Thanks to Georgia College & State University’s new medical physics program, this graduate’s future is off to a healthy start. Kaylee Kallam of Cumming was Georgia College’s first student to complete its new medical physics pathway. Now, she’s been accepted into the University of Tennessee’s Medical Physics master’s program with a full assistantship teaching position, tuition waived and a monthly stipend. “I feel very prepared based on the classes I took and the resources I was given...
Georgia College & State University and the Mercer University College of Pharmacy are partnering for a healthier Georgia. May 10, President Cathy Cox and Mercer University President William D. Underwood signed an agreement for Georgia College pre-pharmacy graduates to receive priority applicant status to Mercer’s Doctor of Pharmacy program. “A significant number of our students have expressed an interest in pursuing a Doctor of Pharmacy,” said Dr. Sayo Fakayode, chair of the Department...
Dr. Catrena Lisse, chemistry professor and director of Georgia College & State University’s Science Education Center, has won the 2023 Charles Dunn Award from the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC). Dr. Eric Tenbus, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, called the honor well-deserved, saying Lisse continues to be a “tremendous ambassador” for Georgia College. “We’re ecstatic for Dr. Lisse to have won the COPLAC’s Dunn award,” Tenbus said. “She fully represents the teacher-scholar...
About 65 first and second graders will attend Georgia College & State University’s 5th Renewable Energy Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today—Tuesday, March 21 at Centennial Center—as physics students demonstrate the power of sun, wind, water, biofuel and other sustainable sources. It’s the first Renewable Energy Day since the COVID-19 pandemic. “Even if they cannot fully comprehend the ideas of climate change or global warming, it’s important to expose children at very young ages to these...
About 65 first and second graders will attend Georgia College & State University’s 5th Renewable Energy Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today—Tuesday, March 21 at Centennial Center—as physics students demonstrate the power of sun, wind, water, biofuel and other sustainable sources. It’s the first Renewable Energy Day since the COVID-19 pandemic. “Even if they cannot fully comprehend the ideas of climate change or global warming, it’s important to expose children at very young ages to these...
Story and photos developed by University Communications. The Georgia College & State University Department of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy purchased a sophisticated high-field 400 megahertz (MHz) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrum Meter in its efforts to give students the best possible training. “This is top of the line. That’s a Cadillac. It’s like going from riding a bicycle to driving a Mercedes Benz,” said Dr. Sayo Fakayode, chair of chemistry, physics and astronomy,...
Story and photos developed by University Communications. Starting this fall, a new concentration in medical physics will prepare students to get a master’s degree for careers in radiation therapy. It’s the second opportunity for students in recent years—following a new physics education pathway in 2021 to stem the shortage of physics teachers nationwide. Other initiatives in the works are a dual-enrollment partnership with Auburn University in engineering and opening talks with Georgia...
Dr. Susan Daneman Richardson, ’84, and Andy Richardson, ’83, are each on a mission. Susan’s striving to make drinking water safe, and Andy’s offering scholarships to Georgia College & State University (GCSU) chemistry students. Susan’s been the recipient of several national awards and international recognition. She developed an interest for chemistry in high school, which grew from there and matured at Georgia College. Dr. John Hargaden helped inform that growth. He taught physical...
Georgia College’s Young Scientists Academy (YSA)—a six-week program that gives high school youth from disadvantaged, rural areas a crack at university-level research—returned this summer in a big way. It was the first YSA since the pandemic and, because of COVID, its seven high school participants had little or no lab experience. They’d only taken chemistry online. Their first real lab experience was in Georgia College’s state-of-the-art Integrated Science Complex (ISC) with everything...
