Alumni

Dr. Ahmed Al-Bayati, ’12, has come a long way from growing up in war-torn Baghdad where he served as a translator to reaching the peak of his education as a medical school graduate and soon will be wrapping up his surgical residency.  His journey began in Baghdad when he was a teenager. At that time, very few town people knew English, but Al-Bayati did. So, he became a local translator for the U.S. Army stationed in Baghdad during the war. A few years later the war escalated; his uncle...

Georgia College & State University’s Homecoming and Alumni Weekend took place Feb. 12 -17, 2024, ushering a new era of alumni engagement. This was the first time in several years Georgia College combined the two events. There were plenty of activities for alumni and their families. The elevated events and activities for alumna allowed us to welcome back a strong alumni percentage with the hope for this to continue to grow in the years to come.  Some events included: Biscuits and Brew...

Story by GCSU senior Cale Strickland. Georgia College & State University held its annual Alumni Awards Dinner in Magnolia Ballroom Friday, Feb. 16. Four awards were given: the Alumni Heritage Award, the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award, the Alumni Achievement Award and the Ethel Rae Mozo-Stewart Alumni Community Service Award. Georgia Military College Colonel Pamela Harvey Grant, ’82, ’87, ’07, received the Alumni Heritage Award, which is presented to an alum who has exemplified Georgia...

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...

Georgia College & State University’s (GCSU) Alumni Weekend is Friday, Nov. 4 and Saturday, Nov. 5. From the 4th annual “A Night Under the Stars” Gala, providing top-notch entertainment to the Alumni Awards Dinner, you’ll enjoy catching up with fellow alumni. Two GCSU alumni have their hearts set on Alumni Weekend. The experience is priceless. “Most alumni, like myself, enjoy any opportunity to come back to campus, but doing so on Alumni Weekend gives us a unique opportunity to interact...

In 1954, Susan Lindsley of Peabody High School, ’54, met American-famed author Mary “Flannery” O’Connor, ’45. Although Lindsley’s mother was childhood friends with O’Connor’s mother, Regina, when both lived in Milledgeville, Georgia, it wasn’t until after Regina and O’Connor left Savannah and moved to Andalusia that Lindsley and O’Connor met. The O’Connor land and Lindsley land shared a mile-long fence for many years, even before Regina and O’Connor moved to Andalusia.  “Flannery walked...