By recent GCSU alumnus Cale Strickland, '24Dr. Evren Kutlay, this semester’s Martha Daniel Newell Visiting Scholar, has always been fascinated by the intersection of music and history.As a child, she would listen to her neighbor, a professor and piano teacher, play for hours. Inspired and encouraged, Kutlay auditioned at a local conservatory but was told she was “too old” to learn piano. She proved otherwise, as, under the guidance of her neighbor, she finished three years’ worth of...
Story by GCSU senior Cale Strickland Dr. Evren Kutlay is the spring 2024 Martha Daniel Newell Visiting Scholar. Thanks to an endowment by Georgia College & State University alumna Martha Daniel Newell, experts in the arts, humanities and social and physical sciences have been visiting campus for over a decade. Kutlay is the embodiment of scholarship and the interdisciplinary nature of Georgia College’s liberal arts mission. Born and raised in Turkey, she developed a love for the piano...
Story and photos developed by University Communications. A renowned scholar on Christianity is visiting Georgia College & State University to help further his research about the impact of women on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Dr. James McGrath, an expert on Christianity and this spring’s Martha Daniel Newell Visiting Scholar, is teaching a course this semester based on his recent book, “What Jesus Learned From Women.” McGrath is developing the new course and plans to take...
