The Honorable Lisa D. Cook, Ph.D., returned to her roots and hometown in Milledgeville to give two inspirational keynote addresses at Georgia College & State University commencement ceremonies.Governor Cook is the first Black woman and fourth native-born Georgian to serve on the Federal Reserve Board in its 111-year history. She was also a faculty member at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and Michigan State University. “Dr. Cook has throughout her career consistently...
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...
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...
When city officials in Hiawassee, Georgia, needed to boost one of their local businesses with a new logo—they did something ingenious.Rather than hire a graphic design company, which could cost up to $25,000 for a single creation, they held a competition for graphic art students enrolled at any of Georgia’s public and private colleges and universities. By doing so, they lowered their own costs while giving students a real-world experience: an opportunity to design a logo used by an...
They don’t sting, and they don’t bite. They don’t suck blood. They won’t make you itch. And your garden is safe. But miniature exoskeletons might be attached to your house. You might see flickers of red-and-black buzz by. Over the weekend, you might’ve heard a monotonous droning begin. No, your eyes are not deceiving you, and your ears are just fine. They are cicadas, part of the Great Southern Brood XIX that reemerge every 13 years. And, despite some maps showing their arrival only...
Axel Hawkins, a history major from McDonough, Georgia, is Georgia College & State University's second Truman Scholar in as many years. Established in 1975, the Truman Scholarship serves as a living memorial to Harry S. Truman. The foundation awards scholarships to exceptional college juniors who demonstrate outstanding leadership potential, a commitment to public service and academic excellence. Hawkins’ receipt of the scholarship makes back-to-back winners and four Truman finalists...
The Integrated Science Complex at Georgia College & State University is now the Dr. Kenneth S. Saladin Integrated Science Complex—named after the distinguished professor emeritus of biology for the lasting impact he has made on science and students.On Friday—under a glorious, if windy, blue-sky day—about 150 people gathered to honor Saladin and witness the unveiling of the building’s new sign.Saladin was an outstanding and dedicated educator at Georgia College. He began publishing...
