Reese Monroe attended Georgia College’s first in-person orientation in June 2022. With Father’s Day just a week away, both Reese and his father, Jeffery Monroe, talked about the next steps in Reese’s educational journey. Where are you from? Macon, Georgia What high school did you attend? The Academy for Classical Education. What is the most important thing you learned in high school? To do my best work, not half do it. Major/minor: Biology; I plan to do pre-Med. Why did you choose...

Careers in marine sciences are more important than ever—with oceans rising and the proliferation of toxic algae and pollutions. To ensure Georgia College students are prepared, and to take advantage of faculty knowledge and expertise in this field, the university will open a new Aquatic Sciences Center (ASC) by fall 2022. “We are seeing significant changes in our global climate that’s been rapidly accelerating in the last decade,” said Dr. Indiren Pillay, chair of biological and environmental...

Junior biology major Wesley DeMontigny was awarded the Goldwater Scholarship in March—a first for Georgia College.  For general research in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering, the scholarship identifies future researchers and is the most prestigious of its kind.  “The Goldwater Scholarship is the nation's foremost award for undergraduates studying the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering,” said Anna Whiteside, assistant director of the Honors College and coordinator...