Connection Winter 2015

125

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4 Up FrontNews and notes around campus

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GC ReactsThe world has changed

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Cover Story125 years of academics

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Student OrganizationsStudents at the center of GC

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The Making of the 125Recognizing the most influential

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HomecomingCelebrate the 125th

24 History of School SpiritCompetition promotes spirit

26 Class Notes

Alumni Weekend Moves to NovemberPlease save the date for Alumni WeekendNov. 13-14, 2015. We will celebrate withreunion groups, and there will be numerouscultural and historical events taking place oncampus. More information about this eventwill be featured in our summer issue ofConnection.Reenactment of Dr. Julia Flisch’s

speech on the importance of education for women by Dr. Amy Pinney.

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Winter 2015

Vol. XXIV, No.1Copyright 2015.

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Milledgeville, GA 31061

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Alumni artists from ‘1937 to 2014’ celebrate the opening of Ennis Hall

The Department of Art celebrated moving to anew building by honoring their past.

The first art exhibition held in the newlyrenovated and reopened Ennis Hall, titled“1937 to 2014,” brought together generations ofGeorgia College alumni artists.

“We had 34 artists on display for thisexhibition,” said Associate Professor of ArtCarlos Herrera. “There were some artists fromMilledgeville and others from Savannah. Ithink the furthest away was from Louisiana.”

Artwork on display showcased graduates from1937 to those as recent as 2014, hence theexhibit’s title.

The exhibit represented a large range oftalents with works on display from paintingsand drawings to etchings and photography.

Ennis Hall was reopened in June 2014 after atwo-and-a-half year transformation from theremnants of a 1920s women’s dormitory to ahighly interactive, useable home for theGeorgia College Department of Art.

Georgia College welcomes new associate provostGeorgia College announces a new member of the university’sleadership team. Dr. Carolyn Denard will serve as associate provost forstudent success and strategic initiatives, and director for the Center forStudent Success.

Denard was most recently the dean of the college at ConnecticutCollege in New London, Conn. She has also served as assistant dean ofthe Emory University graduate school, associate dean of the college atEmory University and associate dean of the college at BrownUniversity.

“I am delighted to be joining the Georgia College community, and Ilook forward to working with the provost and the staff in the StudentSuccess Center, the Learning Center and the other units and programsinvolved with student success initiatives at the college,” said Denard.

She began her new role at Georgia College on Jan. 1, 2015.


125th anniversary celebratedduring Charter WeekIn honor of Georgia College’s chartering on Nov. 8, 1889, asGeorgia Normal & Industrial College, the university held aweeklong celebration Nov. 3 - 8, 2014.

Activities included the Presidents’ Memorial Tour ofMemory Hill Cemetery, student celebration on frontcampus, alumni reception and community charter daycelebration.

A 125th anniversary time capsule was dedicated, andstudents, faculty, staff and community members enjoyed alecture about the history of the college, as well as areenactment of Dr. Julia Flisch’s speech on the importanceof education for women.

Charter Week culminated with the Scholarship Gala.

celebrates legacy of learning,

launches campaignThroughout this academic year, Georgia Collegeproudly celebrates the quasquicentennial, or 125thanniversary, of the university.

In honor of that, the university hosted a ScholarshipGala in November 2014 to not only celebrate GeorgiaCollege's legacy of learning, but also to supportfuture generations of students by providingscholarships with the money raised. The universityhas launched a yearlong scholarship campaign withthe goal of creating 125 newly funded scholarships.

The Georgia College & State University Foundationhas pledged to match the donations to eligiblescholarships during the quasquicentennial year.

Funding opportunities include endowedscholarships, gifts to current scholarships or gifts tothe Legacy Fund endowment for first-generationstudents.

Also at the gala, 125 individuals and groups whohave paved the way for Georgia College's place in thehigher education landscape were honored. The 125most influential individuals and groups in thehistory of the university were recognized for theirtransformational contributions of time, talent andtreasure to the institution.

For more information on the 125th anniversarycelebration, visit gcsu.edu/125.


A new program to Georgia College looks toincrease the pool of available teachers froma broader and more diverse background.

The Call Me MISTER (Mentors InstructingStudents Toward Effective Role Models)program at Georgia College is the first of itskind in the state.

Student participants will be largely selectedfrom under-represented populations, with atargeted focus on African-American males.Program benefits include financialassistance, residential living environments,mentorship through peer cohort programsand intensive learning and hands-ontraining to become transformativeeducators.

“Education is perhaps the most powerfuland transformative tool that we have at ourdisposal,” said Emmanuel Little, ’07,program director. “I can still remember theimpact that certain teachers had not onlyupon my retention of the subject matterbeing taught, but also on my entireworldview. Unfortunately, there are veryfew instances where I had an instructorwho resembled me. The goal of Call MeMISTER is to change that.”

Little is currently recruiting the first cohortof students in the program at GeorgiaCollege for fall 2015.

New program focuses on recruitingAfrican-Americanmale educators

Senior Whitney Gray won first place for herpoem, “Sweet Something,” in the MargaretHarvin Wilson Writing Award competition,taking home $1,000 for her manuscript.

She also placed fourth for her short story,“Listen.”

“Whitney Gray has been one of our mostoutstanding creative writers, and I invitedher to complete a special senior capstoneproject, a chapbook of her poetry. As part ofthat project, Whitney is participating in ourMasters of Fine Arts graduate levelworkshop in poetry this semester,” saidCreative Writing Program CoordinatorMartin Lammon. “So I wasn’t at all surprisedthat the final judges chose her poem ‘SweetSomething’ as the 2014 Wilson Awardwinning manuscript.”

The award was established in memory ofMargaret Harvin Wilson, ’34, who was bornNov. 11, 1913, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The 2014award was given out on what would havebeen her 101st birthday.

Granted annually to a Georgia Collegeundergraduate student, the Margaret HarvinWilson Writing Award offers a cash prize, acertificate of achievement and recognition ata public ceremony as a celebration ofexcellence in writing.

Senior wins awards forpoetry, fiction pieces


Newell Scholar to focus on Central StateHospital, community and mental health

Dr. Mab Segrest was chosen as the newMartha Daniel Newell VisitingDistinguished Scholar for spring 2015. Herwork revolves around the tumultuous historybehind the local landmark Central StateHospital (CSH) in Milledgeville.

Segrest arrived on campus in January and isteaching a course entitled “Milledgeville andthe Mind,” as well as giving various lecturesthroughout the semester.

