The Graduate School

By Margaret Schell Ember Bishop Bentley (’22) is committed to her career and community. She’s the executive director of Georgia Aerospace and Defense Alliance and vice president of External Relations at Mercer University. And Bentley was recently appointed to the board for Georgia Humanities. While earning her Master of Public Administration from Georgia College & State University, she learned stakeholder analysis — understanding the motivations, priorities and influence of different...

By Ian Wesselhoff Two Georgia College & State University students have been recognized by the U.S. National Science Foundation through the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which is awarded to graduate students who demonstrate potential for significant achievements in research. Out of 14,000 applicants nationwide, Amber Stubbs (’24, ‘26) was one of just 2,500 to win the award, and Sydney Irons (’25) was one of 1,470 honorable mentions. Stubbs graduated with her master’s in...

By Gil Pound Soon-to-be double Bobcat A.J. James (’24) always seems to be around the basketball court, even after his days of playing on the Georgia College & State University men’s basketball team.James has remained close to the sport he loves through the Master of Science in Health and Human Performance program, which has given him hands-on experience as strength and conditioning coach for Georgia College basketball, sculpting bigger, faster, stronger Bobcats. “I love taking someone...

By Margaret Schell Hoover is a rapidly growing city in central Alabama with nearly 100,000 residents who depend on exceptional municipal services from Double Bobcat Brian Muenger (’06, ’08). In December, Muenger became city administrator of Hoover; he transitioned from city manager at Pell City, Alabama, where he served a decade. Muenger manages complex, high-level projects in cooperation with different partners to make progress happen. “I’m in a highly variable position,” he said...