Story, video and photos developed by University Communications. As the 15th-century historian Thomas Fuller once said: “Health is not valued till sickness comes.” That’s why students at Georgia College & State University’s Center for Health & Social Issues (CHSI) intertwine health screenings with other attractions like fun and food. Public health majors and student nurses gather wherever the populace is likely to be found. At monthly food drives, neighborhood meetings or holiday...
Story and Photos by University Communications. With their first five scholars in tow, the College of Health Science (COHS) School of Nursing (SON) has kicked off the Lettie Pate Whitehead (LPW) Nursing Scholars Program. With four-year-long funding, the cohort-based program for qualified nursing students at Georgia College & State University (GCSU) will provide a full scholarship to recipients; including tuition, fees, housing, meals, textbooks, nursing program fees and one funded,...
Corey Campbell, ’16, shifted his studies from biology to exercise science in graduate school at Georgia College & State University. And he’s glad he did. Campbell now lives his dream job as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Carolina Panthers. Campbell played football at the University of Georgia. That’s also where he earned his bachelor’s degree in biology. But it was the transition to exercise science in graduate school that put him on track to work for the National...
Full name: Chloe Perkins What town/state you’re from: Carrollton, Georgia Major/minor: I’m looking into nursing. Why did you choose Georgia College? It's really pretty, and I like that it's small. I think it’ll be easier to focus around here. I feel like in other, bigger cities, I would get way too distracted. And now that you're here, taking that first step into this new role. How do you feel? I feel good. A little nervous—very nervous—but I'm excited. Are there any things that...
Like most who grew up in the military, Audrey Stippel has moved frequently and lived in multiple states and countries. But she’s decided to lay roots in Georgia—starting with four years at Georgia College. In fact, her father just retired from the U.S. Air Force and relocated her family to Nashville, Georgia. “It made the most sense for me to go to school here, and I could not be more excited about it,” Stippel said. “I chose Georgia College because it offered one of the best programs...
Through the receipt of additional state funding, Georgia College’s School of Nursing (SON) has added a third cohort to their Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. There are only 1,329 nurses per 100,000 residents in Georgia, according to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce (GBHCW) Nursing Workforce Data dashboard. “It is estimated that an additional 175,900 registered nurses (RNs) will exit the workforce each year for personal reasons or through retirement, and the...
Emma Fleming, ’22, knows how to apply herself on and off the tennis court. In the four years she’s been at Georgia College, Fleming has achieved nearly 100 individual wins and was voted Peach Belt All-Conference in doubles, all while completing her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Since Fleming was eight years old, she has enjoyed playing tennis. This fall, she’ll begin her fifth year of playing tennis at Georgia College. She was eligible to play another year due to the COVID pandemic...
In July, Georgia College’s School of Nursing will complete a $803,000 grant awarded in October 2018 to train nurses in forensic medical exams and trauma-informed care. The nurses who complete this training receive a certificate to practice as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)—registered nurses that are specially trained in caring for survivors of sexual assault or abuse. They fulfill an important role in Georgia, where there aren’t enough SANEs for the number of survivors in the...
Katey Jones, ’18, and Heather Laflam will be the first to graduate from Georgia College’s nurse-midwifery master’s program, the only state program in Georgia. Still in its infancy, the midwifery program is first of its kind in Georgia. The university is using the degree to educate more nurse-midwives in Georgia, a state ranked 49th in maternal mortality nationally. The program is unique, because its training nurse-midwives are required to complete clinicals within the state. “Two...
Graduating nursing major Samantha Summerville has lived with Type 1 diabetes for the last 15 years of her life. By the time she was ready to go to college, she’d grown so accustomed to all the electronic alarms warning her about blood sugar fluctuations that they didn’t wake her up anymore. A family friend recommended a medical alert dog, and that was how Summerville met Mo, a goldendoodle trained to notice her medical needs before the technology does. He’s also trained in basic obedience,...
