The Milly Farmer's Market is TODAY and every first and third Friday. The market is open from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and can include locally sourced and grown products, handmade natural household cleaning supplies, freshly baked bread and pastries, fresh eggs, locally raised meats, pork, duck, and rabbit, wildflower bouquets, bagged local compost, potted plants and succulents, local honey, corn and other seasonal vegetables, seasonal fruit, locally-raised and made goat soaps, natural oil-based...
Dr. Scott Buchanan, professor of Political Science, was the featured speaker last week at the Coastal Georgia Historical Society's annual Chautauqua Lecture Series. The series features scholars and authors from around the nation, and this year's series focuses upon pivotal elections in U.S. political history. Dr. Buchanan's talk was titled "Georgia’s Gubernatorial Election of 1946: The Triumph of Rural Georgia." A link to the talk may be found here: https://vimeo.com/event/1195663.
Dr. Stephanie McClure, a professor of sociology at Georgia College & State University for 20 years, was recently named a Governor’s Teaching Fellow in the state’s Academic Year Symposium program. This selective, yearlong programs consists of monthly sessions lasting two to three days in Athens, Georgia. Unlike the Governor’s Teaching Fellows Summer Symposium, which has yearly themes, the academic year program primarily focuses on course design and redesign. “I was excited to hear the...
We all know the traits of a proper bobcat. They leap 12 feet to catch prey. They can see in the dark and run 30 miles per hour. They’re extremely territorial.Now we can add another characteristic to the tufted-eared, bob-tailed cat: Taking responsibility for the management and duties of a voting precinct.Five Georgia College & State University Bobcats did exactly that at polling locations in two counties during Tuesday’s Georgia Primary Elections. “Five students in two counties—that’s...
The Criminal Justice Program is conducting a reentry simulation Friday, April 12, from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room in the library. This simulation was developed by the Department of Justice to simulate the struggles and challenges faced by individuals who are transitioning from incarceration back into society. Each participant assumes the identity of an ex-offender and receives a packet of materials explaining the reentrant’s criminal background,...
The Criminal Justice Program is conducting a reentry simulation Friday, April 12, from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room in the library. This simulation was developed by the Department of Justice to simulate the struggles and challenges faced by individuals who are transitioning from incarceration back into society. Each participant assumes the identity of an ex-offender and receives a packet of materials explaining the reentrant’s criminal background,...
Dr. Scott Buchanan, professor of Political Science and department chair of Government and Sociology, will be giving a book talk on Wednesday evening, 10 April, at 6 p.m. at Georgia's Old Governor's Mansion. Dr. Buchanan is the co-author of the only book devoted to one of the more unusual political controversies in the history of Georgia--and perhaps in the nation's history. Please join us for the talk and reception.
Dr. Scott Buchanan, professor of Political Science and department chair of Government and Sociology, will be giving a book talk on Wednesday evening, 10 April, at 6 p.m. at Georgia's Old Governor's Mansion. Dr. Buchanan is the co-author of the only book devoted to one of the more unusual political controversies in the history of Georgia--and perhaps in the nation's history. Please join us for the talk and reception.
Originally two panels were scheduled regarding the First Amendment; however, both panels have been condensed into one event at 3:30 p.m. It is titled "First Amendment in Higher Education: Classroom Discussions, Campus Protests and Consequences for Diversity and Inclusion," and it will be held on April 11 from 3:30-4:45 p.m. in the Arts and Sciences Auditorium. Each panelist will speak for five to 10 minutes about any topic related to higher education, diversity and the First Amendment...
