The following area residents were among 444 students who earned an undergraduate or graduate degree from Georgia Southwestern State University during the Fall 2020 Commencement Ceremony held on Saturday, December 12 in Convocation Hall of the Student Success Center. GSW recognized Spring, Summer and Fall graduates in the Class of 2020 across four smaller, socially-distanced ceremonies.

The following local residents made the Fall 2020 President's List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 632 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

The following local residents made the Fall 2020 Dean's List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 632 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

The following local residents made the Fall 2020 Academic Achievement List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 632 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

Nineteen students at Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) were officially inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta national honor society on Thursday, October 1. The socially-distanced ceremony, originally planned for the spring semester, was postponed due to COVID-19 and the campus closure.

Georgia's Own Credit Union awarded $1,000 to 23 students selected by a panel of judges who considered academic record, financial need, school/community service, and an essay. Including the $23,000 committed to this year's recipients, Georgia's Own has awarded nearly $140,000 in scholarships to Albany students over the last 16 years.

The following local residents made the Summer 2020 Dean's List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 429 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

The following local residents made the Summer 2020 President's List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 429 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

On August 12, almost 500 incoming freshmen began classes at Georgia Southwestern State University. This is the largest freshmen class in 50 years.

The following local residents made the Summer 2020 Academic Achievement List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 429 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

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 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 Dean's List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 582 students recognized for scholastic achievement.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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 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.