We invite prospective students to schedule a meeting with an admissions counselor to discuss the admissions process and answer any questions you have. Below you will find your assigned admissions counselor by Georgia county or state.
Melissa Barger
Associate Director of Admissions
478-387-5501 | melissa.barger@gcsu.edu
Hometown: Saratoga, CA
Georgia Counties: North Fulton and Cherokee
Georgia High Schools: Brookwood HS, Northview HS, Peachtree Ridge HS
Out of State: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, .Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming
Jillian Bolak
Admission Counselor
478-414-8009 | jillian.bolak@gcsu.edu
Hometown: Savannah, GA
Georgia Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, South Fulton, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, White
Georgia High Schools: Atlanta Jewish Academy and Marist School
Out of State: The Dakotas, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.
Brittany Bryan
Admission Counselor
478-445-3651 | brittany.bryan@gcsu.edu
Hometown: Loganville, GA
Georgia Counties: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley, Brooks, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Decatur, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Grady, Harris, Houston, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marion, Miller, Mitchell, Montgomery, Muscogee, Peach, Pulaski, Randolph, Schley, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Troup, Turner, Walton, Webster, Wheeler, Wilcox, Worth
Out of State: Florida
Javier Francisco
Interim Executive Director 0f Admissions
478-445-1991 | javier.francisco@gcsu.edu
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Rachel Horn
Admissions Counselor
478-445-1284 | rachel.horn@gcsu.edu
Hometown: Dallas, GA
Georgia Counties: Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Columbia, Crawford, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Pierce, Richmond, Ware, Wayne
Out of State: Missouri, and Texas.
Coordinator of Diversity Recruitment
478-445-2523 | marques.kyles@gcsu.edu
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Georgia Counties: Butts, Clayton, Greene, Henry, Lamar, Lincoln, McDuffie, Morgan, Newton, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, Taliaferro, Upson, Wilkes
Ellie McAlpin
Admission Counselor
478-414-8989 | ellie.mcalpin@gcsu.edu
Hometown: Savannah, GA
GA Counties: Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cobb, Coweta, Dade, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, South Fulton, Gilmer, Gordon, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Lumpkin, Meriwether, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Union, Walker, Whitfield
Out of State: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and West Virginia
Emily Paulk
Admission Counselor
478-445-6189 | emily.paulk@gcsu.edu
Hometown: Sugar Hill, GA
Territory: Transfer, returning, post-baccalaureate, second undergraduate, non-traditional freshman, non-traditional transfer, non-degree seeking, and transient students from all over the U.S.
Mary Beth Pennington
Admissions Counselor
478-445-5995 | marybeth.pennington@gcsu.edu
Hometown: Watkinsville, GA
Georgia Counties: Baldwin, Bibb, Glascock, Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson, Jones, Monroe, Oconee, Putnam, Twiggs, Warren, Washington, Wilkinson
Dual Enrollment
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