Alumni

By Margaret SchellFor students with disabilities, the world looks a little brighter thanks to researcher Logan Roberts (’19), who is passionate about leveling the playing field for people with disabilities and improving their lives and treatment.After graduating from Georgia College & State University with a bachelor’s in special education, Roberts participated in Teach for America, an AmeriCorps national service network program. This two-year commitment turned into three for Roberts...

 by Margaret SchellFor as long as Denechia “Neesha” Powell-Ingabire (’22) can remember, she wanted to write a book—one that would spark social change. As a movement journalist, essayist and community and cultural organizer, she writes about environmental, gender, racial and reproductive justice. “I've had my eye on Georgia College & State University’s MFA in Creative Writing program for more than a decade,” Powell-Ingabire said. “So, I enrolled.” The MFA Creative Writing program seemed...

by Margaret SchellGeorgia College & State University had a few alma maters over the years; however, Ruth Sandiford Garrard ('65) brought the most recent one to life with music. The university’s alma mater’s lyrics were written by Margaret Meaders (’26). Music was added later, thanks to a class assignment for composing alma mater music. Garrard was in that class. She took up the challenge, hoping to provide many generations with a song they could cherish for years to come. In 1965,...