Georgia College & State University

Dr. Steve Dorman, president of Georgia College, has awarded degrees to the graduating class of May 2018.

The following students completed courses with exemplary marks and made the 2018 Spring President's List at Georgia College in Milledgeville, Ga.

The annual Bobcat Awards took place April 3, 2018 in Magnolia Ballroom. These awards recognize student organizations, student leaders and community partners.

The John H. Lounsbury College of Education hosted it's annual spring award cermeony in May. Students received awards for their outstanding work within their program.

The Department of English recognized outstanding majors at a reception on April 25.

Janileyah Thompson was recently named a finalist for a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. The December 2017 graduate will teach and serve as an American cultural ambassador in South Korea.

Valedictorians earned perfect 4.0 grade point averages during all of their undergraduate coursework. These students earned this impressive distinction from Georgia College's May 2018 graduating class.

Several students were recognized for their achievements by the Georgia College Department of Mathematics at the spring 2018 Mathematics Recognition Reception.

Jonathan Mangrum is Georgia College's first David L. Boren Scholar-a prestigious award that will enable him to spend his fall 2018 semester learning Urdu in Lucknow, India. There, the junior economics and political science major will gain a cultural perspective while staying with a host family, but first, he will develop his skills through intensive study of the language at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The College of Health Sciences held its annual awards ceremony in April where students were recognized for their achievements in their respective major within the health sciences field.

Congratulations to the staff members currently involved with The Peacock's Feet.

The opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in scholarship (i.e., research or creative activities) has become an important part of Georgia College's emphasis on engaged-learning. Although many students engage in scholarship during the academic year, the most intensive and rewarding work often occurs during the summer months when both the students and their mentor (i.e., faculty or teaching staff) can devote full efforts to their scholarship without the pressures of coursework and teaching. However, most students seek summer employment to pay for some of their college costs for the following year and are unable to participate in summer scholarship unless they receive funding or wages. Through the MURACE Summer Funding program, up to five (5) Georgia College students will be able to pursue their own scholarship projects or creative endeavors (i.e., substantial contribution and co-authorship with faculty mentor or one's own personal mentored research project) under the mentorship of a faculty member or become part of a faculty scholarship project. Congratulations to the 2018 Summer Research Funding recipients.

Outstanding students from Psychological Science were recognized at the 12th Annual Psychology Recognition Reception (PSYC CON). The Alumni Speaker was Candra Michelle Garrett, GC Class of 2012. She currently is Senior UX Designer at Launch in Atlanta. Outstanding first years, sophomores, juniors and seniors were recognized. The W. F. McDaniel Outstanding Research Award was also presented as was the inaugural Inclusive Excellence Award for the research project titled: Intersectional Analysis of Perceived Workplace Discrimination and Job Satisfaction Among Individuals with Marginalized Identities.

A GC Biology student presents research at Cambridge, U.K., also selected for NSF REU at the California Academy of Sciences

Georgia College student Richard Bowles was awarded the 2018 Ken Bernhardt American Marketing Association Atlanta Outstanding Collegiate Marketer Award. The Ken Bernhardt AMA Atlanta Outstanding Collegiate Marketer Award is designed to highlight key individuals driven to make a difference in the marketing industry. To be considered for the award, students must submit an application along with a recommendation letter from a marketing professor. This award includes an invitation to the Atlanta Marketer of the Year (AMY) Awards Gala, where the winners will receive their awards and have the opportunity to network with marketing professionals.

The 8th Annual Margaret Harvin Wilson, '34 Writing Award - March 12, 2018 from Georgia College on Vimeo.

Congratulations to the Eta Xi Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated on their wonderful achievements this past weekend. They attended the Joint State Conference of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated on March 9-11, 2018.

Junior Julia Steele has been named a 2018 Newman Civic Fellow. Steele, an environmental science major and public health minor, was selected by campus administration for the fellowship, and is one of the 268 students who will make up the organization's 2018 cohort.

"The Quotidian and Surreal," an exhibition of Sarah Knouse's multi-media sculptures and videos, is curated by senior art major Heidi Schureck in fulfillment of her Museum Studies capstone thesis project.

Eight students recently presented their research at the Academy of Economics and Finance (AEF) Conference in Houston, Texas. Senior economics major Hannah Pasko won the Outstanding Undergraduate Student Paper Competition in Economics. She competed against undergraduate students from across the country bringing home the top prize. Pasko's research is titled "Does Social Media Usage Affect Suicide Rates in the United States?"

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.

Melanie Schellman a Georgia College Chemistry major will present at the 2018 World Congress of Smart Materials.

Georgia College announces the members of the 2017-2018 men's tennis team.

Georgia College announces the members of the 2017-2018 women's tennis team.

Georgia College congratulates one current student and two recent graduates who were named 2018-2019 semi-finalists for Fulbright Scholarships. Senior geography and history major Darcie Scales applied for an English Teaching Assistantship in Hungary. She will serve as an English teaching assistant in the eastern European country for nine months, if selected. December 2017 graduate Janileyah Thompson also applied for an English Teaching Assistantship. If selected, the mass communication major would spend 13 months working as an English teaching assistant in South Korea. Sofia Papa, a 2016 graduate who majored in Spanish, applied for an English Teaching Assistantship in Spain. She currently serves as a Teach for America member in Jacksonville, Florida.

A junior theatre major - Haley Grannon of Buford, Georgia - is the first-place winner for costumes she designed last fall in the production of "Detroit '67." Grannon competed recently against schools in the southeast's 10-state region during the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

A Georgia College student is venturing to Washington, D.C. as part of the Georgia College in Washington (GC in DC) program.

Georgia College crowns royalty, naming the 2018 Homecoming King, Queen, Duke and Duchess.

The student body elected a new Student Government Association executive board. The winners were announced after the Homecoming basketball game on Feb. 17.

Graduate Nurse Educator Student Talecia Warren is the 2018 recipient of the GANE (Georgia Association of Nurse Educators) Spillman-Bischoff Scholarship. This scholarship is given annually to a graduate student who has demonstrated potential as a future nursing leader in the area of nursing education. I think that everyone in the entire School of Nursing - faculty, staff and students would be in unanimous agreement that Mrs. Warren is one of the best things to happen to the School of Nursing.