Georgia College & State University and the Mercer University College of Pharmacy are partnering for a healthier Georgia. May 10, President Cathy Cox and Mercer University President William D. Underwood signed an agreement for Georgia College pre-pharmacy graduates to receive priority applicant status to Mercer’s Doctor of Pharmacy program. “A significant number of our students have expressed an interest in pursuing a Doctor of Pharmacy,” said Dr. Sayo Fakayode, chair of the Department...
Please join President Cox, Provost Spirou, and the entire College of Arts & Sciences as we officially sign an MOU between Mercer University and GCSU for cooperation between the universities regarding Mercer's Pharmacy program. Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Pat Peterson Museum Education Room 1 p.m.
Jacob Carter bristles at the idea that there are ‘math people.’ Carter, a graduating math major, aspires to teach Advanced Placement Calculus to high school students. He thinks the whole concept of ‘math people’ creates a false dichotomy: that there are math people and people who are not math people. “A lot of people, when I say I'm a math major, immediately launch into this series of horror stories about terrible math teachers and of bright red ink marked all over exams,” Carter said...
Fifteen World Languages & Cultures students practiced their Spanish-speaking skills recently while also promoting Georgia College & State University to 10th graders at Brentwood School in Sandersville. The project was funded by the university’s Community-based Engaged Learning (CbEL) program. CbEL encourages faculty to involve students in hands-on, active learning and community service. World Languages & Cultures lecturer Dr. Lee Kirven and associate professor Dr. Aurora Castillo-Scott...
American naturalist Roger Tory Peterson called birds “indicators of the environment,” saying “if they are in trouble, we know we’ll soon be” too. That’s one reason Dr. Katie Stumpf has her biology students research various aspects of bird life. Studying the health and wellbeing of birds can warn of environmental challenges—some yet unknown—we might face with a changing climate. “Birds are an excellent indicator of ecosystem health since they’re able to leave quicker due to their...
Seats available in RHET 2210: Small Group Communication during July An online, asynchronous version of Small Group Communication has seats available for the July 2023 Summer semester. This course is useful to a variety of majors and enhances skills that will be used in almost any career! With foci on effective group formation, collaboration, communication, and creative problem solving, students in the small group communication course leave the class with both conceptual understandings...
Story and photos developed by University Communications. Environmental science major Michelle Murdock from Winder knew Georgia College & State University was the right choice for her, starting with the Bridge Scholars Program. She began her first year in a residential learning community with an intensive, five-week summer program designed to build a strong academic foundation. “The Bridge Scholars Program’s resources such as mentorship, tutoring and career guidance taught me to be...
Junior Biology major Lizzie Durham and Assistant Professor Kris White have published a paper in an international journal. The work describes a new species of amphipod crustacean from Panama. This paper is the first of a series that will document the diversity of amphipods collected from Bocas del Toro, Panama. "Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part I: parvorder Oedicerotidira"
