MGA’s 2025 Arts Festival Focuses On “The Arts & Social Change”
March 13, 2025
Developed around the theme of “The Arts & Social Change,” the 2025 Arts Festival hosted by Middle Georgia State University’s School of Arts & Letters will focus on topics ranging from graphic novels to Nazi ...
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Internationally Renowned Writer Joy Harjo To Read From Her Work At MGA
March 05, 2025
In a return visit to Macon, American poet, playwright, and musician Joy Harjo, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the 23rd U.S. poet laureate, will read from her work at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 24, at Middle Georgia State University ...
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MGA Math Department Hosts 43rd Annual Math Olympics
February 25, 2025
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Middle Georgia State University hosted the 43rd annual Math Olympics on Friday, Feb. 21. A total of 197 high school students from 17 Georgia schools competed in the all-day event, with Killian Hill ...
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2025 College Town Film Series Explores Movies Centered On Newspaper Journalism
January 28, 2025
"Ripped From The Headlines" is the theme of the 2025 College Town Film Series, which kicks off Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Douglass Theater in downtown Macon. A collaboration of Middle Georgia State University (MGA), Wesleyan College, and Mercer ...
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MGA Students Launch Postcard Project To Raise Awareness Of Domestic Violence
October 03, 2024
Students in a Middle Georgia State University (MGA) sociology class are launching the “Postcard Project,” a creative way of bringing attention to the often-hidden issues of domestic violence and sexual assault.
In partnership ...
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MGA’s Center for Middle Georgia Studies & Middle Georgia Regional Library Host Author of New Biography Of Georgia Founder James Oglethorpe
August 27, 2024
James Oglethorpe, the British Army officer and politician best known for founding the colony of what became the U.S. state of Georgia, also left a less-familiar legacy: he was among the first white men in North America to stand against chattel ...
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Former Google VP To Discuss Artificial Intelligence As Focus Of Inaugural Jennings Family Distinguished Lecture, Hosted By Middle Georgia State University
August 16, 2024
Middle Georgia State University (MGA), with the generous support of Genelle B. Jennings and her family, announces the creation of the Jennings Family Distinguished Lecture Series. The inaugural event, scheduled for September 11, will feature ...
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Renowned Composer Jongnic Bontemps, Who Scored “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” Headlines MGA’s 2024 Arts Festival
March 11, 2024
Modern film composer Jongnic Bontemps, also known as JB, headlines the 2024 Arts Festival, hosted by Middle Georgia State University’s School of Arts & Letters and scheduled for March 25-April 15. This year’s festival, the ...
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MGA Political Science Department To Host Youth Civic Summit
January 22, 2024
Motivated by a desire to help area high school students learn more about local government and community issues, the Middle Georgia State University (MGA) Department of Political Science is sponsoring its first Youth Civic Summit in early March. ...
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2024 College Town Film Series Explores Throwback Theme
November 30, 2023
"Throwback" is the theme of the 2024 College Town Film Series, which kicks off Thursday, Jan. 25, at the Douglass Theater in downtown Macon. The 2024 series will serve as the 25th anniversary of the popular event.
A collaboration of Middle ...
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More Than 800 Students Set To Graduate At MGA’s Fall 2023 Commencement Ceremonies
November 29, 2023
About 810 students are candidates for graduation at Middle Georgia State University’s (MGA’s) fall 2023 commencement ceremonies.
Five ceremonies will take place over a two-day period: Wednesday, December 6, and Thursday, ...
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Kruger Family, Keith Moffett Recognized As MGA Foundation’s 2023 Legacy of Leadership and Outstanding Alumnus Award Recipients
November 06, 2023
The Middle Georgia State University (MGA) Foundation has awarded the Kruger family, well-known in the region for business and philanthropic accomplishments, the 2023 Legacy of Leadership award, while Dr. Keith Moffett, the current Macon-Bibb ...
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MGA Waives Application Fee for “No Fee November”
November 01, 2023
Middle Georgia State University (MGA) is making college even more accessible. During November, the Georgia Student Finance Commission and other state education agencies, including the University System of Georgia, partner to ...
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MGA School of Education & Behavioral Sciences Gets Ready To Host 6th FIRST LEGO League Challenge
October 04, 2023
Middle Georgia State University (MGA) is gearing up to host, for the sixth time, the FIRST LEGO League Challenge on December 2 and 9.