Born in Alabama, Segrest is a writer andsocial activist, who has a diverse backgroundin academia and working for various socialjustice organizations. She received hermaster’s and doctorate in modern Britishliterature from Duke University and wasappointed the Fuller-Matthai Professor ofGender & Women’s Studies at Connecticut

College in 2004. She’s authored works suchas “My Mama’s Dead Squirrel: LesbianEssays on Southern Culture,” “Born toBelonging: Writings on Spirit and Justice”and “Memoir of a Race Traitor.”

The Martha Daniel Newell Visiting Scholarprogram was established in 2011 with anendowment from Georgia College alumna,Martha Daniel Newell, ’42. The program isdesigned to reinforce Georgia College'sliberal arts mission by providing a rare andexciting opportunity for the collegecommunity to work alongside a nationallyrecognized scholar-in-residence.

Martha Daniel Newell was named to the listof the “125 Most Influential” in GeorgiaCollege history.

Students intern for Georgia representatives as part of the GC in DC programDuring the quasquicentennial year, the universitylaunched the Georgia College in Washington program(GC in DC).

Three students interned in Washington, D.C. during thefall 2014 semester: political science major ThomasZoeckler, political science major Charles Morgan andinternational student Anamika Bhasker.

Created by Dr. Costas Spirou, chair of the governmentand sociology department, the program places studentsin a range of internships in Washington, D.C., includingin the House of Representatives, Senate, White Houseand the Council of Foreign Relations.

The program is available for students majoring in thehumanities, mass communication, business, socialsciences, natural sciences and environmental and relatedsciences.

Georgia College continues to climb in U.S. News & WorldReport rankingsGeorgia College continues its climb in the U.S. News &World Report rankings. The 2015 “Best Colleges”guidebook shows Georgia College moved up one place onthe list of best regional universities in the South to 28th.

Georgia College was also designated 10th among the toppublic regional universities and was Georgia’s onlyuniversity to be ranked in that category. This is thesecond year in a row Georgia College has received thatrank.

“These new rankings show that Georgia College iscontinuing to excel in and gain recognition for itsprograms both on the regional and national level,” saidPresident Dr. Steve Dorman. “Our rankings speakvolumes about the quality of our students and thededication of our faculty and staff. It also shows that ourpeers can see the opportunities provided by ouruniversity.”

US News & World Report also recognized several GeorgiaCollege programs in their 2015 "Best Online Programs"rankings. The online graduate nursing program wasrated as one of the top 20 programs in the country and theonline graduate nursing programs were the highest ratedin the state of Georgia. The online Master of BusinessAdministration (Georgia WebMBA® at Georgia College)was ranked 25th in the country.

New Director of AdmissionsRamon Blakley began his tenure as director of the GeorgiaCollege Office of Admissions Dec. 1, 2014. Blakley brings 16years of public and private higher education enrollmentmanagement experience to the university. Most recently beforejoining Georgia College, he served as director of admissions atTexas A&M University-Kingsville in Kingsville, Texas and assenior associate director of admissions at Saint LouisUniversity in St. Louis, Mo. Blakley was also recently selectedas a National Rising Star by the National Association of CollegeAdmission Counseling for a professional development programhe coordinated.

In his new role, Blakley hopes to lead the Georgia College admissions office in helpinggrow the college’s national profile, while increasing diversity and the university’s out-of-state footprint.

“When I first visited, the campus simply took my breath away. With small class sizes,bright and inquisitive students and the strong sense of community, Georgia Collegerepresents what a liberal arts university should be,” said Blakley. “It’s clear from ourprofile that many of the brightest students in Georgia know this. Now it’s time we sharethis experience on a national scale.”

Dean announced for The John H. Lounsbury College of Education

Georgia College has named Dr. Joseph M. Peters thenew dean of the John H. Lounsbury College ofEducation.

“Dr. Peters brings both a breadth and depth ofexperiences needed to meet the challenges of theteaching profession,” said Dr. Kelli Brown, provostand vice president for academic affairs. “His K-12 andhigher education leadership experience brings theneeded skills and knowledge to work with our localschool communities as well as guide the teaching andlearning scholarship within the college.”

Peters has worked in higher education in various capacities including hismost recent position as dean of education at Chaminade University inHonolulu, Hawaii. He has also served as director of the School of Educationat Northern Marianas College in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands andprofessor in the School of Education at the University Of West Florida inPensacola, Fla.

“I look forward to working collaboratively with faculty, staff and students tosolidify the university’s mission, vision, values and governance structure,promote external and internal partnerships, broaden the diversity of thefaculty and students, create professional development opportunities andexplore ways to improve learning through the use of technology,” said Peters.


Returning to your alma mater forhomecoming includes seeing all thatremains the same, learning about the newand reconnecting with friends. This ritualbrings campus together, no matter what

year you attended. But this year’s Georgia CollegeHomecoming is sure to shine brighter, as thequasquicentennial celebration focuses on theinstitution’s 125-year history.

On Feb. 20 and 21, the campus community willcelebrate this year’s homecoming with a 125thanniversary theme. By celebrating the 125thanniversary, we hope to underline the shared sense ofbelonging between current and future alumni. In thisyear’s theme, we also recognize that no matter whenwe attended, we all benefitted from the education wereceived here at GC.

Although current students will begin celebratingearlier in the week, festivities will start Friday, Feb. 20with GC Jamfest, Georgia College's annualhomecoming concert. Saturday’s event will kick offwith a decades theme for the annual parade,spotlighting the many fashions and events that parallelthe history of Georgia College during the 20th Century.Tent City will also give alumni the chance to tailgatetogether in anticipation of the homecoming match-upin women’s and men’s basketball against the GeorgiaSouthwestern State University Hurricanes.

If you can’t make it back to Milledgeville homecomingweekend, we’d like you to help us celebrate by sharingyour Georgia College experience on ThrowbackThursday, Feb. 12. Share memories or post photos fromyour years here at the college for a chance to winofficial Homecoming 2015 T-shirts and tickets to thisyear’s GC Jamfest. We want to fill the Georgia CollegeAlumni Facebook page with images of Georgia Collegepast and present.

For more information and updates, go tohomecoming.gcsu.edu.

