Public Safety

Georgia College & State University will test the Outdoor Emergency Notification System (siren system) Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. This test is scheduled to occur the first Wednesday of every month between 10 a.m. and noon and will last approximately one minute. No action is required during the testing, and all campus operations should continue as normal. A message stating that this is a test will precede and follow the "alert" tone. In the case of an actual tornado warning, the message...

Georgia College & State University will test the Outdoor Emergency Notification System (siren system) Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. This test is scheduled to occur the first Wednesday of every month between 10 a.m. and noon and will last approximately one minute. No action is required during the testing, and all campus operations should continue as normal. A message stating that this is a test will precede and follow the "alert" tone. In the case of an actual tornado warning, the message...

Georgia College & State University will test the Outdoor Emergency Notification System (siren system) Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. This test is scheduled to occur the first Wednesday of every month between 10 a.m. and noon and will last approximately one minute. No action is required during the testing, and all campus operations should continue as normal. A message stating that this is a test will precede and follow the "alert" tone. In the case of an actual tornado warning, the message...

Georgia College & State University will test the Outdoor Emergency Notification System (siren system) Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. This test is scheduled to occur the first Wednesday of every month between 10 a.m. and noon and will last approximately one minute. No action is required during the testing, and all campus operations should continue as normal. A message stating that this is a test will precede and follow the "alert" tone. In the case of an actual tornado warning, the message...

Bobcats: Thursday, Aug. 8, is Sorority Move-in Day at Georgia College & State University.Greene Street will be closed from 8 a.m. through noon. We are also expecting heavy traffic throughout the day. Please plan accordingly and help us maintain a safe and secure environment for our newest Bobcats.

On Friday, August 2, Major Brian Freese was sworn in as Deputy Chief of Police for Georgia College Department of Public Safety. Major Freese took the oath of office from Chief of Police Wes Hardin, at left, on the front porch of Hall House.Freese is an alumnus of the College of Charleston and Mississippi State University. Prior to joining GCSU, Freese spent more than 18 years at the University of Georgia. Most recently Freese served Athens-Clarke County in the Clarke County Sheriff's...

The GC Alert link has been added back to PAWS. Please log in to review your GC Alert contact information.GC ALERT is a free service provided to keep you better informed in the event of severe weather and campus emergencies or closings. This program will allow us to reach you directly by sending a text message, email, and text to speech call to your cell phone. All faculty, staff and students are automatically enrolled into GC ALERT with their Georgia College email. To ensure your information...

It is the first Wednesday of the month, and today 07/03/2024 we will be conducting our monthly test of the emergency notification sires. This will occur at noon and will be an audible siren. This is just a test.

Georgia College Chief of Police Wesley Hardin graduated from Northwestern University's Center for Public Safety, successfully completing the Staff and Command program over a 22-week period.The Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command Center for Public Safety implemented the program in 1983. More than 21,000 students, both nationally and internationally, have graduated from the Staff and Command program.The School of Police Staff and Command provides upper-level college...