This international competition for “challenge teams” of elementary and middle-school ...
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Randy Thompson Joins MGA As Director Of Campus & Community Engagement
August 07, 2023
Randy Thompson, a Cochran resident with extensive experience in business management and education, is Middle Georgia State University’s new director of Campus & Community Engagement.
In his new position, Thompson will ...
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Peyton Anderson Foundation Awards $1.2 Million To MGA To Develop Center For Middle Georgia Studies
July 17, 2023
Middle Georgia State University (MGA) will use a newly announced $1.2 million grant from the Peyton Anderson Foundation to help fund an intellectual and creative center designed to take on some of the region’s most difficult ...
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City of Warner Robins & MGA Join Forces To Help Residents Start Small Businesses
March 15, 2023
Reviving the city’s traditional central business district by helping residents become entrepreneurs is among the main goals of a new collaboration between Warner Robins and Middle Georgia State University (MGA).
Beginning April 4, MGA ...
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With The Theme “Reclaiming The Native South,” MGA’s 2023 Arts Festival Features Native American Writers & Scholars
February 23, 2023
Built around the theme “Reclaiming the Native South,” the 2023 Arts Festival hosted by Middle Georgia State University's School of Arts & Letters features a reading and book talk with author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle ...
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MGA’s Museum Of Technology Launches Monthly RetroTech Series
January 23, 2023
The Museum of Technology at Middle Georgia State University (MGA) is launching a series of “RetroTech” seminars – including one featuring a rare, working ALTAIR 8800 - to highlight the gallery’s collection ...
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2023 College Town Film Series Explores “Brainwashed” Theme
January 04, 2023
"Brainwashed" is the theme of the 2023 College Town Film Series, which kicks off Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Douglass Theater in downtown Macon. A collaboration of Middle Georgia State University, Wesleyan College, and Mercer University, the ...
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Albany Tech, MGA Sign Transfer Agreement
November 14, 2022
Officials from Albany Technical College (ATC) and Middle Georgia State University (MGA) signed a formal agreement on Monday, Nov. 14, that creates a seamless transition for ATC graduates to earn their bachelor's degrees at MGA.
This agreement is ...
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MGA School of Education & Behavioral Sciences Gets Ready To Host 5th FIRST LEGO League Challenge
November 07, 2022
Dr. David Biek calls it “the most insane thing ever.”
What else would you get when you turn loose more than 200 kids from area middle and elementary schools onto a robotics competition, LEGO building contest, and ...
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MGA Waives Application Fee For ‘Apply to College’ Month
November 02, 2022
Middle Georgia State University (MGA), already the most affordable public state university in Georgia, is even more of a bargain for anyone who applies for admission this month.
November is “Apply to College Month." ...
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MGA’s Music Program Presents Series of Fall Concerts & Other Events
October 26, 2022
From senior recitals to the Guitar Ensemble to the Chamber Singers, Middle Georgia State University’s music program is rolling out a series of fall concerts and events throughout the month of November. All events are free and open to ...
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MGA, Macon-Bibb To Host Veterans Day Ceremony at Coleman Hill
October 25, 2022
MGA, Macon-Bibb To Host Veterans Day Ceremony at Coleman Hill
For the seventh consecutive year, Middle Georgia State University (MGA) and Macon-Bibb are co-hosting a Veterans Day ceremony at Coleman Hill in downtown Macon.
The event, which is ...
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MGA Receives Federal Grant To Build Pavilion At Cross-Country Course, Expand Recreation Tourism For Community
June 29, 2022
Middle Georgia State University (MGA) is receiving $1.24 million in federal funding to build athletic facilities connected by a pavilion at its Georgia Premier cross-country course on the Macon Campus. The project will allow the University to ...
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MGA Baseball Hosts Second Annual Stuckey’s Day At Stuckey Field
April 12, 2022
Middle Georgia State University (MGA) Knights baseball will host the second annual “Stuckey’s Day” on Saturday, April 23.
The Knights will take on the University of Mobile at 12:45 p.m. at Stuckey Field on the ...
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MGA's School of Computing Hosts Cybersecurity Seminar
March 24, 2022
Representatives of the military, law enforcement, financial services, and other sectors are scheduled to speak at the 2022 Academic Cybersecurity Seminar hosted by Middle Georgia State University’s School of Computing.