Georgia College Homecoming 2015Schedule

Friday, Feb. 202 - 5:30 p.m. Alumni Registration –

Sallie Ellis Davis House5:30 p.m. Alumni Welcome Reception –

Sallie Ellis Davis House6 p.m. Homecoming Concert doors open –

Centennial Center7 p.m. GC Jamfest 2015 begins

For information on performers, visit homecoming.gcsu.edu

7:30 p.m. Theatre Performance "Anything Goes" - Russell Auditorium

Saturday, Feb. 21Blue and Green Day8:30 a.m. Bobcat Ramble – The Depot9 a.m. Tent City opens – Centennial Square9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Alumni Registration –

Sallie Ellis Davis House11 a.m. Homecoming Parade Begins11:30 a.m. Divine 9 Alumni Picnic – Peabody Garden12 p.m. Tailgating Begins at Reunion Tents –

Centennial SquareFeaturing local bands on the community stage

1 p.m. Campus Tour – Student Center2 p.m. Cornhole Tournament – Centennial Square3:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Georgia Southwestern –

Centennial CenterWomen’s Half-time: Introduction of King and Queen Introduction of Kings and Queens

5:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Georgia Southwestern – Centennial CenterAnnouncements of:Parade WinnersKing and Queen Winners Student Government Association (SGA) Election Results

7:30 p.m. Theatre Performance "Anything Goes" - Russell Auditorium

8 p.m. Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Betty Jaynes, '67, Geza Martiny and Michelle Palethorpe, '97Magnolia Ballroom

HomecomingCelebrate the 125th anniversary thisHomecoming Weekend—Feb. 20 and 21


To register for homecoming, visit:https://alumni.gcsu.edu/alumni-weekend-2015-registration.



Over the course of the last 125years, the world has had manymoments that have significantlychanged it — two world wars,natural disasters, the ebb andflow of the economy and theattacks of Sept. 11—just to namea few. Although some of thesedid not directly affect the college,

GEORGIA COLLEGE REACTS TO

WORLD EVENTS

the university has always strivedto play a supporting role.


he Great Depression of the1930s, while a significant time ofdecline for many, didn’t affectGeorgia College in the ways mostmight think.

“The Depression turned out good forus, due to the Works ProgressAdministration funds, whichallowed us to build the campuswhich you see today,” said Archivist

Joshua Kitchens. “We as a campus sort ofblossomed out of the Great Depression. Andwhile it did hit some communities hard—people in the campus community kept going.”

The sense of community was kept strong overthe course of 1943 to 1945, when GeorgiaCollege acted as a training facility for WomenAppointed for Voluntary Emergency Services(WAVES). During that two-year span, 15,000women trained on the campus. Kitchens saysthe relationship between students and WAVESwasn’t always what the administration hoped itwould be.

“It was overcrowded at the time and you hadWAVES coming in and being put intobuildings, which essentially crammed studentsinto dorms,” said Kitchens.

Kitchens also says it was an eye-openingexperience for many of the students.

“It was a complete culture shock for these girlsfrom small town Georgia to all of sudden havethese WAVES in their school, who came fromall over the country,” said Kitchens.

Georgia College played its part in the war effortand the WAVES departure returned normalcyon the campus. The next somewhat tumultuoustime that struck campus was during the 1960sand 70s with the heightening of the VietnamWar. What was a turbulent time for the countrywas also a shaky time for the university.

"University records and first-hand accountsdepict lots of unrest on campus during thattime, as well as some protests that weren’talways peaceful,” said Kitchens. “At that timein our history, we were dealing with deepcultural shifts.”


The cultural shifts mirrored those playing 0n TVsets across the nation. Integration of schools andthe Civil Rights Movement was taking off. Thefirst African-American student entered the schoolin 1964, to no real contest at the time.

“The college integrated with our first African-American student Cellestine Hill in 1964, butwhat we really didn’t see is us as a college dealingwith the issue,” said Kitchens.

Although not always political, world events dohave ways of shaking society to its core. Disasterssuch as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and theearthquake in Haiti in 2010 caused rallying ofsupport from the student body.

One such effort was faculty at Georgia Collegepartnering with the Oconee Valley chapter of theAmerican Red Cross to form the very firstDisaster Team in Middle Georgia. According to anarchived Colonnade article, the purpose of theteam was to support temporary shelters that werehelping refugees who were fleeing into Georgia.GIVE Center Director Kendall Stiles says thisoutreach is normal for campus to do in times ofneed.

“I’m not surprised at all by what our studentscontinue to do when situations like this happen,”said Stiles. “It always depends on the students andwhat’s going on, but our students usually come tome asking to do something— they truly care aboutwhat’s happening and want to help.”

In January 2010, the Colonnade ran severalarticles depicting the outreach of the communityand campus to the Haitian community. Theoutreach including a fundraiser to help victims ofthe 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the country’scapital of Port-au-Prince, as well as bringing ithome to many students by running a profile on aHaitian student.

“What you’ll see is when we can put a face to adisaster—it makes it all the more real to thestudents here,” said Stiles. “But regardless, theyare aware of what’s happening, and theyunderstand they have a role to play in this.”

Perhaps one of the most significant times inAmerican history came on Sept. 11, 2001, with theattacks on the Twin Towers in New York City. ForKitchens, who was a freshman at Georgia Collegeat the time, it’s a day that he remembers clearly.

“Campus just stopped at around 10 a.m.,” saidKitchens. “You had people going back to theirdorms, making calls and watching what washappening on TV. Like many felt that day, it was asense of shock around campus.”

Monumental events such as Sept. 11 have thetendency to create a sense of unity, which issimilar to what played out at Georgia College. Thatsame sense of unity is also at times met withrelentless giving, support and outreach that beginsto spark hope on campus. �


COVER STORY

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125 Yearsof Academics at Georgia CollegeFrom Normal and Industrial to the state’s designated liberal arts university

In 1904, Julia Flisch wrote in ahistory of the university called“Snap Shots” that “more than 90percent of its graduates havefollowed for a livelihood thebusiness that they learned here.”Now 125 years after its charter,Georgia College still prides itself onproviding exceptional learningopportunities to lead students to alifetime of success.


For 125 years, Georgia College hasprovided an exemplary educationalexperience for its students. Throughoutthe years, the name of the universitymay have changed, but the dedication toprovide students opportunities to

develop extensive knowledge and strategic skills tothrive as productive citizens has not.

When chartered as GeorgiaNormal & Industrial College(GNIC) in 1889, theeducational focus wasgeared toward developingteachers.

“The name ‘normal’ meansteaching school,” said Dr. Robert J. Wilson III,professor and university historian. “The goal then wasto educate young women in the workforce. Graduatestypically went into teaching, but for others, the‘industrial’ part of the name signified education intyping, bookkeeping and other similar jobs.”

For the education students, they received hands-onlearning opportunities at the Peabody Model School.Peabody served as a public elementary school for

Baldwin County children beginning in 1891. In 1927,Peabody expanded its services and began operating asBaldwin County's four-year high school.

