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Georgia College & State University’s Class of 2027 served 3,000 hours during this year’s GCSU Gives Day—Aug. 19—with an estimated $101,760 in economic impact on the local community.  Approximately 1,500 first-year students clocked in community service hours—playing games with residents at the Georgia War Veterans Home; leading activities and games for kids during the Life Enrichment Center’s “End of Summer Celebration;” making blankets for the Linus Project; painting baseboards, window...

When rising senior Sydnni Adams stood up for herself, Cindy Trusty noticed.  Trusty, the community director of Foundation Hall and advisor to the Resident Student Association (RSA), nominated Adams for Georgia College & State University’s 2023 Leadership in Moral Courage Bobcat Award. It includes a $1,000 academic scholarship for her diplomatic response to a situation regarding RSA. Adams won the award. The organization faced several hardships early spring semester with the loss of...

Story and Photos by University Communications. For incoming Georgia College & State University freshmen, the Saturday before classes start is not the last opportunity to get some rest - it’s their first chance to give back. GC Gives Day is an annual right-of-passage, in which new students team up with their hall mates and fan out across Baldwin County to engage in community service projects and learn more about the community that will host their college experience. This year, roughly...

Story and photos by University Communications. Behind each orientation held this summer, there were eight peppy students greeting nervous newcomers and herding the new class to each day’s events. Orientation leaders are the glue that holds orientation together. They are some of the first faces new Georgia College & State University students see, making it vital they represent all things Georgia College. Let’s meet three orientation leaders who used this opportunity to grow and help...

The COVID-19 pandemic put strains on the mental, physical and emotional well-being of people across the globe. Recent polls from the Kaiser Family Foundation found four in 10 adults “reported symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorder”— up from one in 10 in 2019.  To combat the personal stresses brought on by the pandemic, the University System of Georgia expanded mental health resources for all colleges and universities. “I am very excited to bring a new initiative called GC Mental Health to...

The COVID CARE Response Team—made up of 45 staff members from across campus—has been created to help students through the trying ordeal of testing positive for coronavirus or being exposed to someone who has.   Dr. Shawn Brooks, vice president for Student Life, was concerned about the challenges students may face, so he formed a team to support them through those challenges.   “Georgia College prides itself in the care we show to all members of our community. Student Life is at the...