Join us as we celebrate spring in the 29th annual community dance program spring concert. Over 130 dancers, ages 3 and up will perform in Russell Auditorium on Sunday, May 19, at 2 p.m. There is free admission. This year's theme is "love is in the air" and features many selections from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty ballet, created in 1890. Original choreography by Marius Petipa and our GCSU instructors. Ballet, contemporary, dance, tap, jazz, hip-hop and lots of surprises await!
The first thing everyone asks Tanner Adams when they learn he’s graduating with a major in geography is “What are you going to do with that?”But for Adams, the bigger question is: “What can’t I do?” It boggles his mind more students aren’t elbowing their way into the field.“For a lot of people, geography reminds them of a sixth grade map quiz,” Adams said. “But it’s so broad. There are so many things you can do with it. The problem, like my professor always said, is ‘You will never...
Bob Marley is quoted as saying, “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” Billy Joel said, “Music in itself is healing.” And Jimi Hendrix was certain, “If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.”At Georgia College & State University, 34 undergraduates and 14 graduate students study this phenomenon and bring its healing technique into the community. Students work with elderly adults in five assistant living facilities...
You won’t find a senior more involved with Georgia College & State University museums than Caroline Cole, a graduating history major and English minor.Introduced to Matthew Davis, director of historic museums, at the Presidential Scholarship Competition in 2019, she’s worked at the museums since her second day of college.“I love getting to meet all different kinds of people,” Cole said. “We get people from all over the world and all over the country. So, I just get different types...
By J. Cale StricklandDr. Evren Kutlay, this semester’s Martha Daniel Newell Visiting Scholar, gave a lecture-performance on the intersection between the arts and geopolitics, “Cultural Diplomacy and Music,” earlier this month.Kutlay performed 12 pieces in total, seven solo and five alongside students, staff and faculty from the Department of Music.She says the lecture-performance, which focused on the relationship between Eastern music and international relations, was the result of...
As you plan your week, remember Georgia Storied, A Storytelling Showcase this Thursday, April 25, at 6 p.m. at Blackbird Coffee in the Bird's Nest Theatre. Admission is free, but we will also be taking donations to support Cafe Central at the performance. If you would like to offer last minute extra credit for students, feel free to let me know and I will arrange a sign up sheet for your class at the event. Thank you! Dr. Colin Whitworth, Lecturer of Rhetoric (Pronouns: They/Them)
As you plan your week, remember Georgia Storied, A Storytelling Showcase this Thursday, April 25, at 6 p.m. at Blackbird Coffee in the Bird's Nest Theatre. Admission is free, but we will also be taking donations to support Cafe Central at the performance. If you would like to offer last minute extra credit for students, feel free to let me know and I will arrange a sign up sheet for your class at the event. Thank you! Colin Dr. Colin Whitworth, Lecturer of Rhetoric (Pronouns: They/Them)
It all began with a library book for kids’ experiments for Cole Smith, Georgia College & State University graduating chemistry senior. The book, filled with bookmarks and $60 in library fines, was his pride and joy.He couldn’t imagine life without it. The book inspired him to seek opportunities for biotechnology research at Jasper County High School and led him to Georgia College’s Young Scientist Program—a six-week program for high schoolers to explore university-level research.“I...
The Center for Georgia Studies and the Department of History and Geography in conjunction with the Office of Academic Affairs is honored to present Mr. Michael Thurmond's discussion of his celebrated book "James Oglethorpe: Father of Georgia" on Tuesday, April 23, at 4 p.m. in the COAS Auditorium. Mr. Thurmond is former member of the Georgia General Assembly and the first African American elected to a statewide office without prior appointment. He also served as superintendent of Schools...
The Center for Georgia Studies and the Department of History and Geography in conjunction with the Office of Academic Affairs is honored to present Mr. Michael Thurmond's discussion of his celebrated book "James Oglethorpe: Father of Georgia" on Tuesday, April 23, at 4 p.m. in the COAS Auditorium. Mr. Thurmond is former member of the Georgia General Assembly and the first African American elected to a statewide office without prior appointment. He also served as superintendent of Schools...