At Peabody, students in the teaching program receivedexperience before they got their first teaching job.Sophomores and juniors in the Normal School (Schoolof Education) observed classes at Peabody, and seniors

taught at Peabody for onehour each day.

“During the early 20thcentury, the university had thereputation as the state’spremier teaching institution,”said Wilson. “At that time,

most degrees offered were only two-year. Beginning in1921, we were able to award four-year comprehensivedegrees, and the named changed to Georgia StateCollege for Women (GSCW).”

Growing demands for teachers during that time allowedfor many graduates to find jobs with city schools aftergraduation, and in 1938, the number of enrolledstudents, known as “Jessies” from the sound of GSCW,peaked at 1,500.

Julia Flisch, an outspoken advocate ofeducation for women, represented thewomen of the state at the laying of thecornerstone for Georgia Normal &Industrial College (GNIC). Flisch laterbecame a professor of history at GNIC.


World War II affected the university and itseducational offerings in several ways. First in 1943,GSCW was selected as one of four colleges fortraining U.S. Navy WAVES. Over the course of twoyears, 15,000 women received training on campus instorekeeping and clerical duties for the Navy. Thenafter the war, enrollment sunk to a low of 585 as themajority of postwar women began to prefercoeducational colleges.

“New educational opportunity did open up on campusin 1957 as the college began its first graduate program,a Master of Education degree,” said Wilson.

From the beginning, training teachers was a primaryfocus for the university, however, with coeducationthat shifted in several ways.

“As a women’s college, students came from all overthe state. They lived here, and their life was here,”said Wilson. “When men were admitted in 1967, theuniversity became more of a suitcase collegerecruiting students from about a 50 mile radius ofMilledgeville.”

At that time, the growth in the College of Businessand other programs began to boom. Enrollment

followed suit, growing to 3,770 students in 1975, andwith that, new opportunities began to develop forstudents like study abroad and exchange programs.

The educational environment made a decisive shift in1997 when the Board of Regents of the UniversitySystem of Georgia designated Georgia College as thestate’s public liberal arts institution.

“With that came a focus on intellectual developmentand broader academic opportunities instead of onlyfocusing on the development of professional skills,”said Wilson. “Adjustments to the curriculum weremade across the board to fit the liberals arts mold.”

The liberal arts mission continues to define thedelivery of education, and with that comes new andinnovative ways for students to learn at GeorgiaCollege including the launch of the new QualityEnhancement Plan, ENGAGE. The plan focuses on“Building a Culture of Engaged Learning” tostrategically and intentionally build community-based engaged learning opportunities.

“We are in the first semester of the five-yearimplementation period. We are just getting started,but thus far we have recognized six ENGAGE fellows,


three apprentice fellows, awarded 10 grants and have aclass of 10 community-based engaged learningapprentices who are developing communityengagement experiences for Georgia College students,”said Dr. Julia Metzker, director of ENGAGE.

Georgia College has expanded its focus on community-based learning offerings with opportunities such as: thecreation of a mural at the Collins P. Lee CommunityCenter in the Harrisburg community of BaldwinCounty by art and sociology students; the PublicMemory GC1Y course taught by Dr. Katie Simon,which collaborated with the Ina Dillard Russell Library,the Georgia War Veterans Home and California-basedartist Jack Leamy to host a pop-up museum thatpreserved memories of war veterans; and students inDr. Jan Clark’s Public Achievement course coachingelementary students as they chose and implementedcommunity improvement projects that served thepublic good in their neighborhoods, schools andcommunities.

“GC also recently signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding with the Environmental ProtectionAgency and the city of Eatonton as part of theCollege/Underserved Community PartnershipsProgram,” said Metzker. “This collaboration willprovide opportunities for students to work with cityofficials in Eatonton to address issues that affect thehealth of citizens and infrastructure of the city.”

Community engagement by definition takes learningbeyond the traditional classroom. These types ofopportunities allow our students to develop extensivehands-on skills from their experiences.

“This idea fits right with the concept of a liberal artseducation in which students have a firm grounding in arange of topics and are able to use what they learn tocreatively solve issues that affect their community,” saidMetzker. “Our ultimate goal is to increase the numberof community engagement opportunities for students,so every student has the opportunity to participate inENGAGE. We are reaching out to community clubs,faith-based organizations, established communityorganizations, local schools and other organizations tofind opportunities where Georgia College studentscannot only have an impact, but also learn from thetalented individuals they work with.”

When you look back over the 125 year history of theuniversity, you find that from allowing educationstudents to work with children at the Peabody school inthe late 1880s to current ENGAGE projects, there is onecentral premise at the foundation of a Georgia Collegeeducation − student-centered programs that develop theintellectual, professional and civic skills givinggraduates a lifelong a passion for achievement, curiosityand exuberance for learning. �


The Making of the 125In the spring of 2014, preparations began to celebrate the

university’s quasquicentennial. To help recognize some ofthe most influential people and groups during the history

of the university, a call for nominations was issued to thecampus community and alumni.

The intent of the university was to recognize some of theindividuals and organizations during the history of the collegefor their contributions. These contributions have influenced thedirection of the institution or made a positive impact on society.More than 300 nominations were received and then sent to aselection panel for review. This panel included alumni,Milledgeville community members and Georgia Collegefaculty and staff with extensive knowledge of the universityand its history.

After careful consideration, a list of 125 individuals and groupswas composed for special recognition during the school’squasquicentennial celebration. Georgia College honors thisgroup for helping to shape the institution to date and forpreparing the college to continue to educate future classes foryears to come.