The seminar, ...
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2022 College Town Film Series Explores “Revenge”
January 04, 2022
"Revenge" is the theme of the 2022 College Town Film Series, which kicks off Thursday, Jan. 27, at the Douglass Theater in Macon. A collaboration of Middle Georgia State University, Wesleyan College, and Mercer University, the annual College ...
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Middle Georgia State, Macon-Bibb to Host Veterans Day Ceremony at Coleman Hill
November 04, 2021
For the sixth consecutive year, Middle Georgia State University (MGA) and Macon-Bibb are co-hosting a Veterans Day ceremony at Coleman Hill in downtown Macon.
The event, which is open to the public, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 11. In ...
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MGA To Host Cyclocross Races On Georgia Premier Course
October 12, 2021
Trey Crisp calls cyclocross the “punk rock” of bike racing.
“It’s such a fun style of racing,” said Crisp, who is Middle Georgia State University’s (MGA’s) facilities director ...
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MGA To Participate In 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s Education Exhibition
September 07, 2021
The Middle Georgia State University Library is participating in September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World, an educational poster exhibition that presents the history of 9/11, its origins, and its ongoing implications. The 9/11 Memorial ...
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Mom’s Nostalgia For Stuckey’s Leads To Special Baseball Game Day At MGA
April 07, 2021
One of Kathy Wilson’s fondest childhood memories is all the stops her family made at Stuckey’s while driving her from one dance competition to another around the Midwest.
From the late 1930s through the 1970s, the ...
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Jazz Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, Emmy-Winning Film Editor Denny Thomas Featured At MGA’s 2021 Arts Festival
March 25, 2021
Appearances by American jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and Emmy-winning film editor Denny Thomas, known for his work on the critically acclaimed series “Vice on HBO,” are among the highlights of the 2021 Arts Festival ...
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MGA Art Professor’s Collaborative Works Featured At Columbus State Exhibition
February 02, 2021
A major exhibition presented by Columbus State University features the collaborative art of one of Middle Georgia State University’s newest faculty members.
“Agglomeration” is an exhibit featuring paintings and ...
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MGA Approved As Level V Institution, Paving The Way For Doctoral Degree Introduction
December 08, 2020
Middle Georgia State University is now a Level V institution following approval by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. The new status, which SACSCOC announced on December 8, 2020, means that Middle Georgia ...
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Expect Chills & Thrills at Science Club’s 2020 Haunted Lab: The Science of Plagues
October 21, 2020
Science can be spooky.
Just in time for Halloween, Dr. Sharon Mozley-Standridge and student members of Middle Georgia State University's Science Club plan to give us a few spine-tingling examples. With the participation of other students and ...
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MGA Dedicates Two New Airplanes Funded Through Jones Family Foundation
August 25, 2020
Middle Georgia State University (MGA) hosted a brief dedication ceremony for two single-engine Piper Archers on August 25 at Macon Downtown Airport. MGA purchased the new aircraft – funded through an $800,000 donation from the Charles ...
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MGA Partners with Westchester Community College on IT Degree Transfer Agreement
August 24, 2020
Students at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, N.Y., can now complete a fully online bachelor’s degree in information technology from Middle Georgia State University (MGA), thanks to a new agreement between the two ...
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MGA's Macon Campus Roundabout Formally Opens
August 19, 2020
The completion of a $2.5 million project to improve vehicular and pedestrian safety and create a more 'walkable' community for faculty, staff, students and guests while also increasing visibility and access to the Macon Campus of Middle Georgia ...
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Dr. Robertiena Fletcher to Visit Middle Georgia State University To Discuss Her Civil Rights Activism
February 11, 2020
Dr. Robertiena Fletcher, who in the early 1960s was one of a number of girls locked away in an abandoned Leesburg, Ga., jail for protesting racial segregation, will talk about her experiences at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the Arts Complex ...
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MGA Formally Begins Construction Of Peyton Anderson Enrollment Center
January 23, 2020
Middle Georgia State University (MGA) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 23, for the newly named Peyton Anderson Enrollment Center, a privately funded facility on the Macon Campus designed to ease and streamline enrollment for ...
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Middle Georgia State University to Host U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
January 06, 2020
Note: The location for the event at 11:00 am on Wednesday, Feb. 19, has changed to the Volleyball Gym on MGA's Macon Campus.
