Academic Outreach

Are you (or a student/recent graduate who you know) going to be around Milledgeville this summer and looking for a fun way to earn a little money, gain leadership skills and enrich the lives of children?  If so, contact Ruth Eilers about a position with Academic Outreach. You will lead three science filled weeks of camp in June. The rest of the summer we provide hands-on science enrichment through field trips and summer reading program visits at area libraries. The hours are flexible,...

Are you looking for a fun way to start your Spring Break? Join us for a Georgia Adopt-a-Stream training (macroinvertebrate or chemical) and/or some water quality monitoring this week. Do you want to see what it is all about?  Join us Friday at 9 a.m. at Lake Laurel where we will do chemical monitoring of Champion Creek and/or at 10:30 a.m. at Andalusia where we will monitor Tobler Creek. No experience necessary.  (Register here: https://givepul.se/q7uw31.) Are you interested in adopting...

Happy Valentine's Day! Join Academic Outreach at the Fountain Feb. 14 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. to play with water through our Georgia College & State University Thirst for Knowledge Program. We will have: * Stream table:  Learn more about how a stream moves and how sediments travel. * Water color poppies: Make your own colorful poppy using the capillary action of water. * H2Olymics: How many drops of water can you get on a penny? Can you make a coin float on water?  Please join us.

Monthly Monitoring is coming up. Join us Friday, Feb. 2, for Chemical Monitoring of Champion Creek at Lake Laurel (9 - 10 a.m.) at Georgia College & State University's East Campus and/or Tobler Creek at Andalusia (10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.).  No experience necessary. Be sure to wear closed-toed shoes that can get wet. We will use Georgia Adopt-a-Stream methods to test temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivity and pH of the streams, all while enjoying the beauty of Georgia College's East...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Want to learn more about campus while making a positive impact? Join us Friday, January 12, for Chemical Monitoring of Champion Creek at Lake Laurel (9 - 10 a.m.) at Georgia College & State University's East Campus and/or Tobler Creek at Andalusia (10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.).  There's no experience necessary. Be sure to wear closed-toed shoes that can get wet. We will use Georgia Adopt-a-Stream methods to test temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivity and pH of the streams,...

Do you want to learn more about campus while making a positive impact? Join us Wednesday, Dec. 6 for Chemical Monitoring of Champion Creek at Lake Laurel (9 - 10 a.m.) at Georgia College & State University's East Campus and/or Tobler Creek at Andalusia (10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.).  There's no experience necessary. Be sure to wear closed-toed shoes that can get wet. We will use Georgia Adopt-a-Stream methods to test temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivity and pH of the streams all while...