Monday, Sept. 11, the Georgia College & State University Music Department presents guest celloist Alexis Lee with faculty members Youngmi Kim, soprano, and Lev Ryabinin, pianist, for “Elegant Echoes” at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall. Four sets of music—featuring works by renowned composers from different periods and nations—will be performed. There are numerous moments throughout the concert when voice, cello and piano echo each other. Come enjoy emotionally moving pieces from...
Thanks to Georgia College & State University’s new medical physics program, this graduate’s future is off to a healthy start. Kaylee Kallam of Cumming was Georgia College’s first student to complete its new medical physics pathway. Now, she’s been accepted into the University of Tennessee’s Medical Physics master’s program with a full assistantship teaching position, tuition waived and a monthly stipend. “I feel very prepared based on the classes I took and the resources I was given...
Junior Axel Hawkins has been named a 2023 Newman Civic Fellow due to her outstanding leadership at Georgia College & State University and in the Milledgeville community. The McDonough resident is majoring in history with a minor in political science. “I feel truly honored to be recognized for my commitment to public service. Of course,” Hawkins said, “I don’t take on the work I do for the recognition. You go into public service knowing it’s often a thankless job.” “But I’m very glad...
Thursday, Aug. 31, Georgia College & State University’s Music Department opens its fall 2023 season with a piano recital, “Masters of Musical Narrative,” at 7:30 p.m. in Max Noah Recital Hall. The recital is a storytelling musical adventure featuring guest pianist and worldwide performer Dr. Giuliano Graniti. He aims to describe human nature through personal battles, both rational and irrational, played out in everyday life. Each musical narrative will be introduced through words,...
Imagine being up-close and personal with Costa Rican rainforest wildlife. Georgia College & State University senior biology major Amelia Pound of Savannah did just that. For two weeks, she worked alongside veterinarians in Costa Rica, helping its native creatures stay healthy. Pound was selected as part of a small team of students who volunteered to care for sloths, peccaries (pigs), kinkajous (squirrel-like creatures), capuchin and spider monkeys, macaws and other colorful parrots,...
Junior Emily Lanham pinpoints the 2016 U.S. Presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as the pivotal moment in life that led her to politics. Little did she know she’d soon be a Georgia College & State University intern in the nation’s capital, working in U.S. Rep. Rick Allen’s (R-GA) office and rubbing elbows with congressmen in the U.S. House of Representatives. Allen oversees District 12 in Georgia—which includes Lanham’s hometown, Augusta. “I was ecstatic when...
Certified ServSafe® manager Blair Henninger of Suwanee, Georgia, discovered her passion for cooking fine cuisine at age 14. She has been on the culinary career track in high school since that time and traveled on culinary study abroad programs to France in 2022 and Spain in 2023. Henninger discovered the culinary arts when she experienced the world outside of the United States, traveling to Paris and London with her family when she was 14 years old. Ultimately, she aims to pursue...
When first-year student Emily Agi attends Georgia College & State University, she will be the third of three Agi siblings to be a Bobcat. The Brooks, Georgia family sent both her brother, Ben, and sister, Anna, to Milledgeville. Completing this clean sweep of Agi siblings, Emily is looking for a different kind of hat-trick this fall—as a member of the GCSU Soccer team. “When I first started looking for schools, it felt so overwhelming,” Agi said. “You don’t really know what your...
Twelve Georgia College & State University students got a close-up of the cultures in Italy and Greece this summer. They experienced new places, tastes and broadened their thinking by learning how local food is produced and processed. The students returned with skills they can use, and a new understanding of how foods help define culture. “I structured the program to allow students to interact with local people, so they could get a truer picture of the culture and traditions of the...
Georgia College & State University senior music therapy major Helen Whitacre has been awarded the Fall 2023 Nicolet Law Scholarship with her video submission about being kind and doing good through music. In her video, Whitacre explains what music therapy is—an evidence-based practice. She underscores the main ingredient of musical interventions is to be authentic and compassionate with clients. She has served children with emotional and behavioral disorders, adults with intellectual...
