Melissa Barger
Associate Director of Admissions
478-387-5501 | melissa.barger@gcsu.edu
Hometown: Saratoga, CA
Georgia Counties: Fulton
Georgia High Schools: Blessed Trinity Catholic HS, Brookwood HS, George Walton Comprehensive HS, Lassiter HS, Peachtree Ridge HS, Saint Pius X Catholic HS, and West Forsyth HS
Out of State: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia.
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Jillian Bolak
Admission Counselor
478-414-8009 | jillian.bolak@gcsu.edu
Hometown: Savannah, GA
Georgia Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, DeKalb, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Walton, White
Out of State: The Dakotas, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.
Javier Francisco
Associate Director
478-445-1991 | javier.francisco@gcsu.edu
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Georgia Counties: Baldwin, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Putnam, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson
Out of State: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Rachel Horn
Admissions Counselor
478-445-1284 | rachel.horn@gcsu.edu
Hometown: Dallas, GA
Georgia Counties: Bibb, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Butts, Camden, Charlton, Chatham, Clayton, Crawford, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Henry, Lamar, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Monroe, Newton, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, Upson , Wayne
Out of State: Missouri, and Texas.
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Admission Counselor
478-445-3651 | brittany.massey@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, Pierce, Pulaski, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Turner, Ware, Webster, Wheeler, Wilcox, Worth
Out of State: Florida
Ellie McAlpin
Admission Counselor
478-414-8989 | ellie.mcalpin@gcsu.edu
Hometown: Savannah, GA
GA Counties: Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Coweta, Dade, Dawson, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Lumpkin, Meriwether, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Troup, 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: Burke, Candler, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Greene, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Morgan, Oglethorpe, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes
For a complete listing of Admissions Staff members please click here.