Honors College

On Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 6 p.m., Georgia College & State University Honors alumnus Cameron Watts (’20, Economics) will lead a Zoom-based Legends of Honors session on “Innovations to Empower the Everyday Voter.” Watts recently completed his MPA at the University of Pennsylvania and serves as a Program Manager for Change.org’s new Civic Dialogues initiative. There he works to bring citizen voices into the policymaking process in ways that are accessible and that bridge ideological...

The Honors College is pleased to release the 2025-2026 edition of Honorable Mentions, the annual Honors newsletter. Emily Wright (’26), one of the students featured in the magazine, has also been named the inaugural recipient of the Peach Belt Conference’s Total Student Athlete Award! Special thanks for production of Honorable Mentions are extended to student editor, Jade Ferguson; student contributor, Maggie Creekmore; and University Communications staff members Al Weston, Brooks...

Sociology major Alexis Keeney (’26) is Georgia College & State University’s 2026 Academic Recognition Day scholar.The University System of Georgia’s Academic Recognition Day is an annual event that honors outstanding students from the state’s public colleges and universities. Each USG institution selects one student who has demonstrated exceptional academic excellence as its scholar. Keeney said the recognition came as a surprise: “I've been recognized for my work in service and leadership,...

On March 25-28, 15 Honors students participated in the Southern Regional Honors Conference in Montgomery, Alabama. Each did an excellent job presenting their scholarship and creative work. They found SRHC’s City-as-Text exploration of the Legacy Museum and other sites in downtown Montgomery to be deeply meaningful. And they enjoyed spending quality time with each other and networking with Honors students and Honors faculty from across the Southeast. For photo highlights, please view...

On Feb. 20-21, 15 Honors students participated in the Georgia Collegiate Honors Conference at Kennesaw State University. Each did an excellent job presenting their scholarship! Two additional students* were scheduled to present but were unable to do so because of illness. Each student's presentation and mentor are listed below the next paragraph.Katie Cooper took home 2nd prize in the Humanities & Arts category of the GCHC paper competition. Congratulations Katie! And a big thank you...

Join the Georgia College & State University Honors College and Center for Georgia Studies for Dr. Parten's talk about how Sherman's March to the Sea became the biggest liberation event in U.S. history. The Book Talk will take place Monday, March 2, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Mayfair Hall. Please register by scanning the attached QR code. 

A groundbreaking account of Sherman’s March to the Sea — the critical Civil War campaign that destroyed the Confederacy — told for the first time from the perspective of the tens of thousands of enslaved people who fled to the Union lines and transformed Sherman’s march into the biggest liberation event in American history. Dr. Bennett Parten, assistant professor of History at Georgia Southern University, will discuss his new book "Somewhere Toward Freedom," which Simon & Schuster...