Ethel Adams HA ’63Stan AldridgeAlumni Association Board ofDirectorsPeyton Anderson FoundationWilliam and Susan AtkinsonAtlanta Alumni ClubLeola BeesonMiller BellGeorge and Barbara BeiswangerCarol Black ’37Board of Regents of the UniversitySystem of GeorgiaEuri Belle Bolton ’15Frank BoneJames Bonner Anne Wells BranscombTad Brown HA ’13L.R. Godfrey BurfittDwight CallInez Lord Carpenter ’17Genie Snyder Chamberlin ’82Barbara Chandler ’34Bob ChandlerPierre Clements ’86Lucretia Coleman ’69, ’71 The ColonnadePamela CookCouncil of Student AmbassadorsPaul Coverdell HA ’01R. Linton Cox HA ’83E. Max CrookFrances Potter DanielsSusan DanielsEdward DawsonSandra Dunagan Deal ’64, ’66Therry DealDavid DeVriesMichael DigbyLarry Elowitz Mildred EnglishJulia FlishSylvester Ford ’83Foundation Board of Trustees

Linton FowlerFloride Moore Gardner ’36 Georgia GovernorsGeorgia Power CompanyThe GIVE CenterSarah Gordon HA ’95Helen Greene ’28 Alex Gregory ’78, ’79Jean GuittonWilliam HairJames HammondJanice Hardy HA ’77 John HargadenBill Hartley ’74Ralph HemphillCharles Holmes HertyCellestine Hill ’68Paul JahrAmanda JohnsonKaolin IndustryMartha Turner KeberJohn S. & James L. KnightFoundationJohn KurtzMary Jean LandJohn Lounsbury HA ’83 Donald MacMahonKimberly Hall Martin ’82Geza MartinyMary Thomas MaxwellBill McDanielMargaret Meaders ’26Milledgeville Legislative DelegationZell MillerDavid MooreSusan Myrick ’11Alice Napier HA ’60 Luttie Neese HA ’64Dorrie Neligan ’65, ’88Sarah NelsonMartha Daniel Newell ’42Olza “Tony” Nicely ’86Max Noah Flannery O’Connor ’45

Doug OetterAnne Patterson ’68Peabody SchoolJ. Michael PeelerStephen PortchMarjorie Gray PrenticePresidents of Georgia CollegeCarol Pryor ’39Randolph PuckettIsabel “Izzie” Rogers HA ’00The Russell FamilyKen SaladinJohn Sallstrom HA ’94 Save Atkinson Hall PatronsEdwin Hobart ScottTodd Shiver ’07 Ann Simpson Smith ’21, ’24 Hallie Turner Smith ’17Ted SmithJoseph Specht HA ’85 Stephen Stewart ’77, ’80Susan Stewart ’70Student Government AssociationCatherine SummerlinChan Minter Tagliabue ’64Hoy TaylorKate ThrashThunder CrewJessie Trawick ’22, ’24 Alice Lenore TuckerKen Vance ’78Carl VinsonPeggy Harris Walker ’74Rose Lee Walston HA ’72Watson-Brown FoundationHarriet Whipple HA ’85 Bob Wilson HA ’07 Stan Wilson ’77Robert Woodruff FoundationKathleen Wilkinson Wooten

*HA Denotes Honorary Alumnus

The 125

Learn more about the 125 most influential people and groups during Georgia College's history by visiting: gcsu.edu/125.

Student Organizationscontinue to shape Georgia College


Whether they are bringingvisiting artists to campus,organizing community events orfundraising for a cause, they havebeen influential in creating theculture of Georgia College today.

Students have always been at the center of Georgia College.


“The thing with student groups that you seeis that it really is a ground-up approach toit,” said Archivist Joshua Kitchens.“Student groups really started on campusbecause the students were looking for anoutlet.”

What began with a handful of studentgroups at Georgia College has grown tomore than 160 student organizations today.From spiritual groups to the arts to serviceled groups — organizations run the gamuton campus. Tracing student groups roots,Kitchens says the beginning of allorganizations on campus owe a great deal tothe Young Women’s Christian Association(YWCA), which was established in 1894.

“In the beginning of the college the YWCAreally was the most important group,” saidKitchens. “They were responsible for mostof the activities and events on campus.”

The YWCA played an important role insponsoring events, hosting annualgatherings such as the tree planting onArbor Day, as well as in later years playingan important role in the history ofintegration by starting a Race Committee inthe 1930s.

“You really saw the YWCA being a bitradical for that time period, and I reallythink that was reflective of the wholecampus as well.”

In 1925, the Colonnade was created from theYWCA, in hopes to bring news that dealtwith campus interests to the forefront. Theoriginal news outlet was the YWCA’sTriangled Thoughts, which was a bimonthlypaper. In its debut, the Colonnadesubscription fee was 50 cents per semester.

“In the early years, they really were funnyand had some snark,” said Kitchens. “Ithink they needed that creative andemotional outlet. It wasn’t until later yearsin the 70s and 80s did we see them take thisserious direction into investigativejournalism.”

Current Colonnade Editor-in-Chief KellyMainor says that direction into hard-hittingnews is one she’s trying to balance with theeditorial side of newspaper.

“It’s interesting to look back at old issues ofthe paper and see where they placed valuein news that was written back then,” saidMainor.



Mainor wants a return to the original mission of theColonnade, which was to write about news relevant tocampus interests.

“At a liberal arts institution we have an opportunity tohave our paper be more editorialized and to push thoseboundaries,” said Mainor. “Why not add color andvoice to the paper? We are representing the studentvoice.”

Along with the Colonnade, other groups beganforming around the 1920s. Soon groups turned intomore interest-based groups such as the History Club,which is still active on campus today.

“The History Club was responsible for the creation ofSpecial Collections,” said Kitchens. “The firstcollection was built on books they bought in the1930s.”

Another important landmark for the university wasthe creation of a student government organization.Established in 1934 under the Beeson administration,students called for a group that gave them a voice incampus policies, which created the first studentgovernment association.

Now 80 years later, current Student GovernmentAssociation (SGA) President Juawn Jackson says themission of the organization hasn’t changed muchduring that time span.

“What has changed about SGA is that we have evolvedinto a more professional organization over the years,”said Jackson. “We’ve also proven to the faculty and theadministration that we are capable of intellectualconversation that leads to achieving interests that areimportant to the collegiate experience.”

Jackson also says that having a voice in policies is whatmakes all the difference. The relationship withadministration is what Jackson says makes theuniversity stand out among others. Another advantageof SGA Jackson says is it provides students withunique opportunities to get involved, hands-onexperience and prepares them for their future career.

Another student group that has been influential to thecollege atmosphere is the Council of StudentAmbassadors. Active on campus since 1998, the team’srole has fluctuated over time, but it has become one ofthe foundations of the Georgia College experience.

“We started out with a small group, with less that 15members,” said Suzanne Pitman, associate vicepresident of enrollment management. “Now it’s grownto almost 60 members, and those are usually the bestand brightest examples of Georgia College students.”

Pittman says the Ambassador Team is a continuallygrowing organization, which is in part due to their highdemand. Ambassadors help with everything fromalumni events, tours, freshman orientation to evenwelcoming donors and legislators to campus.

“There really is a level of professionalism that isinherent in the group,” said Pittman. “They have to beable to interact with people and know how to representthe college well. What I see with our ambassadors isthere’s always a deep love of university.”

