Dear Friends,
Georgia College & State University is entering a period of strategic growth. Across Academic Affairs, we are expanding graduate education, strengthening faculty excellence, investing in research, improving student outcomes and creating new pathways that prepare graduates for a rapidly changing world. These initiatives are guided by our Imagine 2030 Strategic Plan, as well as our renewed mission as Georgia's designated liberal arts university.
In the past year, the institution has seen unprecedented student demand, achieved record-high rankings, centralized graduate admissions, increased investment to add new positions and enhanced graduate degree offerings, along with refining its mission statement.
These changes correspond with the 30th anniversary of GCSU's designation by the University System of Georgia as the state's public liberal arts institution, a change that took place in 1996 and altered the university's identity forever, building a strong foundation for so much of the success we see today.
I invite you to review our new mission, which reflects our ultimate goal; to prepare students to do more, learn more and seize more of what the world has to offer. The highlights you'll find through these pages illustrate that impact, so please join me in celebrating everything that we accomplished together last academic year, as well as in setting visionary goals for a bright future.
Thank you,
Dr. Holley M. Roberts
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
US News & World Report
Continuing its upward momentum, Georgia College & State University (GCSU) climbed to top-10 status as a public regional university in the South and rose in several additional major categories in U.S. News & World Report’s newly released 2024 Best Colleges guidebook.
Faculty Research
GCSU astrophysicist's idea among top for next NASA telescope
AXIS will be a breakthrough for X-ray optics that are lightweight and able to produce even-higher resolution pictures from space. Its large optic mirrors and detectors will allow astronomists to see further with better clarity.
“It’s the next leap forward in X-ray astronomy.”
See how our research will help NASA for years to come
Faculty-mentored Research
GCSU ecologist and students spotlight the unknown underworld of millipedes
Despite its critical contribution to the environment, only a handful of scientists in the world study the lowly, multi-segmented invertebrate.
In fact, only two universities in the United States have millipede labs. Georgia College & State University is one of them—making its ecologist, Dr. Bruce Snyder, a rare expert.
Learn more about our ground-breaking research
GCSU scientist and students study toxins affecting our food
In his study of chemicals used to kill insects, weeds, rodents and other pests—Dr. Sayo Fakayode has come to call it: Pesticide on Your Plate.
The slogan creates a terrifying mental picture, clearly outlining what’s become a worldwide problem.
See how our students are making food healthier for humans
Academic Success
GCSU has second consecutive Truman Scholar
Axel Hawkins, a history major from McDonough, Georgia, is Georgia College & State University's second consecutive Truman Scholar and is the only student from Georgia to receive this year’s prestigious honor.
Hawkins’ receipt of the scholarship makes back-to-back winners and four Truman finalists in the last five years from Georgia College.