We will meet to discuss Jessica Hooten Wilson’s new book, Flannery O’Connor’s Why Do the Heathen Rage? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress. This is a recent publication of an unpublished manuscript that O’Connor left behind, along with notes and ideas she had documented. It takes her thinking about race far beyond what she had done in her short life, and presents the opportunity for tantalizing speculation. (2 p.m. in person in Eatonton, Georgia, at the Writer’s Museum;...
Come see this recent major motion picture release on the big screen in Russell Auditorium! Our very own Flannery O'Connor scholar Bruce Gentry will give a brief talk about O'Connor's high school and college days that took place right here in Milledgeville. The film features Maya Hawke in the lead role and adapts some of Flannery O'Connor's stories within a loosely biographical frame. Thanks to the support of the President's office, the Provost's office and GCSU Foundation, this event...
The new podcast, "More Able than Dis..." is an initiative of the Center for Music Education at Georgia College & State University. In it, Dr. Tina Holmes-Davis, associate professor of music and stroke survivor, discusses many facets of disability in music education with guests who have various types of experience with disability in music education, some are teachers or therapists, others are disabled musicians.Find your favorite means of interaction on any of these platforms:Apple...
Please join us for the viewing of "Turtles Can Fly" and discussion with Dr. A. Cockrell-Abdullah. We hope to see you there! Oct. 9 at 5:30 p.m.Kilpatrick, room 125Refreshments will be available during the viewing.
The Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference is a multidisciplinary conference open to undergraduate students from higher education institutions within Georgia. GURC welcomes research and creative activities from all fields. Students with accepted abstracts are expected to attend and present in person at the conference. Abstract due: extended to Oct. 7, 2024 (Monday)Submission portal (click for information) - approximately 150 words (1200 characters)Conference dates: Nov. 8-9, 2024Location:...
Junior political science and philosophy double major Derek Kim interned this summer helping Jordanians in need in Amman, Jordan. He did this internship through the School for International Training as part of the “Refugees, Health and Humanitarian Action in Jordan” program. Kim wasn’t aware of the study abroad program until he inquired about this type of opportunity at the International Education Center. The staff walked him through the application process. “I looked at the program...
For Georgia College & State University senior Sydney Irons, persistence paid off in the form of a summer internship with Red Top Mountain State Park in Acworth, Georgia—part of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. This year was Irons' second with the state park system and her first with a new title: naturalist intern.“I’m responsible for creating public programs and interacting with the public,” Irons, an environmental science major, said. “Whenever someone’s got a question,...
Come out and enjoy our Georgia College & State University Jazz Jam Session Tuesday, Nov. 19, 7-9 p.m. at Amici Café, downtown Milledgeville, presented by Jazz at Georgia College. Hosted by our faculty and student jazz musicians, the GCSU Jam Session is open to all members of the community who are interested in working on their jazz and improvisation skills. Bring your instrument if you want to play or come just to enjoy the menu and the live music at Amici Café. We hope to see you there.
Come out and enjoy our Georgia College & State University Jazz Jam Session Tuesday, Oct. 29, 7-9 p.m. at Amici Café, downtown Milledgeville, presented by Jazz at Georgia College. Hosted by our faculty and student jazz musicians, the GCSU Jam Session is open to all members of the community who are interested in working on their jazz and improvisation skills. Bring your instrument if you want to play or come just to enjoy the menu and the live music at Amici Café. We hope to see you there.
If you’d told mass communication senior Caroline Bagwell that she’d be in control of TikTok for Warner Bros Discovery’s Bleacher Report Betting this summer, she probably would have blanched.Now that she’s grown their TikTok followers by 20,000 in a few months, Bagwell's internship is another star experience to add to her resume.“My first day, I created and posted my first TikTok to their page,” Bagwell said. “Ever since then, if I had an idea, they want me to run with it—I’m filming...
