Georgia College

Mary "Polly" Moss Cuthbertson Award: Britney Cherry William I. Hair Outstanding Graduating History Major: Paige Magoto Daughters of American Revolution Scholarship: Caroline Cole Joseph Flake Steelman Scholarship for History Majors: Loren Pope Lala Carr Steelman Scholarship for a Continuing History Major: Mallory Baker Dr. Bob Wilson Scholarship: Margaret Rousseau Global Foodways Award: Parker Woods Outstanding Graduating Geography Senior: Anna-Jean Saleeby Outstanding Geography Major: Jackson Barr

Outstanding First Year Award: Trenholm Fahy, Alysa Paisley, Samantha Lounsbury, Andrew Oldham, Sara Jewel Simpson Outstanding Sophomore Award: Eleanor Arnold, Jacqueline Banks, Caiden Evans, Avery Carbone, Outstanding Junior Award: Elinor Munson, Jack Grimes, Amanda Beard, Labranda Mobley Outstanding Senior Award: Sherree Clark-Metcalf, Taylor Ann Pruett, Anne Elise Beals Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award: Mackenzie Van Boxel Excellence in Community Service Award: McKenna Whitley, Allison Ehrenhalt Inclusive Excellence Award: Harlee Parden- for their SEPA project entitled "Investigating Feelings of Belonging, Psychological Wellness, Self-injury and Suicide Risk Among Transgender and Gender Non-conforming College Students." Khyla Guishard & Sarah Martinez- for their SEPA project entitled: "Investigating Belonging and Wellness Risk Factors among Black, Multiracial, and Latine College Students Attending a Predominantly White Institution." Innovative Dissemination of Psychological Science Department: Amy Grace Rhinehart- in recognition of their innovative short form videos promoting scientific literacy as part of Dr. Jett's PSYC1101 Introduction to Psychology and GC1Y courses. Alexa Wimberly- in recognition of their innovative short form videos as part of Dr. Jett's PSYC1101 Introduction to Psychology course. Rachel McQuinn, Kara Nitschke, Margot Crowell & Jewleeana Bache- In recognition of their podcast, "Social Hour", which discussed implicit biases in a conversational audio podcast format as part of Dr. Heppner's PSYC3500 Social Psychology course. Annalise Cefaratti, Elizabeth Cooper, Isabella Martinez & Ella Swartz- In recognition of their 'In The News' short-form video communicating the rise of opioid use in pets and the corresponding dangers of human abuse as part of Dr. Dandy's PSYC2060 Drugs and Behavior course.

Mass Communications's outstanding graduates are: Jonathan O'Brien(MSCM) and Samantha Stanley(Rhetoric) Shining Star Recipients: Grace Kearney and Anagha Ramakrishna Rhetoric Execellence Community Service Award: Rebecca Valazquez

The GIVE Center announced the recipients of the Bronze Level Presidential Service Award. This list is comprised of students who have completed between 100-174 service hours during 2021-2022.

The 2022 Leadership in Moral Courage Bobcat Award and $1,000 Academic Scholarship is Milo Morris.

The GIVE Center announced the recipients of the Silver Level Presidential Service Award. This list is comprised of students who have completed between 175-249 service hours during 2021-2022.

The GIVE Center announced the recipients of the Gold Level Presidential Service Award. This list is comprised of students who completed more than 250 service hours during 2021-2022.

Fifteen students and 8 faculty from the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences attended the 99th meeting of the Georgia Academy of Sciences hosted by Valdosta State University on March 25th and 26th. The students delivered 14 research presentations and several were recognized for their work. Charleigh Stepp received the Outstanding Undergraduate Presentation Award in Biological Sciences. Christopher Horacek received the Outstanding Graduate Presentation Award in Biological Sciences. Jessy Everett received the Outstanding Graduate Presentation Award in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

The Student Research Conference Committee congratulates students and their mentors for their outstanding presentations at the 25th GC SRC 2022

The Dr. Doreen Sams Award comes from a generous gift from faculty to honor the work of Dr. Sams, a recently retired Professor of Marketing who served as one of the founding members of MURACE (Mentored Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors).

Four students presented at the 25th Annual Georgia College Student Research Conference.

Georgia College crowns royalty, naming the 2022 Homecoming King, Queen, Duke and Duchess.

The Student Ambassadors for 2021-2022 have been selected. The ambassador team positively promotes Georgia College and its public liberal arts mission by serving as a vital link between the university's student body, prospective students, their families, staff, alumni and friends.

