College of Arts & Sciences

Patti Perry Zimmermann, ’78, dared to venture across the professional spectrum from teaching music to become a senior analyst in technology and finance at Macy’s Technology, a division of Macy’s, Inc.  After graduating from Georgia College & State University with a degree in instrumental education, Zimmermann taught music in the classroom a few years to approximately 1,000 elementary students each week and gave private woodwind lessons. “I couldn't get a job as a band director as a...

B“Alan” Reeves has lived a life of service to others. As a Secret Service agent, he protected former Presidents Bush, Obama and Trump. Today, he provides protection for former President Carter. But he believes his greatest act of service was his decision to donate a kidney to an area educator in need of a transplant, so that person can live a long, healthy life. During a visit to Georgia College & State University to share his law enforcement career with students, Reeves praised the...

Emily Whittemore From: Marietta, GA Major: Undecided—I have so many interests and am still unsure. Why Georgia College: I chose Georgia College because the campus is beautiful, and I think I’ll make a lot of friends here. When I toured last July, I knew it was the place I wanted to be.  Biggest high school achievement: My biggest high school achievement was when I participated in a Foreign Exchange Program in France. Plans for involvement in college: I want to be involved in the Women's...

  Mackenzie Taylor Jones  From: LaGrange, Georgia Major/minor: I plan on pursuing a major in biology in hopes of going into nursing. I am currently undecided on a minor. Why did you choose Georgia College? I chose Georgia College for multiple reasons. One of those reasons is its location and size. GC is not too big or too small. What were your biggest achievements in high school? Although I had many academic achievements, some of my largest achievements were through sports. I was a...

The walls of Georgia College’s new Integrated Science Complex has original Congo paintings available for study thanks to Jim and Karen Fleece of Greensboro, Georgia. “The artwork seems simple, but it's full of symbolism,” Jim said. “Now this meaningful artwork will be studied year-after-year.” As the couple downsized their residence, they thought about donating their art to Georgia College. “We didn't want to split up the collection, because it's so unique,” Jim said. “It's unlike...

Two Georgia College students have been selected to participate in summer research internships funded through a partnership by Fulbright Canada and MITACS Globalink. Junior physics major Catherine Boyd and junior biology major Molly Bullington will undertake advanced research projects for 10 to 12 weeks under the supervision of faculty at Canadian institutions. Boyd will perform research on nanostructured thin film devices with faculty from the University of Victoria. Nanotechnology,...

For Savannah Taylor, a junior double-major in Economics and World Language and Culture, gardening was more about the mud than about sustainability. She grew up in the suburbs outside of Atlanta where she and her parents would spend afternoons cultivating vegetables and greens. It was this natural affinity she brought with her to Georgia College where she quickly joined the Gardening Club. She didn’t expect that her personal hobby could lead to her to being named one of Campus Compact’s...

From the stories she'd heard about the Central State Hospital campus, Kelly Bousquette expected to find hollowed out halls and ghostly buildings in various states of disrepair, but what she found was surprisingly lush.  "It's not as creepy as a lot of people say it is," Bousquette said, speaking of her visit last October with a city councilman and the local redevelopment director. They met to talk about how her organization, Students for Change, might be able to help revitalize use...