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award, the Alumni Achievement Award and the Ethel Rae Mozo-Stewart Alumni Community Service Award. Georgia Military College Colonel Pamela Harvey Grant, ’82, ’87, ’07, received the Alumni Heritage Award, which is presented to an alum who has exemplified Georgia...

Ayoung mother struggling to make ends meet, cried when she received newborn diapers and wipes.  One young father stated that he could now purchase the tummy time toy that he desperately wanted for his baby. Many young parents struggle financially. Being able to access free diapers allows them to purchase food or pay a bill that they weren't sure they'd be able to get to that month. According to the National Diaper Bank Network, one in two U.S. families are in need of diapers. This...

Patti Perry Zimmermann, ’78, dared to venture across the professional spectrum from teaching music to become a senior analyst in technology and finance at Macy’s Technology, a division of Macy’s, Inc.  After graduating from Georgia College & State University with a degree in instrumental education, Zimmermann taught music in the classroom a few years to approximately 1,000 elementary students each week and gave private woodwind lessons. “I couldn't get a job as a band director as a...

As a teenager, Grace Cooper, ’22, was intrigued by the “X-Files” TV series. She thought it would be cool to work with the FBI. When she took her criminal justice classes at Georgia College & State University, she quickly learned the fiction behind the television series depicting law enforcement.  “I once thought it would be so cool to be an investigator,” said Cooper, transitional case manager for the Continuum of Care program at Riverbend Correctional Facility in Milledgeville. “Then,...

Dylan Amerson, ’12, grew up in Milledgeville but always wanted to explore beyond the area. Once he did, he came right back to where his heart is—the community—and transformed the family store into Huff’s Market. Amerson’s passion for sustainability and the outdoors started with Georgia College & State University.  He went to Armstrong State University for two years but moved back to home due to a health condition. When he started school at Georgia Military College, he heard about Georgia...