GC Studios works with GC athletics to provide athletes with the support and coverage they deserve.

Georgia College is proud to recognize the new and returning undergraduate members of the Call Me MISTER program this Fall.

Six Georgia College undergraduate students presented research at the 3rd Annual "Posters at the Capitol." Normally held at the Statehouse in Atlanta, this year's event was online with Georgia legislators and lobbyists in attendance. All university presidents and provosts in Georgia were invited, as well.

Two Georgia College students have been selected to participate in summer research internships funded through a partnership by Fulbright Canada and MITACS Globalink. Junior physics major Catherine Boyd and junior biology major Molly Bullington will undertake advanced research projects for 10 to 12 weeks under the supervision of faculty at Canadian institutions.

Savannah Taylor, a junior double-major in Economics and World Language and Culture, named one of Campus Compact's 290 students making up the 2021-2022 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows.

On Friday, October 23rd six of the Learning Center's staff presented at the Georgia Tutoring Association's (GaTA) annual conference.

Georgia College's Office of University Communications launched a video competition challenging students to show ways they can support each other by following GC's values of Reason, Respect and Responsibility. There were over 25 student submissions and the top three were chosen!

Senior psychology major Zykeria Jones of Warner Robins was one of 11 students from Georgia College, who attended the 23rd annual Southeastern Model of the African Union (SEMAU) conference in November at Kennesaw State University. She won the Southeastern Model of the African Union's (SEMAU's) Leadership-in-Committee Award. SEMAU is a realistic, three-day simulation that recreates the gathering of African heads-of-state. Students debate issues of critical importance and make decisions that could be adopted by real governments, impacting the lives of millions.

Georgia College is proud to recognize the new and returning members of the Call Me MISTER program this Fall.

Every year, students from GC participate in a program called GC in Washington (GC in DC). This internship is a great way for students to learn and apply professional skills in a great setting.

Six physics students, recently graduated, got their undergraduate research paper on "ball lightning" published in the Georgia Journal of Science. "This particular instant is the highest level of achievement one can think of when it comes to integrating undergraduate research into coursework," said Physics Assistant Professor Dr. Hasitha Mahabaduge. He taught the 2019 Statistical Mechanics course that resulted in the publication. Undergraduates rarely have a peer-reviewed publication published by the time they finish college. Georgia Journal of Science publication will make these students more competitive when they apply to graduate schools, he said.

Junior nursing major McKenna Yearick completed the qualifications for the Gold Medal Congressional Award. That means she completed 400 hours of volunteer service as well as 200 hours of both personal development and physical fitness while also planning and executing a five-day expedition. Because Yearick achieved the highest level Gold Award, she will be honored in June 2020 at Capitol Hill in Washington DC. Members of Congress will present the awards to their constituents at a distinguished ceremony. Although she started the program as a young teenager, her involvement at Georgia College helped give her the final push to completing the program. She worked as a community advisor for University Housing, is in the Honors Program, serves as a Young Life leader at GMC, gives her time for community service in multiple ways and still finds time to follow her two passions which are nursing and travel. Her goal is to one day utilize her nursing skills and global studies minor to help in international missions and continuing her enthusiasm of service.

Travis Aultman, nursing student and president- elect of Georgia College Association of Nursing Students, collaborated with faculty on a Murace poster project entitled "Disaster Training and Preparedness for BSN nursing Students." The poster was accepted for presentation at National Student Nurses Association mid year convention in Chicago on Nov. 1-3, 2019. Travis and faculty attended the conference and participated in the poster display.

MALE Connection (Mentoring African-Americans for Leadership, Education & Connection) is Georgia College's African-American Male Initiative, supported by the University System of Georgia's African-American Male Initiative (AAMI) started in 2002 to address retention, progression, and graduation for African-American males within the USG. As an AAMI program, MALE Connection follows the official AAMI Integrated Program Model, which focuses on addressing retention, progression, and graduation of African-American males via the following components: Academic Skills Enrichment Student Support Services Adult & Peer Mentoring Leadership Development These students participate in various enrichment and leadership opportunities throughout the year in order to maximize their impact on GC, the surrounding community and their career trajectories.

Every year, students from GC participate in a program called GC in Washington (GC in DC). This internship is a great way for students to learn and apply professional skills in a great setting.

Georgia College is proud to recognize the new and returning members of the Call Me MISTER program this Fall.

The 2019 Southeast Regional Undergraduate Research COPLAC Conference was held on our campus April 26-27.