Picking the right presidential candidate can be tricky in the best of times. Just in time for early voting this month, however, comes something everyone can get behind: music. Georgia College’s updated and improved Trax on the Trail website is a serious study of the science of music and political strategy. Songs on the campaign trail often evoke nostalgia, even lightheartedness. They boost a candidate or poke fun, halt indecisiveness and influence voters.Music can also bring people...
In many places, the performing arts have shut down—snuffed out, it seems, by a virus. Even Broadway is closed. Stages are dark. Actors can’t rehearse safely together. They can’t perform in front of live audiences. Big-name plays can’t be performed, because royalties exclude permission for virtual acting. Tickets can’t be sold for locally-scripted productions that are largely experimental. Going online is costly, too, requiring specialized video equipment and training. These challenges...
Many people are tempted to Google their own names. If H.L. Lee Gillis did that, he’d find more than 1.6 million hits directly connected to his work in psychology—a fitting legacy of his many years researching group psychotherapy and adventure therapy. It’s no wonder, then, Dr. Gillis was nationally recognized by the Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy, Division 49 of the American Psychological Association (APA). He was recently presented with APA’s “2020 Arthur Teicher...
Senior Alecea Housworth’s whole outlook on life has changed since becoming a rhetoric major and learning the art of persuasion. But it’s her minor in dance that helps her convey meaning in ways words cannot. The Covington, Georgia, resident recently used dance to express her feelings on current events. Using screen-dance skills learned in “Modern Workshop” class—Housworth choreographed and produced a polished video supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. The unassigned project...
Dr. Dennis Parmley’s close encounter with a shark didn’t happen at a crowded beach or the ocean—but in a kaolin mine in Wilkinson County. He was never in danger. It’d been dead 35 million years. But the shark—or rather some fossils of its teeth—recently earned Parmley the rare honor of having a prehistoric and previously unknown species named after him. The news has been celebrated on science websites, TV news and even in Newsweek—giving Parmley and Georgia College the kind of acclaim...
Name: Juawn Jackson '16 Age: 27 Major at GC: Political Science, certification in Leadership Why did you choose Georgia College? I was looking for a college that was not too far from home (Macon) that had a great political science program. To my amazement, I found that plus more! I am grateful for my time spent at Georgia College. Did you have a favorite professor or class? Oh, wow! My academic journey at Georgia College was greatly impacted by Dr. Janet Clark (public speaking), Dr...
Some students come to college with a strict plan. They know exactly what they want to major in and what organizations and activities they want to get involved with. Others have so many things they’re interested in that they have to spend time narrowing down their options. They’re open-minded and willing to take advantage of opportunities that come their way. That’s Emma Parry. “I came to Georgia College with lots of questions about how I want to spend my life, and I didn't necessarily...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Brantley Nicholson’s 2020 summer study abroad students explored Chile virtually this year. Although they didn’t visit the country in person, participants immersed themselves in a thorough study of the Chilean culture and garnered significant insight from the experience. The impact of the program was so strong that two students of this year’s online Chile study abroad program have already decided to register for the 2021 Chile study abroad offering. ...
