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Accepting the 2025 Travelblazer Award on behalf of Georgia College (l-r): Rebekah Snider, executive director of Visit Milledgeville; Ben Young, editor in chief and publisher of Georgia Trend magazine; Angela Criscoe, executive director for the Georgia College School of Continuing and Professional Studies; and Amanda Dyson-Thornton, executive director of the Georgia Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus. CONTRIBUTED

Accepting the 2025 Travelblazer Award on behalf of Georgia College (l-r): Rebekah Snider, executive director of Visit Milledgeville; Ben Young, editor in chief and publisher of Georgia Trend magazine; Angela Criscoe, executive director for the Georgia College School of Continuing and Professional Studies; and Amanda Dyson-Thornton, executive director of the Georgia Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus. CONTRIBUTED

Andalusia Interpretive Center named 2025 ‘travelblazer’

News Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2025
The Andalusia Interpretive Center received a 2025 “travelblazer” award from the Georgia Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus (GACVB) during its annual conference.

CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS

News Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2025
BALDWINMONDAYS & FRIDAYSWhat: GCSU offers free tax help When: 5-7 p.m. Where: Georgia College’s Atkinson Hall More info: The J. Whitney Bunting College of Business & Technology is offering free tax help.
CASA appoints new volunteers

CASA appoints new volunteers

CASA appoints new volunteers

News Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Ocmulgee Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) swore in two new volunteers Feb. 24. CASA volunteers serve as the voice for children in foster care and what is in their best interest. Pictured with Ocmulgee Juvenile Court Judge Kelli C. Rutherford are Kim Kramer and Sharon McClung.
L-R: Col. Amy Lee, Cadet Liam Beauchamp, Major Alisha Rochon, and Maj. Rachel Turner stand together following the ceremony. COURTESY OF GMC

L-R: Col. Amy Lee, Cadet Liam Beauchamp, Major Alisha Rochon, and Maj. Rachel Turner stand together following the ceremony. COURTESY OF GMC

Beauchamp named Milledgeville-Baldwin STAR Student

News Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Georgia Military College Preparatory School celebrated with Cadet Liam Beauchamp, who was named the 2024-25 STAR Student for Milledgeville-Baldwin County during a luncheon Feb. 20 hosted by the Milledgeville-Baldwin Chamber of Commerce.
Carter Payne

Carter Payne

Horticulturist welcomed to Lockerly Arboretum

Bailey McCully
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Lockerly Arboretum welcomed Carter Payne onto its full-time staff earlier this month as its horticulturist.Payne grew up in Western North Carolina near the Blue Ridge Mountains. Surrounded by a lush landscape with a large ecosystem to discover, plants piqued his interests at a young age.
GWM reviews Naturally Georgia by GCSU professor

GWM reviews Naturally Georgia by GCSU professor

GWM reviews Naturally Georgia by GCSU professor

News Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River — 300 miles from north to south and a little more than 200 miles east to west — with a wonderfully diverse geography.
Milledgeville Garden Club meets at Lockerly Arboretum

Milledgeville Garden Club meets at Lockerly Arboretum

Milledgeville Garden Club meets at Lockerly Arboretum

News Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2025
The Milledgeville Garden Club met at Lockerly Arboretum to create “Flowering Seed Bombs” to share with their friends and neighbors. Educational Program Coordinator Lauren Goble and staff with Georgia Farm Bureau shared exciting ideas.
Learning in Retirement features GCSU professor as key-note speaker

Learning in Retirement features GCSU professor as key-note speaker

Learning in Retirement features GCSU professor as key-note speaker

News Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Learning in Retirement held their monthly meeting at Freedom Church Feb. 21, where Associate Professor of Fiction and Nonfiction Writing at Georgia College Dr. Kerry B. Neville was the featured speaker. Neville shared poems and inspiring writings. 
“Life of a Flower” showcased many ceramic pots with live flowers inside throughout the Marlor House. The ceramic pots on the mantle piece were aligned to visually showcase the life cycle of a flower and its slow process of decay.

“Life of a Flower” showcased many ceramic pots with live flowers inside throughout the Marlor House. The ceramic pots on the mantle piece were aligned to visually showcase the life cycle of a flower and its slow process of decay.

Allied Arts hosts multi-gallery exhibition

Story & Photos By Bailey Mccully
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Allied Arts hosted a multi-gallery reception Feb. 14 featuring “My Abstract City” by the Boys & Girls Club and “Life of a Flower” by Georgia College’s Ceramics I students.
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