As the USG recognizes Ethics Awareness Week Nov. 4-8, we are highlighting the helpful staff of The Office of Internal Audit and Advisory Services and Legal Affairs. Internal Audit helps GCSU accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate risk and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes. The Office of Legal Affairs provides counsel to minimize legal risks and costs, reduce litigation exposure and ensure legal...
As the USG recognizes Ethics Awareness Week Nov. 4-8, we are highlighting the helpful staff of The Office of Internal Audit and Advisory Services. Internal Audit helps GCSU accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate risk and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes. Rhonda Fowler, Chief Audit OfficerRhonda Fowler started her position in September 2023; she assesses our compliance with policies and procedures...
BY THE GOVERNORFLAGS ON ALL STATE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS ORDERED LOWERED TO HALF-STAFF WHEREAS: Nearly one year ago, on Saturday, October 7, 2023, during the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, militant Hamas terrorists launched a coordinated attack on the country of Israel by land, sea, and air, killing over 1,200 people; and WHEREAS: Among those killed were over 40 American citizens, with at least 7 Americans still unaccounted for or being held hostage; and WHEREAS: As we observe the...
Dear campus partners, University Communications would like to remind everyone that our office has a Smore for Teams license for those who’d like to design an e-newsletter.Anyone interested in our free-to-you platform for designing email newsletters is welcome to reach out to our office. We’ll help you get set up with a Smore account, provide graphical assets and templates, and walk you through a tutorial of the platform. Using Smore for Teams unlocks many extra features, including...
Georgia College & State University’s Office of University Communications won two honorable mentions in Regan PR Daily’s 2024 Nonprofit Communications award competition. Both honorable mentions were for coverage on “Students use technology to delve into the secret lives of snakes.” The story, written by media relations specialist Cindy O’Donnell, won honorable mention in Ragan’s Digital Content category. Two videos from the package, filmed and edited by director of Video Communications...
Michael Cavaliere has been named Georgia College & State University’s new assistant vice president of University Communications and chief communications officer, effective Oct. 1.Cavaliere joins Georgia College with 15 years of experience in communications—10 at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, where he currently serves as executive director of News and Media Relations. He’s been a journalist—both reporter and editor—as well as a university public relations...
As the lights went down inside Georgia College & State University’s Centennial Center on Friday, March 8, hundreds of GCSU students gathered for the university’s annual Spring Concert. After winning Battle of the Bobcats, the college's annual music competition, student-led band Subject to Change earned the concert’s opening spot. The Stews, an up-and-coming band that formed at Auburn University, and Quavo, one-third of Atlanta rap trio and hallmark Migos, rounded out the show’s lineup...
Story by GCSU senior Elizabeth Newlin Margaret Brown Schell, ’19, has worked as the communications coordinator for University Communications for over eight years and for University Advancement over one year. In early October, she’ll reach her 10-year anniversary, marking a significant milestone in her career at Georgia College & State University. As the communications coordinator, Schell plays a pivotal role in facilitating effective communication within the university community,...
Experience the terror of Trick-or-Treatment alongside nursing students. Back at it again, nursing students fought through frights, terrors and fears to provide their utmost care to simulated patients. Trick-or-Treatment, a now annual event for nursing students, aims to be a platform for students to apply their skills in a safe and fun environment. Like escape rooms, the panicked participants navigated perilous puzzles to address patient concerns and remedy their requirements. They...
Helen Lewis (1924-2022) was a towering figure in the fields of sociology and history who advanced an understanding of women’s roles in working-class communities and developed an interpretation of Appalachia as an internal colony of the United States. Her focus on the role Appalachia and its coal-mining communities played in the development of modern America and 20th Century labor relations distinguished her work, but it was the way she challenged fellow academics to reconsider the...
