Amanda Brennen Hometown: Roswell, GA. What made you choose Georgia College? There are only two music therapy programs in Georgia, and I felt most excited after visiting Georgia College. I loved the campus, the faculty I met was so inviting and I was excited about the possible leadership opportunities I would have. What made you want to study music therapy? My sophomore year at Roswell High, my literature teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. At the time, I told her...
Stephanie Perez-Telon What is your major, and where is your hometown? My major is theatre with a double minor on French and Psychology. I had two hometowns which are San Juan, Puerto Rico which is where I was born and resided for 13 years, and Buford, Georgia which is the place where I finally felt like I found a home when I moved to Georgia. What inspired you to become a theatre major? I started theatre in my sophomore year of high school and I really just fell in love with it, but...
From Oslo, Norway, to Chattanooga, Tennessee; from Atlanta to Columbus; from Macon to Milledgeville—Georgia College’s government faculty seemed to be everywhere this electoral season.They helped the media and public navigate a quagmire of political jargon, rumored illegality, swinging states and possible voter fraud. On election night, faculty gave live commentary at multiple locations. As results trickled in, they guided viewers through messy partisan confusion and helped a perplexed...
Dontavius Wilson Where are you from? I am from Sparta, Georgia. What classes did you enjoy most and why? British Literature and English Romanticism classes. British Literature has a lot of wonderful works. I learned about the many different social issues that society has had and that it still deals with now aside from racism. We also studied humanity for their marginalization errors, hierarchy and their dependence on superficiality--things of that nature. What organizations did you...
Connor King What’s your major(s)? I am a double major in Management Information Systems and Mass Communication. Where are you from? I am from Atlanta, Georgia. What activities have you been involved with during college? I served one year in my Residence Halls Community Council and one year as a Community Advisor for University Housing. I worked for the Sports Information Department during my entire five and a half years at GC. I completed the three programs in GC's Leadership Programs...
Like the Grinch who stole Christmas—COVID-19 produced particularly dreary headlines in early 2020. The Washington Post declared “The Nutcracker” nationwide had become the “latest casualty” of the coronavirus. By October, it reported numerous cancellations of the ballet were hitting “dance companies hard.” In places like Washington, D.C. and Houston, Texas, virtual performances were announced. But in many others like New York City, Atlanta and Macon, the much-beloved holiday classic...
It takes four pairs of hands to make the light bulb go on. Plus, a little sun and some physics. A group of Georgia College physics majors recently installed a solar panel at Baldwin County High School (BCHS). They represented all four years of college—from freshman to a senior who graduated last May. It was the university’s first off-campus solar project—delayed slightly from the spring, due to COVID-19. “This was the most exciting part for me, seeing the transfer of knowledge from...
Picking the right presidential candidate can be tricky in the best of times. Just in time for early voting this month, however, comes something everyone can get behind: music. Georgia College’s updated and improved Trax on the Trail website is a serious study of the science of music and political strategy. Songs on the campaign trail often evoke nostalgia, even lightheartedness. They boost a candidate or poke fun, halt indecisiveness and influence voters.Music can also bring people...
In many places, the performing arts have shut down—snuffed out, it seems, by a virus. Even Broadway is closed. Stages are dark. Actors can’t rehearse safely together. They can’t perform in front of live audiences. Big-name plays can’t be performed, because royalties exclude permission for virtual acting. Tickets can’t be sold for locally-scripted productions that are largely experimental. Going online is costly, too, requiring specialized video equipment and training. These challenges...
Many people are tempted to Google their own names. If H.L. Lee Gillis did that, he’d find more than 1.6 million hits directly connected to his work in psychology—a fitting legacy of his many years researching group psychotherapy and adventure therapy. It’s no wonder, then, Dr. Gillis was nationally recognized by the Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy, Division 49 of the American Psychological Association (APA). He was recently presented with APA’s “2020 Arthur Teicher...
