American Democracy Project

Announcement    Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Join us this Wednesday Feb. 7 at noon in Russell Library, room 241, for an engaging conversation facilitated by Amanda Respess, Georgia College & State University's director of Public Affairs and Bill Burke, Dept. of Communication lecturer and faculty advisor to the Colonnade and Bobcat Multimedia Network  on "What does 'free speech' mean for a college campus?" This Times Talk will examine what faculty, staff, students and campus guests can say and do within the guidelines of "free...
Event    Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Join us this Wednesday Feb. 7 at noon in Russell Library, room 241, for an engaging conversation facilitated by Amanda Respess, Georgia College & State University's director of Public Affairs and Bill Burke, Dept. of Communication lecturer and faculty advisor to the Colonnade and Bobcat Multimedia Network  on "What does 'free speech' mean for a college campus?" This Times Talk will examine what faculty, staff, students and campus guests can say and do within the guidelines of "free...
Announcement    Monday, January 29, 2024
Don't let your math phobia keep you from this week's Times Talk because you won't want to miss TedX speaker and beloved GCSU Alumnus Jacob Carter facilitate an engaging conversation on "How might the curricular track to calculus present an equity issue?" In preparation, participants are encouraged to read this New York Times article "California debates whether Data Science can replace Algebra II"  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/us/california-math-data-science-algebra.html?searchResultPosition=4...
Event    Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Don't let your math phobia keep you from this week's Times Talk because you won't want to miss TedX speaker and beloved Georgia College & State University alumnus Jacob Carter facilitate an engaging conversation on "How might the curricular track to calculus present an equity issue?" In preparation, participants are encouraged to read this New York Times article "California debates whether Data Science can replace Algebra II."  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/us/california-math-data-science-algebra.html?searchResultPosition=4...
Announcement    Monday, January 22, 2024
Please join us as we kick off this semester's Times Talk discussion series with an engaging conversation facilitated by Dr. Nathan Bedsole, assistant professor of Communication and director of the Georgia College & State University Speech and Debate Program on "How do we stay human in inhumane times? What are the lessons of Athens and Jerusalem?" In preparation, participants are encouraged to read this New York Times editorial  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/23/opinion/brutalizing-humanity-modernity.html...
Event    Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Please join us as we kick off this semester's Times Talk discussion series with an engaging conversation facilitated by Dr. Nathan Bedsole, assistant professor of Communication and director of the Georgia College & State University Speech and Debate Program on "How do we stay human in inhumane times? What are the lessons of Athens and Jerusalem?" In preparation, participants are encouraged to read this New York Times editorial  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/23/opinion/brutalizing-humanity-modernity.html...
Announcement    Thursday, January 4, 2024
Did you know that every faculty, staff and student with a current active GCSU email address can receive a complimentary full access digital subscription to the New York Times? Follow the quick and simple directions to activate your academic pass: Activate by going to the website http://accessnyt.com type in “Georgia College” and choose that option, input your active GCSU email address @gcsu.edu for faculty/staff or @bobcats.gcsu.edu for students, create a personal password, check your...
Announcement    Thursday, January 4, 2024
The American Democracy Project at Georgia College & State University requests your support for another semester of engaging, lively weekly facilitated conversations on current events and topics of local and/or global public interest in any arts, sciences or humanities discipline or field. Times Talk is celebrating its 19th year as a GCSU campus tradition and a nationally innovative civic engagement program by providing a discussion space in the library for interested faculty, staff,...
Announcement    Monday, December 4, 2023
Please join us Wednesday, Dec. 6 from 12-12:50 p.m. on the second floor of Russell Library, room 241 for an engaging conversation facilitated by Dr. Brian Newsome, dean of the John E. Sallstrom Honors College & professor of History, on  "France on Fire: Summer of Protests." On June 27, 17-year-old Frenchman Nahel Merzouk was shot and killed by a police officer in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris, during a traffic stop. His killing touched off weeks of widespread protests characterized...
Event    Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Please join us Wednesday, Dec. 6 from 12-12:50 p.m. on the second floor of Russell Library, room 241 for an engaging conversation facilitated by Dr. Brian Newsome, dean of the John E. Sallstrom Honors College & professor of History, on  "France on Fire: Summer of Protests." On June 27, 17-year-old Frenchman Nahel Merzouk was shot and killed by a police officer in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris, during a traffic stop. His killing touched off weeks of widespread protests characterized...