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By Margaret SchellJunior computer science major, Farah Dawood, of Behera, Egypt, wants to become a software engineer after she graduates from college. The international student is attending Georgia College & State University this fall semester.  “I like hands-on projects and research,” Dawood said. “My concentration in AI allows me to do these things and solve any problem.” “The technology skills we learn at GCSU apply to so many fields—from management to transportation applications,”...

By Cindy O'DonnellFrom security and supplies to chainsaws and Chick-fil-A—Georgia College & State University was there to help its sister institutions, Augusta University and East Georgia State College in Swainsboro, after Hurricane Helene tore a destructive path through multiple states two weeks ago today.“So many of our sister campuses in the University System of Georgia were hit hard by Hurricane Helene—and we had expected to be one of the hardest hit based on original forecasts,”...

Georgia College & State University, the state’s designated public liberal arts university, gained strength among the elite top 20 universities in the Regional South in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Colleges guidebook released today.Located in Milledgeville, Georgia, GCSU is one of the three selective admission institutions in the University System of Georgia along with Georgia Tech and The University of Georgia. GCSU enrolled more than 7,100 students this academic year from...

Nadya Gutierrez, ’22, was one of 10 U.S. citizens and 50 people worldwide to earn a Quad Fellowship this year.The fellowship, worth $40,000, is an initiative by the governments of Australia, India, Japan and the United States to build ties between scientists. The fellowship sponsors “master's and doctoral students to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in the United States.”The Quad Fellowship is managed by a non-governmental task force with leaders from each...

One of the biggest challenges at first was the lack of Wi-Fi.Nestled deep in UNESCO’s World Heritage rainforests in North Queensland, Australia, senior Natalie Skye Mears of Sugar Hill, Georgia, felt disconnected from family, friends and everything she knew. “I was left pretty much alone on the other side of the world with people I had just met. But by the end of the trip,” Mears said, “I had made friends I didn't want to let go of, and returning home was the most difficult thing in...

Georgia College & State University’s free pilot program—blending business entrepreneurship with solar panel physics—ended this summer when participants installed 38 solar panels at Baldwin County’s Water Treatment Facility.Last week, the free certificate course officially wrapped up with officials from the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation visiting campus to celebrate its PIN 2024 Community Research Grant Program. The Georgia College course was one of four projects funded last year.Now,...

Michael Cavaliere has been named Georgia College & State University’s new assistant vice president of University Communications and chief communications officer, effective Oct. 1.Cavaliere joins Georgia College with 15 years of experience in communications—10 at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, where he currently serves as executive director of News and Media Relations. He’s been a journalist—both reporter and editor—as well as a university public relations...