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Students attend leadership training

146 members attended Orientation and Leadership Training Day Jan. 13. By Allison Boutwell   National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) is an honor society that provides leadership skills to college students so that they can be successful in the world. Three speaking events, which are video seminars, takes place in both fall and spring [...]

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Student media widens oppurtunities for the future

One of the best secrets on the Macon campus is the Student Media Organization, which is part of the Offi ce of Student Life. Student Media is made of three outlets: The Macon Statement, Macon State College Television (MSC TV), and The Fall Line Review. The Macon Statement is the student newspaper and provides the ... Posted by Lily Billingsleyon F...

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Financial Aid tightens its funding procedures

Students attend colleges to secure a future with a degree to maximize opportunities in hopes of getting a job after graduation. Many students attend college with the assistance of financial aid. According to the, National Center for Education Statistics Fast Facts webpage, “66 percent of all undergraduates received some type of fi nancial aid in ...

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Novel Eating Options

Novel Eating Options

  Greg Harrison, Greg Jefferson, and Jordan Clay eat lunch in the school cafeteria. Macon State College has adopted a meal program called, “The Dining Dollars Program;” it began spring semester, 2012. For many semesters, the company, Aramark, has provided catering services for the daily nutrition of students and faculty. They have also bee...

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Events on campus celebrate Black History Month

Events on campus celebrate Black History Month

February is Black History Month. The celebration can be traced back to the efforts of many. According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASNLH), it was Carter G. Woodson’s participation in “a national celebration of the 50th anniversary of emancipation sponsored by the sate of Illinois” that led him ... Pos...

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Education faculty member passes over weekend

Education faculty member passes over weekend

Beloved faculty member, Carol Jessica Bloodworth, passed away Sunday February 19, 2012. Carol was a Macon native and a dedicated educator in the Bibb County elementary schools for over 30 years. She was a graduate of Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville and received her specialist degree in Education at Mercer University in Macon. ...

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Student consolidation concerns and opinions

Student consolidation concerns and opinions

“What will future colleges and potential future careers think of my educational background when they see I have a degree or two from a school that no longer exists?” -Gary King, Junior Business Administration duel Spanish major at Middle Georgia College “Colleges do change names. There is a way, there is a proper way by ... Posted by Sta...

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Tony Barnstone shares his readings with Macon State’s Poetry Circuit

Tony Barnstone shares his readings with Macon State’s Poetry Circuit

Courtesy of http://maconstate.edu/studentlife Macon State’s Georgia Poetry Circuit held a poetry reading in January. The Georgia Poetry Circuit, itself, was founded at Mercer University in 1985 and today Macon State is among the numerous colleges who have divisions of the poetry circuit. Poet Tony Barnstone attended and shared some of his most fa...

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Letter to the editor

Macon State has joined a growing list of colleges that are choosing to outsource fi nancial aid disbursement responsibilities to for-profit companies. While regulation enacted in 2009 sought to limit the activities of credit card companies on campus, not all banking services or cards are limited by these laws. Take the case of Higher One, ... Poste...

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New Editor-in-Chief Selected

The Student Media Advisory Board is proud to unanimously recommend Ms. Jessica Spencer for the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Macon State College student newspaper, the Macon Statement.  Jessica was offered the position and has gladly accepted. Jessica will serve in this role for the remainder of spring semester 2012. Additionally, any student...