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2011 CollegeTown Film Series Begins January 20
“End Times” is the theme of the 2011 CollegeTown Film Series, which kicks off Thursday, Jan. 20, at the historic Douglass Theatre in downtown Macon. The film series lineup is: Last Night, 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, with discussion led by Tom Ellington of Wesleyan College. Released in 1998, “Last Night,” is about how a group of [...]
2010 Christmas on the Lake Offers Holiday Fun and Helps Local Charities
Christmas on the Lake was held the weekends of Dec. 10 and Dec. 17 from 6-10 p.m. at the Lake Wildwood neighborhood spillway, except for the first Sunday due to high winds. Those attending went on pontoon boat rides to see the Christmas lights and other decorations on the shore of the lake. Hot chocolate, [...]
Search Committee Named
Regent Mansfield Jennings, the chair of the Special Regents’ Search Committee, Regent Bob Hatcher, vice-chair, and Robert Watts, University System of Georgia (USG) chief operating officer, gave the newly appointed Macon State College (MSC) Campus Presidential Search and Screen Committee its charge as they begin the national search for the next president. The eleven-member Presidential [...]
Students Tour Construction Site on Macon Campus
Integrated Science Education students toured the Macon campus construction site of the future School of Education building to gain an upclose perspective on the physics of structures. Sumitra Himangshu, PhD., arranged with the architect of Macon State’s latest construction project a special tour for the students of her two sections of Integrated Science: Physical Science [...]
MSC TRIO Program participate in Personnel Student Leadership Conference
The Macon State TRIO Student Support Services Program (SSS) participated in the 10th Annual Georgia Association of Special Programs Personnel (GASPP) Student Leadership Conference at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel in College Park, Nov. 12-14. This year’s conference theme, Health, Wealth & Knowledge of Self, served as the focal point for all conference workshops, activities [...]
Harvest of Hope Drive
It is that time of year again: Macon State’s annual Harvest of Hope Food Drive is accepting food donations. The drive began on Oct. 1, and will end on Dec. 9. Director of Student Life, DeWann Lindsey, said thus far, a total of 413 items have been collected for the food drive. According to Lindsey, all [...]
Student of African American Brotherhood Welcomes All
SAAB focuses on increasing the number of African American and Latino men that graduate from college by creating a positive peer community based on a spirit of caring. According to the Student of African American Brotherhood (SAAB) website, SAAB was started because for a number of years, crime statistics have revealed that a disproportionate number [...]
Help Student Life and Casa with gifts for children
For 12 years, the Office of Student Life has partnered with Central Georgia CASA to provide holiday gifts for the abused and neglected children for whom CASA serves as a voice in the judicial system. Our annual CASA GIFT TREE has been set up in the Student Life Center lobby. Our Macon State community is [...]
Review of “All Through The Night”
The Company of Players’ production of “All Through the Night” brought to the surface the serious moral dilemma faced by the feminine characters of this work by Shirley Lauro. Director Jason Levitt cast seven females in this fall production that would impart to their audience the author’s warning from a dark time in history—that of [...]