Joy Harjo, the 2019-2020 U.S. poet laureate, is coming to Middle Georgia State University.
Harjo, the first Native ...
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MGA Hosts Award-Winning Journalist Sarah Topol For Master Lectures and Conversations Series
December 16, 2019
Sarah Topol, an investigative journalist who has reported from the Middle East, Africa, and the former Soviet Union, will talk about her career experiences during an appearance at Middle Georgia State University (MGA) as part of the Master ...
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MGA to Graduate Nearly 700 Students at Fall 2019 Commencement
December 05, 2019
Nearly 700 students are candidates for graduation at Middle Georgia State University's 2019 fall commencement ceremonies, scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 12, and Friday, Dec. 13.
The commencement speaker for the December 12 ceremonies is Sachin ...
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Wi-Fi Macon to Launch Downtown on November 18
November 14, 2019
Members of the public are invited to join Middle Georgia State University (MGA) in downtown Macon on Monday, November 18, for the launch of Wi-Fi Macon, a free wireless internet service now being offered along Poplar Street. The event ...
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Middle Georgia State, Macon-Bibb to Host Veterans Day Ceremony at Coleman Hill
November 04, 2019
For the fourth consecutive year, Middle Georgia State University (MGA) and Macon-Bibb are co-hosting a Veterans Day ceremony at Coleman Hill in downtown Macon.
The event, open to the public, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11. Participants ...
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A Novel Idea: MGA Students Look Forward to NaNoWriMo
October 17, 2019
Zach Brigmond is close to finishing his first novel, a science fiction tale with a military theme that he describes as “Tom Clancy meets Starship Troopers.”
“I’ve got everything outlined and I’m ...
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Middle Georgia State Symposium Highlights the Achievements and Suffering of an American Composer
October 14, 2019
The Middle Georgia State University School of Arts & Letters is hosting a symposium and concert on Thursday, Oct. 24, that focus on the life of Kathleen Lockhart Manning, an American composer and singer.
The public event is designed to ...
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MGA Library Named An Official NaNoWriMo Writing Center
October 10, 2019
In preparation for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in November, the MGA Library is hosting three writing workshops on the Macon Campus in October. The writing workshops will be led by creative writing faculty, starting with "Developing a ...
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MGA Student Success Center Coordinator's Hobby is for the Birds
November 08, 2018
At age 7, Paul Johnson mimicked bird paintings while taking art lessons. Now, he’s channeled his creativity into publishing books about them.
Johnson, Student Success Center coordinator at Middle Georgia State University's Macon ...
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Middle Georgia State, Bibb Sheriff's Office Awarded Federal Grant to Help Reduce Gang Violence
November 28, 2017
Middle Georgia State University and the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, in collaboration, were recently awarded a federal multi-year grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to help reduce violent gang activity and gun crime within the Middle ...
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University Creating Public Art to Celebrate UNITY@MGA
November 13, 2017
Middle Georgia State University (MGA) will host UNITY@MGA during the week of November 27- December 1, 2017, highlighting an interactive social dialogue through the creation of a public art installation on both the Macon and Cochran ...
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Middle Georgia State's President to Launch Master Lectures Series with World War I Talks
October 16, 2017
"The Great War at 100: Its Shadow & Legacy" will be the topic of Middle Georgia State University's inaugural event of The Master Lectures & Conversations Series.
Dr. Christopher Blake, Middle Georgia State president, will discuss aspects ...
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Finding Greatness: Rojean Sanders
October 16, 2017
Health Services Administration major Rojean Sanders, Army veteran, is president of the MGA chapter of Association of Healthcare Executive Students.
Full Name: Rojean Vernita Sanders.
Hometown & Residence: Macon.
Employment: Work study ...
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MGA Hosts Live Facebook Chat About Dual-Enrollment Program
September 18, 2017
Students and their parents interested in learning more about dually enrolling in college before graduating high school are invited to chat live via Facebook with Maggie Schuyler, assistant director of Admissions at Middle Georgia State ...
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MGA Library Hosts Free Film Screenings Focused on 1st Amendment Issues
September 07, 2017
The Middle Georgia State University Library is hosting screenings of two films in late September to generate discussion of First Amendment issues. All screenings are free and open to the public.
The Library will show "I Am Not Your Negro," ...
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