GCSU has identified four "Cornerstones"- key themes that connect students learning outside and within the classroom. All GCSU students should strive to raise their understanding of these four crucial cornerstones and build experiences relevant to them.
Global Awareness and Diversity- a respect for human diversity and individuality and an understanding of the interdependence of the world's peoples upon one another.
Service and Civic Engagement- a translation of the ideals of "Reason, Respect, and Responsibility" into action within one's community.
The Fine Arts- an appreciation of aesthetic expressions that embody the human passion for achievement.
Wellness- a commitment to practices and attitudes that promote a healthy lifestyle.
These events have been selected with a bias toward those that fulfill our campus commitment to Global Awareness and Diversity.
You are cordially invited to a public lecture by the Honorable H.E. Amina S.
Ali, the African Union Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary to the United
States of America. The lecture is scheduled for Friday, February 22 from
10:00-11:15 AM in A&S 2-72, followed by a Q & A session from 11:20-12:00. The
topic for the lecture is, "The African Union: Building a New Africa."
Ambassador Ali is not only the first ambassador for the African Union to the US,
but she's the first female ambassador. The Ambassador will be traveling with Ms.
Louise Sharene Bailey, her Senior Policy Officer.
The glaciers are melting, the oceans are rising and this past year was the
warmest ever recorded. Climate change is happening. Al Gore says so. Time
Magazine, too.
The "Creating a Climate for Change" tour is a vegetable oil and solar powered
educational road show featuring high quality teaching from the nonprofit
National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). Sponsored by corporate partner
Stonyfield Farm and traveling from city to city nationwide, the bus and its
staff of young NOLS graduates offer lessons on leadership, backcountry skills
and environmental ethics.
The bus will visit Georgia College & State University on Thursday,
February 14th from 11am-6pm on Front Campus. In the event that
Thursday is a rainy day, you can find us in the Parks Hall parking lot.
In three years the bus has traveled more than 110,000 miles across the lower 48
states, and visited over 300 colleges, school, retailers and festivals, all
powered by recycled vegetable oil collected by the crew at restaurants and
dining halls along the way. Recycled vegetable oil is a cleaner, renewable
alternative to petroleum and it is grown right here in the USA by American
farmers. The bus also sports a rooftop solar array that keeps the bus off the
grid while powering televisions, computers, stereo and refrigerators for the
Stonyfield Farm yogurt treats that are available at every stop.
"We've saved thousands of dollars running on veggie oil and solar," says Bruce
Palmer, NOLS director of admission and marketing. "But more important, as a
school that develops positive leaders and teaches environmental ethics, we have
practiced what we teach and demonstrated alternative energies aren't just
possible, they are practical."
"Creating a Climate for Change" visitors learn about alternative energy,
practice their climbing skills on its bouldering wall, learn about NOLS courses,
perfect their fly fishing cast, and gain understanding about Leave No Trace
outdoor ethics. To learn more about the NOLS Bus, please visit
www.nols.edu/bus.
Arts and Sciences Auditorium 7:00 p.m.
Sponsored by International Education Center
Friday, March 7 - Lumumba (Belgium)
Introduced by Dr. Jennifer Wallach
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly
vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba.
Friday, April 4 - Water (India)
Introduced by Dr. Mary Magoulick
A group of widows are forced into poverty at a temple in the holy city of
Varanasi. The film focuses on a relationship between one of the widows, who
wants to escape the social restrictions imposed on widows, and a man who is from
the highest caste and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
Friday, May 2 - Ba Wang Bie Ji (China) [Farewell, My Concubine]
Introduced by Dr. John Cox
In the early to mid 1900s two stage brothers in the Beijing Opera are torn apart
by a woman who comes between them. The movie also details much of the China’s
history during that time.
The Flannery
O'Connor - Andalusia Foundation has sponsored a lecture series in February for
the last two years, an annual tradition that will continue in 2008.
The programs are held in the dining room of the main house at
Feb. 3 – William Sessions, Regents Professor Emeritus at Georgia State University in Atlanta and a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation. Professor Sessions was a friend and correspondent of Flannery O’Connor and is currently at work on a biography of her. He is the literary executor of Betty Hester, identified as “A” in The Habit of Being, O’Connor’s published letters. Professor Sessions will discuss the relationship between O’Connor and Hester.
Feb. 10
– Melanie
Feb. 17
– Cathy Fussell, Director of the
Feb. 24
– Margie Johnson, Assistant Professor in the Graduate Nursing Program at
International Symposium
February 25 - 27: International Symposium: Our Citizens and the 2008 Elections: Czech Republic, the Russian Federation and the United States, sponsored by the American Democracy Project, the Coverdell Institute, and the International Education Center.
Our guests will include the following:February 25-27, 2008
Co-sponsored by the Division of Academic Affairs, the
International Education Center, and the American Democracy Project
Monday, February 25, 2008
4:00 pm - A&S Auditorium
Film: Frontline: Return of the Czar (Russia)
7:00 pm - A&S Auditorium
Panel Discussion I: Citizens and Democracy
How is civic society being influenced by emerging
democratic practices? What is the media's role in educating citizens and shaping
public opinion? What shifts or changes can be observed in the relationship of
governance and the common citizen? Ten-minute presentations, each followed by
Questions & Answers.
Dr. Roy Moore - Moderator
Dr. Jaroslav Miller, History, Palacký University
(Czech)
Dr. Vladimir Levankov, Dean, Art Department, St.
Petersburg State Technical University (Russia)
GCSU Professor (USA)
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
12:30 - 2:00 pm - University Banquet Room
Symposium Luncheon & Keynote Address
Dr. Yuliya Tverdova, University of California Irvine
"Emerging Democracies and the Courts of Public Opinion
in Eastern Europe and Russia"
4:00 pm - A&S Auditorium
Film: You Tube Short Film Festival Music and Politics
in Russia, the Czech Republic and the U.S.
Dr. Bill Risch - Moderator
7:00 pm - A&S Auditorium
Concert: Music and Politics in Russia, the Czech
Republic and the U.S.: The Sound of Change, the Power of Change
Dr. Bob Wilson - Master of Ceremonies
GCSU Jazz Band under the direction of Dr. Todd Shiver –
U.S. Music
Dr. Richard Mercier and Dr. Wendy Mullen – Russian
Music
Dr. Stanislav Bohadlo, Musicology, University of Hradec
Kralové - Czech Music
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
4:00 pm - A&S Auditorium
Film: After the Velvet Revolution (Czech)
7:00 pm - A&S Auditorium
Panel Discussion II: Citizens and Democracy
This panel will examine current political dynamics in
each country. How do political parties function? How are elections organized,
funded, and supervised? How have citizens responded to voting? What issues are
being emphasized in the 2008 national elections? Ten-minute presentations, each
followed by Questions & Answers.
Dr. Bill Risch - Moderator
Dr. Jan Outlý, Chair, Political Science, University of
Hradec Kralové (Czech)
Dr. Elena Tonkova, Dean, Political Science, Syktyvkar
State University (Russia)
GCSU Professor (USA)
March 8, 2008
BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Wednesdays, 4:00-5:00 PM; Herty 250
Gods and Goddess of Glass: The Mythical Figures of Shane Ferro
January 10 – March 6, 2008
Techniques and Styles: A Selection of Paintings, Drawings and Prints from the
January 23 – April 3, 2008
Inscribing Meaning: The Context of Text in Visual Art
March 13 – May 1, 2008
Georgia
Green:
Eco-Artists of the
April 1o – June 8, 2008