Georgia College & State University

A team of five students were the first from Georgia College to advance to the second round of the Southern Classic Research Challenge, a sub-regional competition in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge.

The Fall 2021 winners of the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business Elevator Pitch Competition have been announced.

Friday, April 9, 2020, was the final round of the 18th semester of the Georgia College Elevator Pitch Competition. The first round was held on March 16 and 17. This semester's sponsors were GEICO and TTi. Like last semester, the competition was held virtually. In the first round, twelve classes participated and 363 students competed. Five faculty prepared the students who represented all majors in the college of business and included sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dr. Renee Fontenot, Professor of Marketing coordinates this semi-annual event Business professionals and recruiters are judges in the first round. This semester, there were 244 requests for introductions to students from recruiters from across 16 companies for potential internship or career positions. The following students are this semesters' Top Five winners: 1st Place - $500 + TTi Gift Bag worth $500, Sydney Scarborough, Marketing, Senior 2nd Place - $400 + TTi Gift Bag worth $400, Olivia Dumas, Marketing, Junior 3rd Place - $300 + TTi Gift Bag worth $300, Catherine Dorr, Management, Senior 4th Place - $200, Lauryn Parker, Marketing, Senior 5th Place - $100, Kyle King, Marketing, Senior

Two students on Georgia College Mock Trial team won awards for "Outstanding Attorney" and another for "Outstanding Witness" at a three-day regional tournament hosted online in February by the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA).

Two students from GC will be competing this month at the International Collegiate Sales Competition(ICSC). This competition is hosted by the FSU Sales Institue in Orlando, FL, but this year they will be competition virtual.

The Fall 2020 winners of the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business Elevator Pitch Competitio, sponsored by GEICO and TTI, have been announced.

On May 23, 2019, GCSU students competed and placed 7th among 13 other teams from all around the world at the 11th Annual ERPsim World Championship in Montreal. Benjamin Larson, Nathan Patton, Andrew Brown, Matthew Baker and Jack Kouloukas represented the GCSU team being ranked 2nd out of the 4 North American teams.

The Fall 2018 winners of the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business Elevator Pitch Competitio, sponsored by GEICO, have been announced.

Emory Lindsey, Hawke Kuehne and Adam Bachman second-semester computer science majors, won first place in the Junior/ small school division while representing Georgia College in the Mercer Spring Programming Contest. This is the second year in a row that Georgia college has placed first competing against colleges from not only Georgia but surrounding states, as well.

The 2016 winners of the GEICO J. Whiting Bunting College of Business Elevator Pitch Competition have been announced.

Georgia College's journal of student research, "The Corinthian," has featured 21 students in the 2016 publication.

Four marketing majors have made it to the semi-final round of the Ball State Social Media Competition.

Several students will represent Georgia College at the 2016 COPLAC Southeast Regional Conference.

The Georgia College J. Whitney Bunting College of Business awarded cash and prizes to students who placed in the Elevator Pitch Competition.

The Georgia College J. Whitney Bunting College of Business awarded cash and prizes to five students during its third Elevator Pitch Competition.

Several GC students participated in the Georgia Chapter National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) student auditions. The event included nearly 400 singers from across the state's university and private sector.

Three students won prize money by placing in the Elevator Pitch Competition, which was hosted by the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business. The competition involved creating a 60 second video of senior business majors delivering their elevator pitch to a potential employer.