That same sense of campus and community that runsthroughout the Ambassador Team can be seenthroughout most student organizations today —whether they have lasted for 80 years such as SGA, oreven the groups who are celebrating their first year oncampus. �


1969 1981 1982 1990-91 1992 1995 1996 1997 1997 1999 2000

First season ofGeorgia CollegeAthletics (baseball,gymnastics,men’s andwomen’s tennis,men’s soccer)

GymnasticsNationalChampionship

GymnasticsNationalChampion-ship(only twonationalchampion-ships inschool history)

First PBCChampionshipfor Women’sBasketball

Inauguralseason of thePeach BeltConferenceand move toDivision II forGeorgiaCollegeAthletics

World SeriesRunner-Up forBaseball

First NCAATournamentAppearancefor Women’sBasketball

First PBCChampion-ship for Men’sBasketball

First NCAATournamentgame for Men’sBasketball

First PBCChampionshipfor Women’sTennis

NCAA RegionalChampionshipfor Men’sBasketball

timeline

Ahistory of competition is one that runsthroughout the timeline of Georgia College.School spirit has also been part of the legacy ofathletics at the college, which spans through all125 years. From the early days of organized

competition with the Golden Slipper to the college's athleticsprogram that we know today— the idea of competition and sporthas been strong within the college.

“We had sports and activities on campus at a very early date.Legend has it that the very first basketball game in the state ofGeorgia was played on our campus by our students,” saidArchivist Joshua Kitchens.

Many sports and activities on campus started from scratch.During the early years, many intramural sports were played andoriginated from the Recreation Association.

“We knew early on our students were playing basketball,volleyball, lawn-tennis and eventually baseball and softball,”said Kitchens.

A definite change for the university came in the late 1960swhen deciding a new nickname for the athletics team. A contestwas held, which yielded suggestions such as the Falcons,Wildcats or Tigers. However, the school decided on theColonials, in honor of Georgia as one of the 13 colonies.

An emphasis on intercollegiate activity came with thecoeducation of the college in the 1970s. During that time, theuniversity also began hosting more intramural sports.

Also during the 1970s and 80s, the gymnastics team hadmany significant accolades including hosting the firstAssociation for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women NationalGymnastics Championship; hosting three National Associationof Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national championships,with ESPN coverage; and winning the 1981 NAIA NationalWomen’s Gymnastics Championship.

Moving into the 1990s, Georgia College athletics was one ofthe inaugural members of the then-Peach Belt Athletic

History of GC school spirit, athletics


2000 2002 2005 2006 2006 2006 2008 2009 2009 2010 2013

First PBCChampionshipfor Men’s Golf

First CollegeWorld Series for Softball,finished runner-up

First Seasonof Women’sSoccer

First PBCChampion-ship forBaseball

College WorldSeries forSoftball

GC AthleticsHall of FameEstablished,10-memberinauguralclass

First NCAATournamentappearancefor Women’sSoccer

First PBCChampion-ship forMen’s Tennis

GC awarded PBC Commissioner’s Cup(all-sports trophy for on-the-field success)for first time in program history

Back-to-BackCommissioner’sCups

First GCVolleyballmatch inschool history

Conference (now Peach Belt Conference) in 1990-91. Themove also took GC Athletics’ nine varsity sports from theNAIA to the NCAA, as members of Division II. TheColonials were competitive immediately, tying for secondin the PBAC in women’s basketball, and third in men’shoops.

Another transition in school spirit came in 1997-98,when Georgia College made the mascot switch toBobcats, spending one more season in brown and goldbefore adopting the current blue and green colors in1998-99.

In 2004, Georgia College added women’s soccer,returning soccer back to the athletic department for thefirst time since dissolving the Colonial men’s team in1995. GC Athletics added its 11th and most recent varsitysport with the addition of Bobcat Volleyball in 2013.

The first PBAC title came from GC women’sbasketball just one season after joining the league, whenhead coach John Carrick led the 22-7 Colonials to sharethe 1991-92 conference championship with AugustaCollege. GC Women’s Basketball has won two regular-season titles and five PBC Tournament Championships.

In 1995, Georgia College baseball posted a 49-19-1mark, qualifying as an at-large team to the NCAATournament, and not stopping until they were RegionChamps and National Runners-Up. GC Baseball nowowns three PBC Regular-Season titles and a PBCTournament Championship, adding another trip theDivision II World Series in 2010.

Men’s Basketball’s first PBC Championship came in1996-97, going 25-5 overall under head coach TerrySellers. He would go on to coach four total PBC RegularSeason titleholders, and a pair of PBC Tournament wins.

The most decorated season for Bobcat basketballcame in 1999-2000 when, led by GC Athletics Hall ofFamer Julius Joseph, Georgia College won the NCAARegion Championship, advancing to the NCAA Elite 8for the first time in program history.

Bobcat Women’s Tennis went 23-3 in 1999, pickingup the program’s first PBC Championship. GC Women’sTennis has three PBC Championships and twoconference tournament titles. The Bobcat women havebeen chosen for the NCAA Tournament field for each ofthe past 20 seasons, and have made the semifinal round

of the NCAA Tournament three times. The GC Women’sTennis program boasts two four-time All-Americans inGC Athletics Hall of Famers Lilia Biktyakova (1998-2001) and Julia Roudkovskaya (1999-2002).

GC Men’s Golf has been equally strong, making 17straight NCAA Tournament appearances. The Bobcatswon their first PBC Championship in 2000 and addedanother in 2010. The Bobcats have nine NCAA Finalsappearances and own two NCAA SuperRegionalChampionships, the most recent coming in 2012. The golfprogram boasts the only male in GC Athletics’ history tobe named All-America in each of his four seasons. Thatdistinction goes to Niclas Johansson, an All-Americanfrom 2006-2010.

In 2003, the Bobcat Softball team put up its bestseason, going 42-9 en route to a trip to the World Series.Led by GC Hall of Fame Pitcher Jennifer Joiner, theBobcats fell one win short of a National Championship.The Bobcats returned to the World Series in 2006, own aPBC Tournament title and have made seven totalappearances in the NCAA Tournament.

GC Women’s Soccer made its first trip to the NCAATournament in 2008, just five seasons into its existence.Mary Rob Plunkett was the first Bobcat Women’s SoccerPlayer to earn All-America honors in 2009.

GC Men’s Tennis owns a PBC Title in 2009, seeingthat season come to a close with their best NCAA finish,advancing to the Elite 8. The Bobcats boast 14 All-Americans and 14 NCAA Tournament Appearances. �

Class Notes

1960sTom and Sandra Rosseter,’62, pose with Thunderduring theQuasquicentennialScholarship Gala held inNovember.

