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Campus Community – email issues Nov. 13

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		November 13, 2012 Faculty and Staff email is experiencing some intermittent issues. Windows Live has posted an update that they are experiencing issues. The information indicates they have had off and on issues for the last three hours. They are currently working to resolve the issue. Contact: serve@gcsu.edu

Georgia College hosts statewide student conference

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		November 09, 2012 Student Government Association representatives from across the University System of Georgia’s 35 colleges and universities gathered on Georgia College’s campus to discuss issues important to students.

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Student finalists selected for writing award

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		November 09, 2012 Five writers have been chosen as finalists for this year’s Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Award for a $1,000 grand prize.

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Freshman becomes national chemistry scholar

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		November 08, 2012 Georgia College freshman Jamichael Williams became the university’s first American Chemical Society (ACS) Project SEED Scholar.

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Dr. Lee Gillis earns ‘Distinguished Researcher Award’

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		November 08, 2012 Dr. Lee Gillis, chair and professor in Georgia College’s Department of Psychological Science, earned this year’s Distinguished Researcher Award from the Association for Experiential Education (AEE).

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Professors offer Spain study abroad experience

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		November 06, 2012 Learn firsthand about the language, literature and lives of Spain’s capital and largest city, Madrid, during a study abroad program meeting at 5 p.m. tomorrow at Blackbridge Hall, Room 207, on Clarke Street.

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Cancer program connects campus, community survivors

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		November 05, 2012 Patti Weimer has spirit, strength and a strong support system as member of Georgia College’s community Cancer Wellness Program called “Survive and Thrive.”

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Freedom Rider lectures at Georgia College

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		November 05, 2012 Freedom Rider and civil rights activist Joan Browning will lecture about her decision to go behind bars in efforts to challenge segregation in the South during the 1960s. The lecture begins at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Arts and Sciences Auditorium.

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During 2012, Gov. Nathan Deal signed the 2012-2013 state budget that included $9.6 million in bond funding for the renovation of Ennis Hall. Built in 1918 and designed as a residence hall, Ennis Hall is a historic, four-story masonry and wood frame structure located beside the Old Governor’s Mansion at Georgia College.

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Dr. Dave Bachoon, professor of biological and environmental sciences, was one of ten scientists and economists invited to a three-day meeting on coral reef restoration at the Atlanta Aquarium. Coral reefs are some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet and are shrinking at an alarming rate. Bachoon was the only microbiologist selected to attend because of his recent research on water pollution in the Caribbean. The participants discussed options available to investigate what is killing the reefs and how to save them. They also considered funding priorities for future research projects.

During the 2012-2013 academic year, volunteer group Georgia College Miracle and students Ashley Pittman and Courtney LaHatte became recipients of former President George H. W. Bush’s Daily Point of Light Award. The award honors individuals or groups across America who have created meaningful change in their communities.

During 2013, the university’s Bobcat Brass Quintet performed at the Georgia Music Educator’s Association In-Service Conference in Savannah. The experience became the first time an ensemble of all Georgia College students were invited to perform.

During the 2012-2013 academic year, artwork of Michael Murphy, Georgia College assistant art professor, graced the pages of TIME’s Person of the Year edition — the second time the artist has been featured in the magazine.

Dr. Frank Lowney, projects coordinator of Digital Innovation Group at Georgia College, published “The Coming ePublishing Revolution in Higher Education” using technology iBooks Author. The e-book explores the electronic publishing revolution of academic articles, books and textbooks.

During 2012, Georgia College sophomore Allison Blachard published her first novel, “Forget Me Not.” Published by Martin Sisters Publishing, the book is a paranormal romance novel about two young adults entangled in secret legends of Chippewa Native Americans.

Dr. Bob Duesing, professor of management at Georgia College, became Outstanding Faculty of the Year by Georgia WebMBA® for Cohort 28. Duesing received the 2011-2012 award during the annual WebMBA® faculty retreat.

Dr. Mark Huddle, assistant professor in the History, Geography and Philosophy department, recently spoke during the Roosevelt Reading Festival at Franklin Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, N.Y. Huddle spoke about his book, Roi Ottley's World War II: The Lost Diary of an African American Journalist, published in 2001.

Dr. Jeffrey Blick's recent archaeological research in the Bahamas appears in the publication, "Human Impacts on a Small Island Ecosystem: Lessons from the Lucayans of San Salvador, Bahamas for This Island Earth," as Chapter 7 in The Functioning of Ecosystems (2012). The anthropology professor and Dr. Eric Kjellmark of Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Fla., gained a permit from Gerace Research Centre to conduct lake sediment cores on San Salvador, researching the effects of climate change and human impacts on the island during the prehistoric period, ca. 1000 B.C.-A.D. 1492, up to the English colonial period, ca. 1780.

Georgia College business major Stephanie Clark reached the quarterfinals in the National Sales Competition.

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