The following local residents made the Spring 2020 Dean's List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 582 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp recently congratulated Georgia Southwestern's Spring 2020 graduates in an official video.

The following local residents made the Spring 2020 Academic Achievement List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 735 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

The following area residents were among 258 students who earned an undergraduate or graduate degree from Georgia Southwestern State University during the school's first-ever Virtual Graduation Ceremony on Friday, May 15. Traditional commencement activities, originally scheduled for the same day on campus, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 restrictions that forced universities across the country to either cancel or postpone all large gatherings.

Georgia Congressman Sanford Bishop recently congratulated Georgia Southwestern's Spring 2020 graduates in an official letter.

The following local residents made the Spring 2020 President's List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 735 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

The following local residents made the Fall 2019 Dean's List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 582 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

The following area residents were among approximately 436 students who graduated from Georgia Southwestern State University during the Fall 2019 Commencement Ceremony held on Friday, December 13 in Convocation Hall of the Student Success Center.

The following local residents made the Fall 2019 Academic Achievement List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 582 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

The following local residents made the Fall 2019 President's List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 582 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

Ten Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) students attended the Middle Georgia State University History Conference on Novemver 16, making the largest contingent from any campus. Eight of these students read original research papers on diverse topics including African American slave narratives, the Vietnam War, Koinonia Farm's regional history, art education in China, and Christian youth activism in the 1960s. The trip was supported through GSW's High Impact Opportunity Grant program. Participants included Dr. Susan Bragg, Ekele Kamalu, JR Jones, Christian Abercrombie, Chasity Higdon, Makayla Graham, Nikki Kadima, Nicole Marchant, Taylor Potter, Jonah Dodson, and Carlos Sanchez.

Six students from Georgia Southwestern State University's (GSW) College of Business and Computing traveled to Jacksonville, Fl. this week to present human resource management solutions to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Celia Del Castillo Torres, a senior Marketing major in GSW's College of Business and Computing, recently presented a research paper that was accepted by the Society for Marketing Advances for its annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Huss Foundation recently announced Amber Moore as the 2020 recipient of its kickstART program. kickstART seeks to identify and aid local creative people who wish to build a business or otherwise sustain themselves with their artwork, products or performance, according to a press release from the Huss Foundation.

Twenty Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) students in the inaugural class of the President Jimmy Carter Leadership Program had the opportunity to visit Plains, Ga. on Friday, September 13 and speak with the program's namesake, GSW alumnus and former President Jimmy Carter.

Cynthia Rueda, daughter of Interfor Preston Division employee, David Rueda, recently received an Interfor Tolleson-Wood Family Scholarship.

On August 19, just under 400 incoming freshmen began classes at Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW).

The following local residents made the Summer 2019 Dean's List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 400 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

The following local residents made the Summer 2019 Academic Achievement List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 400 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

A team of three Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) senior business students received high accolades for their performance in the Business Strategy Game (BSG) over summer term when their "company", Catalyst Kicks, tied for first in the entire world out of 1665 teams from 131 colleges and universities.

The following local residents made the Summer 2019 President's List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 400 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

Georgia Southwestern State University golfer Ryan Cahill has been named as a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) for the 2018-19 school year.

Two Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) students are spending their summer learning from UGA extension agents through an internship.

Georgia Southwestern State University has named twenty incoming freshmen from across Georgia and Florida to the new President Jimmy Carter Leadership Program, established to honor the legacy of GSW alumnus and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

Synovus has announced its 2019 Jack Parker Scholarship recipients. This year, 133 scholarships totaling $110,500 were awarded to children of Synovus team members across the company's five-state footprint. Scholarship funds are generated each year through team member donations and internal fundraising activities. Among the recipients, Katie Carver of Americus was awarded a scholarship for 2019. Carver attends Georgia Southwestern State University.

The following local residents made the Spring 2019 President's List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 600 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

The following local residents made the Spring 2019 Dean's List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 600 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

The following local residents made the Spring 2019 Academic Achievement List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 600 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

The following area residents were among approximately 300 students who graduated from Georgia Southwestern State University during the Spring 2019 Commencement Ceremony held on Wednesday, May 8 in Convocation Hall of the Student Success Center.

Brandon Waters, a non-traditional senior education major from Pitts, Ga., was recently named Georgia Southwestern State University's (GSW) 2019 Outstanding Scholar, the university's highest academic honor.