We invite you to read our January Newsletter! The Department of Continuing and Professional Education continues to provide you with a variety of fun programs and course offerings - open to anyone interested in learning or enrichment! Want to teach for us or want to learn about something we don't yet offer? Reach out to continuingeducation@gcsu.edu with your ideas. Featuring: Declutter Your Life Adult Ballroom Dance Wonders of Greece Trip 2024 Spring Dance Registration …and more!...
It’s a rowdy, loud gathering. Bodies swaying, feet tapping as a dozen college counselors hand out stickers and lead the familiar camp song: “Kids’ University, where we learn and swim and play. Kids’ University where we have fun all day…” The campers in this group, K-6 graders, raise their hands, showing their fingers for a five-fingered contract. They solemnly recite: I will be safe. I will be committed. I will be respectful. I will be responsible. I will be my best. Welcome to Kids’...
At Centennial Center and on West Campus athletic fields this summer, youngsters can be seen running to-and-fro kicking balls, whacking balls, dribbling balls and scurrying after balls. It may be hot. But to the more than 200 kids, aged 5 to 17, playing tennis, soccer, softball, baseball and basketball at one of Georgia College’s eight athletic camps—it's pure fun. “The kids who come to our camp are very much beginners. They come because it’s a lot of fun. It’s a great time,” said Steve...
Chopped strawberries, frozen blueberries, spinach and ice: Blend them all together and what do you get? Lots of noise, laughter and a delicious smoothie made by adults with ‘disAbilities.’ “We’ve been waiting 20 years for this kind of course,” said Barbara Coleman, executive director of the Life Enrichment Center (LEC) in Milledgeville. “We had seven college interns and seven candidates, a willing teacher and everything just came together.” For the first time, individuals from LEC...
Angela Criscoe, ’04, ’06, MFA, interim executive director of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies wants to help Georgia College alumni flourish in their chosen professions and passions. But she needs your valuable input in selecting educational and enrichment opportunities to benefit you, or ones you may want to teach. “Georgia College is growing its continuing education programming to support workforce professionals who need to upskill and advance their knowledge for...
