Dr. Stephanie Rountree’s presentation centers Black and postcolonial feminisms to consider historical U.S. literature depicting public health and housing crises. She explores two narratives spanning time and place: Charles Chesnutt’s “Po’ Sandy” (1888), depicting a self-emancipated Black man’s struggle to survive unhoused in North Carolina; and, Louise Erdrich’s Four Souls (2004), following an Ojibwe woman’s journey to Minnesota to avenge both her stolen homeland and the life of her...
Looking ahead, growing enrollment within the university’s graduate programs remains one of the institution’s primary goals for 2025 and beyond. To support that mission, all graduate enrollment operations will be centralized beginning March 15. “Combining the resources and expertise of our graduate and undergraduate admission processes will provide the pathways we need to grow our graduate student enrollment,” said GCSU President Cathy Cox. “Directing all enrollment strategy through...
Having trouble locating your favorite service app in MyGCSU? Tired of having to search for service apps? Customize your service apps today.All users (faculty, staff and students) have the ability to select their own set of apps to appear as colored tiles once they have logged into MyGCSU. If you only use 3 or 4 apps, you can have those always available at your fingertips. There are many apps you can choose to have on your homepage such as Degreeworks, Banner, GeorgiaVIEW, OneUSG, Peoplesoft,...
Updated 11:50 a.m. Thursday, Jan 23, 2025Georgia College to Resume Normal Operations Friday, Jan. 24With temperatures on the rise throughout the state and expected to stay above freezing into the evening, Georgia College & State University will reopen campus and resume normal class schedules and operations Friday, Jan. 24, as planned.Sunny weather and temperatures in the 40s are expected most of Thursday and Friday, leading the Baldwin County Emergency Management Agency to issue an...
On January 23, 2025, unify.gcsu.edu will be discontinued, replaced with an updated website found at my.gcsu.edu.My.gcsu.edu has all the functionality of unify.gcsu.edu along with an updated navigation system, look, and features.Within my.gcsu.edu, we encourage you to select your most used Service Apps. This will place your most used apps on your homepage allowing for a personalized experience tailored to your needs.Do this by logging into the site (by clicking Login in the top right)...
By Amanda RespessOne of the great American writers, Flannery O’Connor is a world-renowned icon of southern gothic fiction — but she was also a visual artist, and a newly discovered collection of her work will soon be unveiled to the world.Totaling 70 pieces — from oil paintings and a self-portrait, to wood-burned illustrations and linoleum-block prints — the collection will be revealed this March at O’Connor’s alma mater of Georgia College & State University (GCSU), in Milledgeville,...
On this day, December 29, 2024, the date of his death, we honor the memory of Georgia native, Jimmy Carter, as a revered community activist, veteran, statesman, author, former Governor of Georgia, and former President of the United States.NOW, THEREFORE, IN HONOR OF FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA JIMMY CARTER, AND PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, IT IS HEREBYThat, pursuant to 4 U.S.C. Chapter 1, Section 7, subsection (m),...
By Amanda RespessGeorgia College & State University celebrates its 135th birthday today. Nov. 8 is the university’s Charter Day — the anniversary of the date in 1889 when Gov. John B. Gordon signed a bill into law establishing Georgia Normal & Industrial College.According to the 1891 GN&IC prospectus, “The original bill for the establishment of this institution was first introduced in the House of Representatives of the Georgia Legislature early in the July session of 1889, by Hon...
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...
