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Chalk-the-Walk draws to front campus

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		October 01, 2012 The sidewalks of Georgia College’s front campus will transform into street art canvases beginning at 4 p.m. Friday.

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Presidential debate broadcasts on campus lawn

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		October 01, 2012 Watch this year’s first presidential debate live on Georgia College’s front campus from 9 to 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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Senior earns national nonprofit award

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		September 26, 2012 Georgia College senior Sharon Daniel is a next generation leader. The community health and human services major earned this year’s Next Generation Nonprofit Leaders Award.

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Professor uses position to inspire community

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		September 25, 2012 Serving as an endowed professor takes nonstop commitment, collaboration, communication and campus and community support across all disciplines and professions.

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‘Passages’ exhibits at Blackbridge Hall Art Gallery

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		September 21, 2012 Georgia College alumnus Michael Marks takes historical images and text and creates entirely new pieces of artwork that instantly captures his subjects’ attention.

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'Works by Lois Curtis'

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		September 20, 2012 Civil rights activist and folk artist Lois Curtis uses pastels and acrylics to communicate her passion for painting, despite living with a disability.

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University STEM initiative wins statewide awards

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		September 19, 2012 Georgia College’s Program of Distinction, Science to Serve, is winner of this year’s first S.T.E.M. Education Awards.

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New faculty joins ranks of university educators

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		Georgia College welcomed 34 new faculty members this semester to its faculty roster of almost 300 for the 2012-2013 academic year.

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Sallie Ellis Davis House honored with preservation awards

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March 1, 2013
Georgia College students generate poverty awareness

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March 13, 2013
Georgia College shares the art of printmaking

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Activist Angela Davis lectures on 'new day' in U.S. at Georgia College

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For the ninth year in a row, Georgia College has been awarded a grant to participate in the Georgia Youth Adult Program through the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS). The $8,230 from GOHS provides educational opportunities for Georgia College to fund events and activities to educate students about the dangers of driving after drinking, high-risk alcohol choices and other highway safety issues.

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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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