Exposure to a second language doesn’t usually begin until high school. By then, too many are fearful of new territory and have built barriers. Not young children. Like a sponge, they’re eager to absorb new experiences. “They’re not afraid to make mistakes, and that’s something I have to get over myself. It’s so freeing to see them learning and accepting other languages and cultures,” said junior Christopher Jackson of Gray. Jackson is double majoring in communication and world language...
Georgia College has joined a prestigious international consortium of VIPs. By its acronym, you might think its members are ‘very important people.’ And, well, they are. They’re faculty and students who formed research teams across all disciplines. Now, they’ve been united in an organization and website called Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program––a model for experiential learning. Joining the consortium puts Georgia College’s name on the world stage. It adds new emphasis on...
At age five, Dr. Harriett Whipple, professor emerita, developed a fascination with flowers. She and her friends observed roses in her yard and made clover chains in kindergarten. Little did she know that this passion would carry her through to her mid 20s, when she would get her Ph.D. in botany. Whipple came to Georgia College in 1968. For nearly 50 years she taught botany and biology—a once male-dominated field. “When I was hired, there were mostly men in my profession,” Whipple...
If rising tensions in Eastern Europe don’t abate—Dr. William Risch’s students will learn history as it unfolds. The Ukraine has endured more than its share of war, dominance and struggle for identity. Lately, it’s been in the news with a build-up of more than 100,000 Russian troops at its border. A spar of words between superpowers is fueling fears of confrontation and a third world war. “I wish things had taken a different path, because war exhausts people. They become embittered,”...
Georgia College’s Integrated Science Complex (ISC) is not your grandfather’s idea of a traditional lab—where doors are shut, and people isolate in their own workspaces guarding projects from prying eyes. The university’s new science building is about openess. Light. Transparency. Shared lab spaces. Collaboration. And glass. Lots of glass. “This building was designed to be science on display,” said Dr. Indiren Pillay, chair of Biological and Environmental Sciences. “There is a paradigm...
Ellen Yeudall embodies what it means to be a stellar student. Her dedication, highest scholastic achievement and devotion to service was noticed by the University System of Georgia (USG) which identified Yeudall as Georgia College’s 2022 Academic Recognition Day representative. The senior English major has a concentration in literature and minor in theatre. Graduating in May with a 4.0 GPA, she’s a member of the Honors College; non-fiction editor of Georgia College’s literary magazine,...
For Abraham Abebe, creativity runs through his veins. With his skills, he can take a blank canvas and turn it into something both beautiful and meaningful. From mid-December to mid-January, he worked most days from sun-up to sun-down installing a mural on Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority’s Historic Terminal Station. Abebe braved the cold and wind working through both Christmas and New Year to complete “The Spirit of Macon.” “I started on Dec. 18. Then, from there, I just continued...
The love of dance runs deep for Dr. Carla Walter. It’s not only the aesthetic value of it she enjoys but how it allows people to express their feelings and emotions and connects them to the world around them. “I have always loved dance,” said Walter. “From the time I was a young child, but also now, I love the spirituality of it.” As the Martha Daniel Newell Visiting Scholar for the Spring 2022 semester, Walter will teach Global Perspectives of Indigenous Dance and Religious Histories...
