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Omicron Delta Kappa to induct new members
Event    Friday, January 26, 2024
The Georgia College Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa will welcome 14 new members Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. This year’s event will mark the 41st Induction Convocation and Lecture and will be held in Max Noah Recital Hall, beginning, by tradition, at 7:14 p.m. Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society, recognizes superior leadership and exemplary character. Inductees have shown leadership in one or more of the following areas: Journalism and Rhetoric, Athletics, Community...
Blakemore and Mason named Emerging Leaders
Announcement    Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Paige Blakemore and Margo Mason have been named the 2024 Emerging Leaders of the Year by the Georgia College Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society. Paige Blakemore is a member of the class of 2025 and is studying mass communication and multimedia journalism. She serves as vice-chairwoman for the Council of Student Ambassadors and is head Arts & Life editor for The Colonnade, Georgia College’s student newspaper. Margo Mason is a member of the class of...
Elliott-Gower and Gillis Named Omicron Delta Kappa Award recipients
Announcement    Thursday, January 18, 2024
Dr. Steve Elliott-Gower and Dr. H. Lee Gillis, Jr. have been named the 2024 faculty award recipients by the Georgia College Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa. Elliott-Gower, who is associate professor of political science, is the recipient of the Flisch-Harris Award for Leadership in the Cause of a Liberal Education. Gillis, who is professor of psychology and chair of the Department of Psychological Science, is the recipient of the Paul Jahr Award for Civic Leadership and Commitment to...
GCSU Leadership Programs to host British Consul General
Announcement    Friday, January 12, 2024
On Monday, Jan. 22, at 5 p.m, Georgia College & State University Leadership Programs will host Rachel Galloway, His Majesty’s Consul General to the United States. The event will mark the first in the Usery Forum on Leadership series for 2024. Rachel Galloway assumed her post as His Majesty's Consul General in Atlanta in July 2022. Before taking on her current assignment, she served as Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia from 2018 to 2022, where she played a...
GCSU Leadership Programs to host British Consul General
Event    Monday, January 22, 2024
On Monday, Jan. 22, at 5 p.m, Georgia College & State University Leadership Programs will host Rachel Galloway, His Majesty’s Consul General to the United States. The event will mark the first in the Usery Forum on Leadership series for 2024. Rachel Galloway assumed her post as His Majesty's Consul General in Atlanta in July 2022. Before taking on her current assignment, she served as Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia from 2018 to 2022, where she played a...
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Making Connections: Jane Kidd returns to the university her great-grandfather started
News Story    Monday, December 18, 2023
It’d be hard to find someone more connected to Georgia College & State University than Jane Kidd, the university’s current Alex Gregory Distinguished Fellow and Leader in Residence. She points to numerous places where she and her family have, in some way or another, left their mark on campus—starting with her great-grandfather, Richard B. Russell, Sr., who as a state legislator introduced the 1889 legislation establishing the Georgia Normal and Industrial College for women. That’s...
Invitation to submit a nomination for Omicron Delta Kappa's Emerging Leader of the Year
Announcement    Tuesday, October 24, 2023
All members of the university community are invited to submit nominations for Omicron Delta Kappa’s Emerging Leader of the Year Award. Nominees must: have freshman or sophomore status, be in good academic standing, be making a positive impact on the community and serve as role models for other Georgia College & State University students. To nominate a deserving emerging leader, please complete this simple online form. Nominations should be a paragraph in length and should address...
Georgia College & State University to host Usery Forum on Leadership Today
Announcement    Monday, October 16, 2023
The Hon. Jane Kidd to speak at Georgia College & State University. On Monday, 16 Oct. 2023, at 5 p.m, Georgia College & State University Leadership Programs will host Jane Kidd, Alex Gregory Distinguished fellow and leader in residence for the Usery Forum on Leadership.  Kidd’s career spans more than 30 years in public service and higher education. Elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2004, she represented the 115th district in the General Assembly. She served as chair...
Georgia College & State University to host internationally recognized jurist
Announcement    Monday, September 18, 2023
The Hon. Peggy Walker to visit Georgia College & State University. On Tuesday, 19 September 2023, at 5 p.m, Georgia College & State University Leadership Programs will host Peggy H. Walker, senior judge of Douglas County, Georgia. The event will mark the first in the Usery Forum on Leadership series of the 2023-24 academic year. Senior Judge Peggy H. Walker served as the Chief Juvenile Court judge in Douglas County from 1998 to 2019. Since her retirement, Walker has been tapped by...
Georgia College & State University to host internationally recognized jurist
Event    Tuesday, September 19, 2023
The Hon. Peggy Walker to visit Georgia College & State University. On Tuesday, 19 September 2023, at 5 p.m, Georgia College & State University Leadership Programs will host Peggy H. Walker, senior judge of Douglas County, Georgia. The event will mark the first in the Usery Forum on Leadership series of the 2023-24 academic year. Senior Judge Peggy H. Walker served as the Chief Juvenile Court judge in Douglas County from 1998 to 2019. Since her retirement, Walker has been tapped by...
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