The Center for Health and Social Issues is partnering with the Life Enrichment Center and Public Health Student Organization to promote awareness of autism and other disabilities and to celebrate the abilities of people with disabilities. There will be food, live music, activities and more. If anyone would like to volunteer, please reach out to karli.galloway@bobcats.gcsu.edu.
Dr. Catherine Fowler was awarded the Innovation in Teaching Award by the Georgia Association for Nursing Education (GANE) in February 2024 at the statewide GANE conference.
The nurse midwifery concentration in Georgia College & State University’s Master of Science in Nursing is now fully accredited through the Accreditation Commission of Midwifery Education. Pre-accredited since May 2020, the program has graduated two cohorts of nurse-midwives and is the first public program of its kind to be accredited in Georgia. “The establishment of the Nurse Midwifery program at Georgia College stands as a powerful testament to our unwavering commitment to advancing...
The Georgia College & State University Lettie Pate Whitehead Nursing Scholars Program has 12 spots in their fall 2024 cohort. Applications are open until May 1. The cohort-based nursing scholarship provides four-year funding for the cost of tuition and fees, housing, meals, textbooks, nursing program fees and one funded, healthcare-related study abroad. “The Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship is a beacon of opportunity, empowering women in Central Georgia to obtain a nursing education...
Virgil R. Miller, ’92, is the president of Aflac U.S. He jumped on that prestigious path as an accounting major and mathematics minor at Georgia College & State University. Outfitted in an Aflac-blue blazer lined with both Aflac and Georgia College logos, Miller recently presented a $100,000 Aflac CareGrant to the university’s College of Health Sciences—the first of its kind in the state of Georgia. The money will support implementation of COHS’ newest initiative: a mobile health clinic...
The Center for Health and Social Issues wants to recognize the contribution of Georgia College & State University students by rewarding them with a medallion at graduation for completing at least 45 hours of service with our organization between their junior and senior year. Participants must be an undergraduate student at Georgia College, have maintained an overall GPA of at least 2.7 during their junior and senior year and completed one or more training in QPR, CPR, BLS, ACLS, AED...
All Georgia College & State University students are welcome to participate in a free bone density and blood chemistry assessment. The assessment takes about 20 minutes total to complete in the exercise science lab (top floor of the Health Sciences building). Interested students: Please email Kaitlin Van Voorhis kaitlin.vanvoorhis@bocbats.gcsu.edu to schedule a time. Those with pacemakers, cancer ports, heart issues and/or pregnancy are unable to participate. This is a GCSU IRB approved...
The Scholars of Health and Human Performance Studies (SHHPS) undergraduate research program is looking for females (18 - 64 years old) to participate in a research study. The purpose of this study is to examine body composition perceptions in females. Tests that will be administered to determine body composition (ratio of body fat to muscle, bone and water) are: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS), and skinfold/circumference measurements. You will...
In the header (from left to right): Dr. Damian Francis, Justine Savizon, Brittany Jones, Jasmine Harrison, Christine Hughes and Dr. Ernie Kaninjing. At Georgia College & State University, a three-year program is in motion to provide underrepresented minority students access to research and mentorship in the biomedical field. The Diversity in Cancer Research Institutional Development Grant, funded by the American Cancer Society, encourages students to join research activities, attend...
Recent research by two students will help address inequalities in treatment and survivorship for cancer patients. Graduate student, Kaitlin Van Voorhis, ’23, and senior public health major, Walker Brennan Rae, presented their abstract at the 16th annual American Association for Cancer Research meeting in October. They were the only non-doctoral presenters. This conference is a flagship of the cancer research community where scientists, professionals, patients and advocates share...
