Fall Festival will take place Oct. 25 from 4 until 6 p.m. There will be crafts, games, candy, a costume contest and raffles. Food will be for sale with 100% of the proceeds going toward youth recreation scholarships. The event is presented by Dr. Carrie Cook's class as a juvenile delinquency prevention initiative.
Fall Festival will take place Oct. 25 from 4 until 6 p.m. There will be crafts, games, candy, a costume contest and raffles. Food will be for sale with 100% of the proceeds going toward youth recreation scholarships. The event is presented by Dr. Carrie Cook's class as a juvenile delinquency prevention initiative.
The Mock Trial team, which consists of 23 members and has enjoyed a history of success, will participate in an unprecedented three invitational tournaments this year in preparation for the annual regional competition. From Nov. 11-12, 2023, the team will compete in the Wildcat Classic in Davidson, North Carolina. From Nov. 17-18, 2023, the team will compete in the Derek Morehead and Irene Downs Invitational Tournament in Kansas City, Missouri. Finally, from Jan. 20-21, 2024, the team...
Dr. S.E. Buchanan, department chair of Government and Sociology, was quoted this week by a media outlet in Norway about the legal investigations surrounding the 2020 presidential election Georgia. Verdens Gang (VG) is a preeminent news publication in Norway ready by over 2 million people daily. The article may be found at the following link: https://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/i/nQ2pgo/tidligere-trump-advokat-erkjenner-straffskyld-lover-aa-vitne-mot-trump
Georgia College & State University’s 2023 Coverdell Visiting Scholar Dr. George Kieh—in collaboration with the GCSU Departments of Government & Sociology and History & Geography—will host a student panel discussion on “The State of American Democracy” from 6 to 8 pm. Thursday, Oct. 26, in the Arts & Sciences building, room 263. This discussion involves five students majoring in history and political science. They will present on topics like elections and access to ballots. Questions...
Georgia College & State University’s 2023 Coverdell Visiting Scholar Dr. George Kieh—in collaboration with the GCSU Departments of Government & Sociology and History & Geography—will host a student panel discussion on “The State of American Democracy” from 6 to 8 pm. Thursday, Oct. 26, in the Arts & Sciences building, room 263. This discussion involves five students majoring in history and political science. They will present on topics like elections and access to ballots. Questions...
Few today in the United States have borne the kind of scars Dr. George Kieh has for freedom. Born and raised on a rubber plantation in Liberia, Georgia College & State University’s latest Coverdell Visiting Scholar learned about injustice firsthand. His father worked the plantation 35 years, and treatment for laborers could be harsh. By middle school, Kieh had organized his first social-justice movement. He later became president of the University of Liberia’s Student Government...
As a teenager, Grace Cooper, ’22, was intrigued by the “X-Files” TV series. She thought it would be cool to work with the FBI. When she took her criminal justice classes at Georgia College & State University, she quickly learned the fiction behind the television series depicting law enforcement. “I once thought it would be so cool to be an investigator,” said Cooper, transitional case manager for the Continuum of Care program at Riverbend Correctional Facility in Milledgeville. “Then,...
Dr. Steve Elliott-Gower, associate professor of political science, is one of more than 70 college professors in North America invited to become a 2023-24 CFR Higher Education Ambassador through the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). The nine-month professional development initiative is designed to promote global literacy among undergraduate students through engaging, creative materials and pedagogies. The ambassadors are “educators committed to equipping students with the knowledge,...
Dr. Scott Buchanan, professor of Political Science, was recently quoted in two media outlets—one domestic and one international. Both articles are focused on former President Trump's recent indictment in Georgia. The links to both stories are below. https://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/i/q1Mnr1/de-som-elsker-trump https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4159319-georgia-indictment-sharpens-rift-between-trump-and-the-peach-state/
