Before commencement every year, each college of the university selects an outstanding student to receive a medallion commemorating their undergraduate achievement. This year, Savannah Taylor, senior economics and world languages and cultures double-major, won two. The College of Business (COB) and College of Arts and Sciences (COAS) both awarded Taylor their 2022 Outstanding Student Awards. She was also named Georgia College’s Newman Civic Fellow earlier in the year. “There are so...

Even though they were eliminated later, a team of five students were the first from Georgia College to advance to the second round of the Southern Classic Research Challenge, a sub-regional competition in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge. The annual, global competition rigorously tests university students on their analytical, valuation, report writing and presentation skills. As part of the Southern Classic sub-region, students from Georgia College...

Innovative. Tough. Approachable. Passionate.   In her nomination, these were the words students and colleagues used to describe Dr. Brooke Conaway, associate professor of economics, and 2022 recipient of the University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents Felton Jenkins Jr. Hall of Fame Faculty Award.  Conaway is the fourth Georgia College professor in five years and the second in her department to earn this award. At Georgia College for the last 12 years, she also received the...

Making up just 4% of College of Business undergraduates, economics majors are the minority. But that doesn’t stop them from having transformative experiences at Georgia College.  Senior economics major Maxwell Harley began his research over the summer, thanks to Mentored Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors (MURACE) grants.   “I was able to learn two different programming languages,” said Harley “I’d spend my day working on my research, so I was able to collect data myself...

Reports of child maltreatment dramatically declined during the early days of COVID, when schools nationwide closed their doors and switched to online learning. A new assistant professor of economics at Georgia College, Dr. Cullen Wallace, and his research partners were first to examine the impact of school closings on abuse. By focusing on Florida—which updates its data system monthly—researchers were able to study the issue in ‘real time.’ What they found was startling. While you...

For years, women have worked to break the invisible barrier that keeps underrepresented groups from climbing the corporate ladder. But even with that hard work, women remain under the “glass ceiling” and are still unrepresented in certain careers. In the field of economics, women represented only 7 percent of new Ph.D.’s in 1972, according to a 2018 report from the American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP). In nearly 50 years,...

Dr. Brent Evans, assistant professor of economics, came to Georgia College in 2004 as a first-year student. He “fell in love with the campus” as he worked through his undergraduate degree. Not sure exactly where his career path would lead, he decided jump right into a Ph.D. program. “I went to Mississippi State straight out of Georgia College for my Ph. D.,” said Evans. “I majored in economics at Georgia College, and just based on how much I loved it, I really wanted to be a professor,...

Cameron Watts What’s your major?  - Economics
 Where are you from? - Peachtree Corners, Georgia
 What activities have you been involved with during college? - Georgia College Nudge Unit, Student Government Association, University Senate, Council of Student Ambassadors, Bobcat Brigade Pep Band, Oxford University Exchange Program, GEM Mentorship Program
. How did your college experience help you grow or change your perspective? - Georgia College created an ideal environment to challenge...