1970sIda Beal Harding attendedGeorgia College in ’71.Harding taught teachereducation courses inuniversities. She was also adirector of an AcademicSkills Center and assistantdean of students. In addition,she worked as a projectmanager for IBM. Currently,she travels the worldvolunteering in a watercharity she helped foundcalled Wells Bring Hope –drilling wells for water inimpoverished countries.

Nancy Josey, ’79, recentlybecame a senior buyer ofCapital Supply at ThieleKaolin Company.

1980sGary Lister, ’82, ’87, is arecently retired deputydirector of the FighterAvionics Squadron at theWarner Robins Air LogisticComplex where he managedthe repair of F-15, F-16, F-22and F-35 avionic systems,electronic warfare systemsand countermeasures. Listeralso serves as an adjunctprofessor at Middle GeorgiaState College School ofBusiness. For several years,he has served as a consultant,corporate trainer, instructor,mentor, coach and advisor. Inaddition, he authored thebook: “Mastering Project,Program, and PortfolioManagement: Models forStructuring and Executingthe Project Hierarchy.”

David Coker, ’84, became aregional vice president withXPO Logistics Inc. inSeptember 2014. Hepreviously served as presidentof the Gainesville Branch.

Jeff Beggs, ’85, becamedirector of athletics/assistantheadmaster of PiedmontAcademy in July 2014. Hewas previously director ofathletics for Atlanta publicschools.

Deborah Robertson, ’85,wrote and published “HowReal People Are Using theInternet to Create a SecondIncome” after retiring withmore than 30 years inworking with the NewtonCounty Schools and servingthe last 12 years as associatesuperintendent ofadministrative services. In herbook, Robertson relates hersuccess in network marketing.

Donna Cottle, ’86, recentlybegan working as an evidence-based order specialist withHospital Corporation ofAmerica. She previouslyworked at Coliseum HealthSystem as a registered nurse.

Timothy Welch, ’87, hasbecome a senior director ofthe Supply Chain Finance atRust-Oleum Corporation inChicago. He came from DeanFoods as vice president ofFinance.

Daniel Carrasco, ’88, hasrecently become anapplication engineer anddeployments at AirWatch byVMware in the GreaterAtlanta area. He previouslywas in software developmentand IT operations, a manager,assistant manager and productspecialist with JVC for morethan 25 years.


1990sRoger Coover, ’91, recently becamepresident of the California NewspaperPublishers Association. He has been apublisher of the San Joaquin MediaGroup for 17 years.

Cassandra Duncan, ’98. After travelingwith her family from Georgia, to NewYork, to Germany, the Duncan’s settledin Maryland to raise their children. Shewas in retail management since 1993, butchanged careers to loss prevention whereshe has been very successful the lasteight years. Duncan is the lossprevention/safety manager for Bethesda,Md. and oversees NEX retail operationsin Arlington, Navy Yard and Joint BaseAnacostia in Washington, D.C.

2000sAmy Thompson, ’00, was named JonesCounty’s Teacher of the Year inNovember. The 15-year veteran teacherinstructs first grade at Turner WoodsElementary. She received herundergraduate degree in early childhoodeducation from Georgia College and aMaster of Science in Education degreefrom Nova Southeastern University.

Joseph “Pete” Kelly, ’04, joined HixsonArchitecture in Mount Adams, Ohiorecently as an environmental health andsafety consultant where he assistsclients with environmentalpermitting/reporting, air pollution andwaste water consulting and otherenvironmental health and safety issues.

Wylly Harrison, ’04, ’07, is a projectmanager at the Georgia Department ofEconomic Development where herecruits domestic and internationalcompanies to Georgia for the Aerospace,Defense and Manufacturing team. Healso works with local governments, theutilities and other partners to locate jobsthroughout Georgia.

Joel “Eric” Tillirson, ’04, has beennamed president of Thiele KaolinCompany and will assume his new dutiesin this capacity on Feb. 1. He has workedfor the Sandersville, Ga. company since1999 serving as the manager ofmarketing, director of marketing, vicepresident of sales, marketing andtechnical service. Since 2013, Tillirsonhas been the senior vice president anddirector of sales development.

Chan Layson, ’05, is an assistant vicepresident and loan officer at the CenturyBank & Trust Greensboro LoanProduction Office. Layson previouslyserved as director of BusinessDevelopment where he originated andunderwrote both Small BusinessAdministration (SBA) and U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA) loans.

Bill Torgerson, ’05, ’07, is a professor inthe Institute for Writing Studies at St.John’s University in New York followingan 11-year public school teaching careerwhere he taught English and coachedbasketball in Indiana and North Carolina.He also has written two novels publishedby Cherokee McGhee Press. Torgersontells of his Georgia College experience, “Iwas struck by how generous the facultywere in getting to know me and spendinglots of time reading my work.”

2010sRyan James Barr, ’11, is the founder andnewly-elected chairman of the OldCapitol Young Republicans. The OldCapitol Young Republicans is the newestchapter of the Georgia YoungRepublicans, and it covers both Baldwinand Putnam counties.

Alex Allison, ’13, was promoted inOctober with Camstar Systems Inc.where he transitioned from marketdevelopment associate to marketdevelopment representative. He cultivatesrelationships with individuals in thesemiconductor and medical deviceindustries to better assess theirmanufacturing challenges. Allison alsoarticulates how Camstar’s manufacturingtechnology can help them reduce costs,increase throughput and increase productquality.



The Coxen Wedding Party

Weddings, Anniversaries, Engagements and Births

Stephen Coxen, '99, is a current member of the AlumniBoard of Directors. Coxen married Jennifer SerafinCoxen on March 22, 2014. He was president of KappaSigma Fraternity, president of the Interfraternity Counciland was a founding member of the President's StudentAmbassador Team. Georgia College Alumni RyanMcDonald, ’05, Matthew McKinney, ’99, Steven Prance,’05 and Brit Treadway, ’02 , were in the wedding party.Coxen owns his own law firm in Covington, Ga. while hiswife, Jennifer, is an educator in Johns Creek, Ga. Thecouple resides in Decatur, Ga.

Elyssa Sanner, '09, and Tim Gould were married onAug. 23, 2014, in Marquette, Mich. Sanner is employedat the University of Michigan Law Library in Ann Arbor.

Macrae Brennan-Fuller, ‘06, married Ryan Fuller onSept. 20, 2014. The couple resides in Loganville.

