Georgia College & State University

The Giving Tree Award, which is given by the GIVE Center each year to only one student, is an honor presented on Earth Day for a student who has left an impact on campus. The GIVE Center plants a tree dedicated to the person, which leaves a lasting legacy. This year, Natalie Flanders has been honored with this award.

The GIVE Center released its list of Georgia College's top 20 volunteers for the 2016-2017 school year. The list is comprised of the 20 students with the most registered service hours for this academic year.

The top male and female volunteers through The GIVE Center were honored with Bobcat Awards. The students received the award for completing the most volunteers hours for the 2016-2017 academic year.

The GIVE Center recognized 17 Starfish Graduate.

Georgia College will recognize its students for the hundreds of volunteer hours they have dedicated this year to helping the community.

Student's works have been published in "The Peacocks Feet," Georgia College's undergraduate journal for literary and artistic talents.

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.

At the Association for Information Systems Student Chapter Leadership Conference held at the Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, students in the Georgia College AIS student chapter competed in the AmerisourceBergen Analytics competition.

Two more outdoor education students earned credentials as climbing instructers in March 2017.

Senior music therapy students received awards at the Southeastern Region: American Music Therapy Association Annual Conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Southeastern Region includes nine states and 18 university music therapy programs.

Several students were recognized for their achievements by the Georgia College Department of Psychological Sciences at the spring 2017 Psychology Recognition Reception.

The Georgia College Math Club took home the silver medal at this year's Math Jeopardy tournament held at Mercer University March 10 and 11, 2017. The tournament was part of the annual meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America. Over 30 teams participated in the tournament.

The 2016-2017 GC Softball Team has been announced.

Georgia College announces the members of the 2016-2017 baseball team.

Four Georgia College students each received $1,000 scholarships from the Transportation Club of Atlanta.

Eight students presented their research at the Academy of Economics and Finance Conference (AFE) last week in Charleston, South Carolina, with two tying for the top prize.

Georgia College student Savannah Brownlee was chosen as a recipient of the Ken Bernhardt AMA 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.

Laura Pitts, a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student at Georgia College, received the Spillman Bischoff Scholarship from the Georgia Association for Nursing Education in February 2017.

Georgia College congratulates graduate student Audrey Waits on being awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant. Waits received the grant in biology to research pathogenic bacteria in reindeer with researchers from the Thule Institute at the University of Oulu in Finland

Georgia College crowns royalty, naming the 2017 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. 18.

Georgia College students will present their research at the annual National Council Undergraduate Research Conference at University of Memphis April 6-8, 2017.

Fourteen Georgia College Honors students will present their research at the Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference Feb 17-18. 2017 in Columbus, Georgia.

Georgia College student is serving in the office of Senator Bill Heath and the government oversight committee.

Georgia College student is interning in Atlanta in the office of the President Pro Temp working for Senator David Shafer.

The Honors Program is designed for intellectually talented and motivated students, who benefit from small sections of core curriculum classes, lunch and dinner seminars, book discussions, and other academic and cultural events. This intellectually challenging and rewarding academic experience allows students to stretch their minds, craft unique records of experience and accomplishment, and achieve their longer-term academic and professional goals. For the program, students must maintain a 3.30 or higher institutional GPA, complete at least 18 hours of Honors course credit to graduate with Honors and remain in good standing with the program and be a member of Eta Sigma Alpha (the Honors Student Association).

A Georgia College student is interning in Washington, DC for the Millennial Action Project, a nonprofit Policy Institute. Along with the rigorous internship, classes are also being taken at George Mason University with a $13,000 scholarship awarded by the institute.

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

Georgia College welcomes all new students to Bobcat Territory.

Four students have been named as leaders on the 2016-2017 IFC executive board.