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Read the College of Business & Technology November Newsletter
Announcement    Friday, November 7, 2025
Our November newsletter highlights our Department of Economics & Finance, outstanding alumni in finance and marketing, shrimp & economics and more. We invite you to read our monthly updates.
Featured Faculty member: Why Students Love Learning Economics with Dr. Conaway
Announcement    Tuesday, November 11, 2025
A proud Georgia College & State University alumna, Dr. Brooke Conaway graduated in 2003 with degrees in economics and political science before earning her master’s and Ph.D. in applied economics from Clemson University. She returned to her alma mater in 2010 and has been inspiring students ever since. Her engaging approach to teaching has earned her several awards, including the 2021 Excellence in Teaching Award and induction into the University System of Georgia’s Felton Jenkins Jr...
Congratulations to the Fall 2025 Elevator Pitch Competition winners!
Announcement    Friday, November 7, 2025
Last week, the Marketing program in the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business & Technology hosted the final round of the Fall 2025 Elevator Pitch Competition. Almost 350 COBT students competed throughout the semester. The top 20 were invited to compete in a final round competition for the chance to win cash prizes, sponsored by Central Garden & Pet and Fouts Bros Inc. All the students did a great job, and the competition was fierce!The top five winners are: 1st Place- Evan Nichols...
Presentation and open forum: Candidate for the Dean of the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business & Technology
Announcement    Thursday, November 13, 2025
Members of the university community are invited to a presentation and open forum with Dr. William Hill, candidate for the position of the Dean of the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business & Technology.The presentation will be held in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room from 10:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. The candidate will discuss "Integrating Liberal Arts and Innovation: Envisioning the Next Five Years within the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business & Technology."Please...
Open Enrollment Guidance and Financial Planning Seminar
Event    Friday, October 31, 2025
Dr. Brent Evans, assistant professor of Finance, will host a financial planning seminar focused on navigating open enrollment, choosing retirement plans and more. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend. The event is free, and Evans has nothing to sell.
Marketing Masterclass with Shark Tank entrepreneur and Goebel Media leaders
Announcement    Thursday, October 23, 2025
The J. Whitney Bunting College of Business & Technology and Georgia College & State University invite the campus and community to a special Executive Forum, Marketing Masterclass: Strategy, Creativity and Growth, featuring Lou Childs, co-founder of SlumberPod and Shark Tank participant, alongside Nick Goebel, technical director, and Lauren Goebel, creative director of Goebel Media.Childs, who co-founded SlumberPod with her daughter, brings more than 25 years of experience in marketing,...
Marketing Masterclass with Shark Tank entrepreneur and Goebel Media leaders
Event    Monday, November 17, 2025
The J. Whitney Bunting College of Business & Technology and Georgia College & State University invite the campus and community to a special Executive Forum, Marketing Masterclass: Strategy, Creativity and Growth, featuring Lou Childs, co-founder of SlumberPod and Shark Tank participant, alongside Nick Goebel, technical director, and Lauren Goebel, creative director of Goebel Media.Childs, who co-founded SlumberPod with her daughter, brings more than 25 years of experience in marketing,...
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Economics professor gives students a taste of the shrimp industry
News Story    Wednesday, October 22, 2025
By Ian Wesselhoff Dr. John Swinton, professor of economics at Georgia College & State University, has always liked to swim against the tide.Through Georgia College’s GC2Y seminar program, Swinton saw an opportunity to showcase economic thinking in a way that no one else was. He took a semester-long sabbatical to develop the course ‘Global Perspectives: Shrimp Economy,’ designed for students of any major.“When I put this together, it wasn’t like I was just nuts about shrimp,” Swinton...
CoBT's Dr. Wu teaches students how data-science applies to the world around them
Announcement    Thursday, October 23, 2025
As GCSU integrates artificial intelligence into more areas of study, Dr. Wu’s expertise helps ensure students are graduate ready to apply data-driven decision-making across industries from baseball to information security.Before teaching machine learning or guiding students through real-world analytics projects, Dr. Daniel Wu, assistant professor of data science, spent nearly 20 years in corporate IT writing code, managing databases and solving complex data problems that demanded both...
Read the College of Business & Technology October Newsletter
Announcement    Thursday, October 9, 2025
Fall semester is bustling with activity in Atkinson! Our October newsletter highlights our Department of Information Systems & Computer Science, our U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Colleges rankings, University of Münster Visiting Scholars, workshops and career fairs and an alumnus who works today as a full stack engineer with Lockheed Martin.
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