Maggie Perkins, ’14, married James Perkins on July 18,2014. Two fellow Bobcats were bridesmaids –JeannineTorres,’14, and Joanie Hebert, ’14. The couple lives andworks in Lilburn, Ga. on a 4.5 acre farm learning aboutsustainably living off the land.

Andrew Adams, ’09, ’13, and Jessica Adams Whiteside,’09, ’12, welcomed their first child, Evangeline Marie, onMarch 1, 2014.


Claudia Layfield Chambers*Marjorie Polk Wright* Alice Ginn Wischmeyer, ’04Mattie Sims Webb, ’11Mattie Myers Creen, ’17Lucille Chancellor Florence, ’17Edith Morris Googe, ’18Emily Long Pilcher, ’18Ruth Sutton Odom, ’19Louise Culpepper, ’21Mary Candler Eyler, ’21Uviah Hughes Jenks, ’21Lena Carnes Kelley, ’21Argie Cole Mack, ’21Louise Stotesbury, ’21Clarilee Burney Sullivan, ’21Closs Pickren Mizell, ’22Mildred Perryman, ’22Annie Upshaw Eberhart, ’23Grace Hurst Forte, ’25Kathleen Lawrence Boggess, ’28Mildred E. Merrell, ’30Lura Evans Avret, ’31Mattie Holton, ’31Sara L. Roberts, ’31Carol Reed Cleaveland, ’33Mary Wike Cochran, ’33Sara Melton Kizziah, ’33Ethel Tye Ensign, ’34Mary Laine Holton, ’34Dorothy Sapp Seaton, ’34Rhosland Leaptrott McCluney, ’35Carolyn Stevens Ford, ’37Ruth H. Harris, ’37Martha Hardy Price, ’37Mary Hiler Spann, ’37Carolyn Smith Wilfong, ’37Olivia Lawrence Bennett, ’38*Louise McNeal Durham, ’38Jane M. Haddock, ’38Winifred Evans High, ’38Dorothy “DeeDee” Botdorf White, ’38Carol G. Pryor, ’39Catharine Combs Watts, ’39Louise Keel Helton, ’40*Mary Humphreys Webb, ’40Martha “Kathryn” Mulkey Bridges, ’41

Dorothy C. Hudson, ’41Mary S. Gibbs, ’42Angela Cronic Hale, ’42Elsie Simmons Hill, ’42Bernice Jones Massey, ’42Kathryn Coleman Myers, ’42Helen Wright Dennard, ’43Myra Scott Feldman, ’43Louise Rountree Pratt, ’43Sara McLendon Veatch, ’43Audrey Sandifer Watson, ’43Calene Rahn Wren, ’43Doris Council Hulbert, ’44Hilda Zachry Harvey, ’44*Irilla G. Lewis, ’44Mary McWatty Roush, ’44Martha Howard Harper, ’45Lonnie Smith McKneely, ’45Sybil Little Rainey, ’45Mildred Johnson Atkins, ’46Ora Spivey Groover, ’46Jewell Radford Jarka, ’46Rebecca Wall Maddox, ’46Annie Walker Miller, ’46Dorothy Thompson McCallum, ’47Rubinell Christmas Bowen, ’49Florence Smith Harrison, ’49Margaret H. Williams, ’49Myrtice Winslett Henderson, ’50Katherine “BeeBe” Kent, ’50Doris McLarty Pfleghardt, ’50Vera Haley Jones, ’51Margie Casey Young, ’51Mobley Gamble Ross, ’52Ellen King Stewart, ’52Sara Ayers Bagby, ’54Natalie Harrison Hendrix, ’54Mildred Greene Newberry, ’54Margaret Price Bowling, ’56Sonya Riddick Laubscher, ’56Carlieze “Cindy” Wilbanks Spencer, ’56Sondra Maynor Aiken, ’59Eloise Carmichael Edwards, ’60Miriam J. McAfee, ’60Mary Thomas Ward, ’60Joan Lawrence Baker, ’61Patricia Reece Hawkins, ’61

Mildred McNair Moo, ’61Susanne Byrle Rockett, ’61Mae C. Bell, ’63Eva Linda Akins Suddeth, ’63Lynda Hollums Peterson, ’64Carolyn Franklin Stewart, ’66Michael J. Garvin, ’67Irene Cissy Vinson Hall, ’67Denise Pryor Gentile, ’68Herman T. Williams, ’69Mary Vaughn Coleman, ’71Sandra Huff Wright, ’71Joseph S. McDaniel, ’72Mary Hoylene Head Noble, ’72Edelene M. McNeal, ’73Charles “Chuck” Nesmith, ’73Christobal “Chris” Valdes, ’74James T. Barry, ’76Barry D. Vandigriff, ’76Gussie Moseley Cawthon, ’78Mary Alice Lunsford Click, ’78Marie Lyons Crider, ’78Brian W. Grimsley, ’79Mary “Mary Jo” Thompson, ’79*Robert G. Bale, ’80Dennis D. Crow, ’80Drexel Pitts, ’80Bill O. Lenderman, ’81Troy N. Thompson, ’81Maureen Fowler Willenborg, ’81JoAnn Howard Stewart, ’82Keith B. Henry, ’86Dana Cox Tuten, ’87Billy M. Phillips, ’88Tammy Johnson Jiles, ’90Robert J. Williams, ’94Shirley A. Stanton, ’95Robert J. Stevenson, ’95Sandra J. Tomlinson, ’96Christopher Sloan Taylor, ’97Sarah Carlyle Herbert Dorroh, ’98Mary F. Purcell, ’98Richard Tripp, ’00Amy Sparks Julien, ’04Donald W. Spinks, ’04Bond C. Crosby, ’08Colin A. Maldonado, ’13

In Memoriam

*Denotes alumni of Peabody School.

This list recognizes deceased alumni that the collegehas been made aware of since July 1, 2014

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Last summer, Georgia College senior Julie Coppedgetook her accounting studies to Costa Rica. Besidesparticipating in fun activities, like visiting a slothsanctuary, she served local community members as the

trip was based on service learning. “I would not have been able to go and study abroad in

Costa Rica if I hadn’t had such incredible people donate tohelp me,” says Coppedge. “They gave me the experience of alifetime, and I am so grateful for that.”

Considering she is nearing completion of herundergraduate degree, Coppedge was able to count herclasses in Costa Rica as graduate-level courses, but that meantthat Georgia’s HOPE (Helping Outstanding PupilsEducationally) scholarship didn’t apply.

Coppedge’s goal of receiving an internship in accountingwas realized when she landed offers from three accountingfirms. She feels that sharing her Costa Rica experience withpotential employers aided her in this regard.

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