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Career-ready Alumni Succeeding Through Service

Middle Georgia State alumni are making a di erence locally, regionally, Nearly 40 percent of the Class of 2018 graduated with experiential
and nationally. Here at home, the immediate past chair of our Alumni learning noted on their transcripts. Student experiences range from paid
Association Board, Dr. Keith Mo ett, became the County Manager for and unpaid internships to academic research alongside faculty to
Macon-Bibb County in March. engaging with community organizations.
Meanwhile, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Thomas Grabowski, who In 2018, Residence Life once again o ered Alternative Spring Break,
earned his first degree at what was then Middle Georgia College, went taking a group of students to Texas, where they volunteered with the
from making a di erence regionally as commander of the 116th Air largest food bank in the nation, the Houston Food Bank.
Control Wing, Robins Air Force Base, to serving on the national level as
Special Assistant to the Director, Air National Guard for Integration, at That same week, the
the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. President’s Torch Society
Following in their footsteps is our Class of 2018 President’s Scholar, took its first service-learning
Trenten Williams. Each year, a graduating senior is chosen by Middle trip to our nation’s capital.
Georgia State’s Honors, Awards, and Graduation Committee, with the On a day when many high
approval of the University president, to be the President's Scholar based school students were in
on her or his outstanding academic record, involvement in campus and Washington, D.C., raising the
community service activities, and demonstration of characteristics issue of school violence, our
indicating the promise of a successful future. students met with members
of Georgia’s Congressional
A first-generation college student, delegation to learn about
Mr. Williams began dental school in leadership and the Higher
July at Augusta University. With the Education Reauthorization
clear goal of not only obtaining his and to tour the Capitol.
D.M.D. but later enrolling in the
general practice residency program, Like their peers traveling to
he says Middle Georgia State o ered Texas, they volunteered to
him a tremendous value. Not only did address hunger, working
he graduate debt-free, he was able to with Communities in Schools
10,000+ engage in three semesters of to put on a Joyful Food PRESIDENT’S TORCH SOCIETY
undergraduate genetic research Market, bringing fresh fruits W/ GA SENATOR DAVID PERDUE
student-employer and present his findings at
conferences — a perfect experience and veggies to an elementary school located in one of the D.C. urban
connections for an aspiring dentist, physician, and area’s food deserts.
scientist.
made in 2017-18