Paul McCartney once said: “I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity … to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.” That about sums up what Georgia College & State University’s annual “High School Choral Day” is all about: fellowship, collaboration, good music—and a little recruitment too. “It started off as an effort to get high school singers...
Story and photos developed by University Communications.Georgia College & State University students are sowing the seeds of change.Funded through a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), an environmental science professor is leading this transformation in the central-southern region of Africa. His students are researching plants that may have the power to renew vast stretches of land poisoned from mining.The three-year program includes International Research Experiences...
Story and Photos by University Communications.Thunder is safe, and his kidnappers are in custody.Thanks to a team of dedicated crime scene investigators, the Forensics Night mystery is solved.Volunteer investigators of all ages collected trace evidence of tire tracks, blood samples, shoe prints, uniform scraps, fingerprints, paw prints and fur. They processed it through a series of five forensic lab stations to narrow the suspect pool and help Georgia College & State University (GCSU)...
Story and photos developed by University Communications. After 15 years in public administration and 16 years teaching the subject—Dr. Victoria Gordon retired. But she wasn’t idle long. Gordon turned quickly around and applied for the chance to be Georgia College & State University’s 2022 Paul D. Coverdell Visiting Scholar. It was the perfect opportunity to focus on her favorite teaching subject, “Women in Politics,” a topic she only taught five years before retiring. In those years,...
Story, photos and video developed by University Communications A week after the United States recognized the 102nd anniversary of women gaining the right to vote, Dr. Victoria Gordon, the Paul D. Coverdell visiting scholar, impaneled a group of current and former, female elected officials to rally engagement in the political process and reflect upon the state of equality within U.S. civil society. The Women in Politics panel included Milledgeville Mayor Mary Parham-Copelan, Georgia...
On Friday, August 19, Georgia College & State University formally inaugurates Cathy Cox as its 12th president. During the investiture ceremony, Cox will don the university regalia and accept the presidential medallion, symbolically conferring leadership of the institution. The inauguration ceremony is an opportunity to rally the campus community around Cox as president, reaffirm what Georgia College has accomplished in the past and mark a new chapter in the university’s history. ...
Imagine a Georgia—60,000 years ago—where the coastal city of Brunswick was 70 miles from the ocean and most of the state was a great, grassy plain where the bison and mammoths roamed.In an era when most people think paleo is a diet, a small public liberal arts school in Central Georgia is leading the way to unearthing this past. In doing so, it reminds the world just how hip and modern real paleontology can be.“Some people say paleontology is a dying profession and, at big research...
Georgia College & State University students got a taste of the good life during a study abroad program this summer in the City of Light. Drs. Sunita Manian and James Winchester led 23 Georgia College students on a study abroad program to Paris France May 10 through June 15, 2022. The program called, “GC France: Gender, Culture and the Good Life: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Paris,” encompassed a wide variety of cultures, rich history, sites, food and more. “Paris is one of...
Story and photos developed by University Communications. From bluffs and dunes to rocky cliffs and mountain peaks—six environmental science majors took multiple mini-trips this summer to learn about the state’s diverse ecosystems. The monthlong study-away program was headed by Dr. Bruce Snyder and Dr. Christine Mutiti, associate professors of biology and environmental science. Faculty led students on informative day trips and longer camping excursions. Together, they studied the biogeographical...
The Spirit of Macon is renewed with the visual representation of music in the streets. In a press conference last week, the Macon Transit Authority formally presented the expansion of a public art installation that has enlivened a drab corner of downtown with vibrant colors, dynamic images of native wildlife and graphic renderings of Macon’s iconic city skyline. Georgia College Associate Professor of Art and Graphic Design Abraham Abebe updated his Spirit of Macon mural to feature...
