Tabitha Lemmonds What’s your number one accomplishment at Georgia College Early College? I was Miss Georgia College Early College for the 2020-2021 school year. What did it feel like to have this honor? I didn’t expect to receive this title, so I was very surprised. What appearances did you make at events as Miss Georgia College Early College? I was in the Homecoming Parade and crowning ceremony. How long have you been involved with the Rotary Club? I joined the Rotary Club in 2020...
Henry “Hank” Harbin Henry “Hank” Harbin is well accomplished. The biology/pre-med major was named salutatorian and STAR student of his graduating class and Mr. Southwest Georgia Academy by the entire school. He’s also no stranger to Georgia College. The Colquitt, Georgia, native attended the Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Conference held at the university the summer before his junior year in high school. As Harbin walked on campus, he gave serious thought to attending Georgia College...
Andy Davis, ’13, took what he learned from Georgia College and AmeriCorps and ran with it. He started a new role in December 2020, as special projects coordinator for the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA) in southern West Virginia. Now, he looks forward to learning more from the region. “I like working in the community. Economic development provides a chance to hear people's stories, and, in a way, become part of them,” he said. “I also enjoy helping folks find...
Amy Turns, ’08, environmental, health and safety engineer —developed a passion for lab safety from her professors and by accident. Now putting her skills to use at Lincoln, Nebraska’s Zoetis, Inc.—the largest animal pharmaceutical manufacturer in the world—she learned the importance of lab safety when she was a sophomore taking inorganic chemistry. “In the lab, I threw every solution I didn’t need in a waste bottle,” she said. “I just figured, it’s okay. It's just a waste bottle...
It may seem like scuds are the lowest creatures on earth. And that’s because they are—literally—the lowest. Scuds are bottom dwellers at the bottom of the food chain. They suck up nutrients in the muddy depths of lakes, rivers, streams, marsh and ocean—only to become food for larger aquatic invertebrates and fish. About 10,000 different species of these shrimplike creatures are known to exist. Now one more’s been added to the list. Georgia College Assistant Professor of Biology Dr...
For years, Georgia College students have been selected for valuable REUs (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) that help broaden their skills and enhance future opportunities. They’re chosen for their knowledge, lab experience, ability to work in teams and experience with undergraduate research. This summer is no different. Six students—four biology majors, a physics major and chemistry major—have accepted REUs at a variety of schools in the United States and abroad. They’ll work...
This year, two philosophy majors will start graduate programs with full-ride scholarships to Penn State and the University of Hawaii. This marks the second time in the last two years that Georgia College philosophy students are rising in the ranks of graduate studies during a time when it is increasingly difficult to gain admission with funding to the top philosophy Ph.D. programs. This year, Penn State had 160 applicants and accepted only six. In the last three years, four Georgia...
Its triangular spikes are what make coronavirus such a formidable foe. But they could also be its Achilles’ heel. Georgia College Assistant Professor of Chemistry Dr. David Zoetewey and three students are working to expose this weakness and prevent the virus’ spear-like mechanism from harpooning into human cells. This research could someday result in a medicine that prevents coronavirus from attaching. “Spike proteins are very important for the virus and its ability to cause infection,”...
Many people think history’s boring, something found in dusty old books. But Juniper Guthrie can tell you that’s not true. History is alive and a part of everyday life. After four years of study and being on the cusp of earning dual degrees in history and liberal studies with minors in women and gender studies, French and museum studies—the only thing Guthrie knows for sure is there is so much more to learn. “Academically, I’ve learned things are not as simple as I thought they were,”...
As a youth from Lahore, Pakistan, senior Nash Sultan originally looked at universities in the Atlanta area where his uncle lived. Then, he saw photos of Georgia College’s “beautiful” campus and learned of its “great scholarships” for international students. Sultan applied for the dual-degree program that provides a 3-year physics degree from Georgia College, which he’ll receive in May, and an engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology that he’s on track to also get...
