Patrick Sheets From: Lawrenceville, Georgia Why Georgia College: I chose Georgia College, because I love the idea of going to a liberal arts college. It let me explore so many subjects, like art and biology. Major: English with a concentration in Literature. It gave me the answers to life’s questions. Research: I worked with Dr. Julian Knox on a paper about the Romantic-era poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge that got accepted to the Friends of Coleridge conference in the U.K. Study Abroad...
Catherine Barr fell in love with Georgia College the moment she took a campus tour. The Henry County, GA native transferred to GC her sophomore year and has taken advantage of everything the university has to offer. “I was looking for a school with community and opportunities,” she explained. “I had heard great things about GC and the mass comm program from friends.” Originally a marketing major, Barr soon switched to mass comm after transferring. “It is broad, which opens a lot of...
Sophia Bonser grew up exposed to the medical field through her mom who is an OBGYN. She always had an interest in healthcare. Initially, she wanted to be a nurse, then a physical therapist. But everything changed when she took her first chemistry class at Georgia College. “I was very nervous about it because my whole experience with chemistry in high school was bad,” she said. Instead of a challenge, Bonser found she did well in the course. So well, she even caught the attention of...
You can learn a lot from a simple sketch. And, sometimes a small effort can make a big difference. Georgia College art students are making that kind of impact on a classroom in Cameroon, where students share one box of crayons. Georgia College was one of 30 schools and universities nationwide to participate in the Cameroon effort through the international nonprofit, “The Memory Project.” Fourteen students in Matt Forrest’s advanced printmaking class received photos of artwork from...
Ava Leone Where are you from? I was born and raised in Augusta, GA where I attended Davidson Fine Arts Magnet school. Growing up here shaped my love for culture and the arts. Dr. Brian Newsome, head of the Honors College, also attended DFA, and Dr. Harold Mock, head of Leadership Programs, is from Augusta. They are wonderful people and worth getting to know. Do you have a minor? I have an English minor and apply many of the storytelling techniques I have learned in my English classes...
Two Georgia College students have been selected to participate in summer research internships funded through a partnership by Fulbright Canada and MITACS Globalink. Junior physics major Catherine Boyd and junior biology major Molly Bullington will undertake advanced research projects for 10 to 12 weeks under the supervision of faculty at Canadian institutions. Boyd will perform research on nanostructured thin film devices with faculty from the University of Victoria. Nanotechnology,...
For Savannah Taylor, a junior double-major in Economics and World Language and Culture, gardening was more about the mud than about sustainability. She grew up in the suburbs outside of Atlanta where she and her parents would spend afternoons cultivating vegetables and greens. It was this natural affinity she brought with her to Georgia College where she quickly joined the Gardening Club. She didn’t expect that her personal hobby could lead to her to being named one of Campus Compact’s...
Competence in physics is consistently ranked as the highest need in U.S. school districts, according to the American Association for Employment in Education. Only 35 percent of new physics teachers in middle or high school, however, hold a degree in physics or physics education. More alarming: Nearly one-third of secondary physics teachers take fewer than three college courses in physics. As result, most middle and high school students are taught physics and physical science by teachers...
Like their heroes on TV crime shows, Georgia College students will soon be able to do a little scientific sleuthing of their own. They’ll be able to detect explosive TNT residue, analyze DNA fingerprints, determine drug usage from a strand of hair and identify signatures by the type of ink or pen used. Demand for these kinds of skills is rising, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which projects a 14 percent growth in entry-level forensic science jobs through 2028...
Brent Zucker, ’16, an engineering manager in the Innovation Lab at NCR Corporation recently earned the NCR Corporation 2020 Co-inventor of the Year Award for patents he created as innovative technology for use in banks, retailers, restaurants, small businesses and more. After working at NCR for nearly five years, Zucker has filed over 30 patents and has had at least 12 approved. He also supervises a dozen full-time engineers and five-to-10 interns. Serving in a leadership role is...
