Lake Laurel

Happy New Year!  Start your semester off right by ending the first week with a little stream monitoring!  Join us Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, for our first monitoring sessions of the semester. We will visit several streams that run through or impact Georgia College & State University:  Champion Creek at Lake Laurel (9 - 10 a.m.) at Georgia College's East CampusTobler Creek at Andalusia Farm (10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.)Tanyard Creek by College Station (2:30 - 3:30 p.m.) No experience is necessary...

Our last session of Stream Monitoring for the semester will be happening Friday, Nov. 21!  This time we will do both chemical and macroinvertebrate monitoring!  We will visit several streams that run through or impact Georgia College & State University:  Champion Creek at Lake Laurel (9 - 10:30 a.m.) at Georgia College's East CampusTobler Creek at Andalusia Farm (11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)Tanyard Creek by College Station (2 - 3:30 p.m.) No experience is necessary. Be sure to wear closed-toed...

The GC High Achievers Program celebrated the Afterschool Alliance's 2025 Lights On Afterschool celebration. The premise of the celebration was to bring awareness about the need for quality afterschool programs. The Georgia College & State University Academic Outreach Team facilitated the activities at GCSU's East Campus (Lake Laurel). The group experienced physical and mental health from walking the nature trail and STEAM activities by skimming the water and capturing dragonfly larvae,...

Our next session of Chemical Stream Monitoring will be happening during Water Education Week! Join us Oct. 17, 2025! We will visit several streams that run through or impact Georgia College & State University:  Champion Creek at Lake Laurel (9 - 10 a.m.) at Georgia College's East CampusTobler Creek at Andalusia Farm (10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.)Tanyard Creek by College Station (2:30 - 3:30 p.m.) No experience is necessary. Be sure to wear closed-toed shoes that can get wet. We will use Georgia...

Are you looking for something fun to this weekend that is outdoors and makes an impact? How about adopting a stream?  Through the Georgia College & State University Thirst for Knowledge Program, you can become Georgia Adopt-a-Stream certified this Saturday (Oct. 4) at our beautiful East Campus (Lake Laurel). The macroinvertebrate training will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Trainings certification is valid for one year.Stream macroinvertebrates (insects, mollusks and crustaceans) are excellent...

Looking for a way to meet new people, learn more about campus and give back to the environment?  Join us Sept. 5, 2025 for some stream monitoring! Georgia College & State University's Thirst for Knowledge meets monthly to do chemical monitoring of several streams that run through or impact GCSU:  Champion Creek at Lake Laurel (9 - 10 a.m.) at Georgia College's East CampusTobler Creek at Andalusia Farm (10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.)Tanyard Creek by College Station (2:30 - 3:30 p.m.) No experience...