On Nov. 10-11 2023, the Mock Trial team competed at the Second Annual Wildcat Invitational Tournament in Davidson, North Carolina. The team performed admirably, defeating the University of Kentucky and Davidson College. Additionally, Stelios Spirou, the Mock Trial team captain, won an Outstanding Attorney Award, which was given to the top four of approximately 35 competing attorneys. The team, which is coached by Assistant Professor Adam Lamparello, will compete next at the Queen City...
We are delighted to announce that Vivian Cassaniti, a dedicated political science major, under the mentorship of Dr. Min Kim, has been honored with the prestigious Pajari Best Undergraduate Research Paper Award at the recent Georgia Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Vivian's research delves into the systematic examination of gender differences in attitudes toward public policy issues and their profound impact on American politics. Her work offers invaluable insights into...
War continues in the Ukraine. Widespread conflict threatens the Middle East. Around the world—according to a study released this month by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)—democracy is on the decline. Amid this turmoil, a voice from Georgia College & State University cries out this warning: “Don’t go down that path.” “In an autocracy, you got to go with the program. There’s no room for independent views,” said Dr. George Kieh, Georgia College’s 2023...
War continues in the Ukraine. Widespread conflict threatens the Middle East. Around the world—according to a study released this month by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)—democracy is on the decline. Amid this turmoil, a voice from Georgia College & State University cries out this warning: “Don’t go down that path.” “In an autocracy, you got to go with the program. There’s no room for independent views,” said Dr. George Kieh, Georgia College’s 2023...
Dr. Cook's students are conducting a raffle to raise funds for youth recreation scholarships in the community through Dec. 1. This is a delinquency prevention initiative. Consider donating to this great cause if you have the means to give.
Dr. George Kieh, Georgia College & State University’s 2023 Coverdell Visiting Scholar in the Department of Government & Sociology is hosting a symposium on “Democracy in the World” Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-11, in the Pat Peterson Museum Education room in Ina Dillard Russell Library. Friday’s symposium will be 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday’s event will be 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Kieh is on sabbatical from Texas Southern University in Houston, where he was dean of the Barbara...
Dr. George Kieh, Georgia College & State University’s 2023 Coverdell Visiting Scholar in the Department of Government & Sociology is hosting a symposium on “Democracy in the World” Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-11, in the Pat Peterson Museum Education room in Ina Dillard Russell Library. Friday’s symposium will be 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday’s event will be 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Kieh is on sabbatical from Texas Southern University in Houston, where he was dean of the Barbara...
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,...
Junior Emily Lanham pinpoints the 2016 U.S. Presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as the pivotal moment in life that led her to politics. Little did she know she’d soon be a Georgia College & State University intern in the nation’s capital, working in U.S. Rep. Rick Allen’s (R-GA) office and rubbing elbows with congressmen in the U.S. House of Representatives. Allen oversees District 12 in Georgia—which includes Lanham’s hometown, Augusta. “I was ecstatic when...
