Events- Students
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 ...
Read MoreMGA Announces Fall 2023 Commencement Speakers
November 30, 2023
12:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 6 As president and owner of Collins Manufacturing Company in Macon, Gwen Collins is involved in day-to-day operations of the business. In 2006, she and her husband, Larry, who is vice president of the company, ...
Read More2024 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 ...
Read MoreMGA Faculty Q&A: The October 14 Solar Eclipse
September 20, 2023
Heads up, astronomy enthusiasts. On Saturday, Oct. 14, an annular solar eclipse will cross North, Central, and South America. It will be visible in Georgia. An annular solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, but ...
Read MoreMGA 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 ...
Read MoreMGA Resumes In-Person Ceremonies At Spring 2021 Graduation
May 05, 2021
Nearly 700 students are candidates for graduation at Middle Georgia State University’s spring commencement ceremonies, scheduled for May 11, 12, and 13. These ceremonies will mark the return of in-person graduations held at the ...
Read MoreMom’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 ...
Read MoreDr. 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 ...
Read MoreMGA Announces Fall 2019 Dean's and President's Lists
January 17, 2020
Middle Georgia State University (MGA) announces the fall semester 2019 President's List and Dean's List. Students on the President's List had a grade point average of at least 3.8. The Dean's List includes students who had at least a 3.5 grade ...
Read MoreMGA 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 ...
Read MoreVolunteer Numbers Jump for MGA’s Second Annual Day of Service
September 30, 2019
Middle Georgia State University’s second annual Day of Service saw participation more than double over last year as students, staff, and faculty fanned out across the region to volunteer at various service organizations. Day of Service ...
Read MoreMGA to Graduate 630 at Spring Commencement Ceremonies; Life Balance Inc. President Is Commencement Speaker
April 24, 2019
Nearly 630 students are eligible to graduate from Middle Georgia State University at spring commencement ceremonies scheduled for Thursday, May 9. Mary LoVerde, president of Life Balance Inc., and a writer and speaker, will be the commencement ...
Read MoreTattnall Square, Eureka Scholastic Place First in MGA-Hosted Math Olympics
March 11, 2019
Students from Tattnall Square Academy in Macon and Eureka Scholastic Academy in Forsyth, Fulton, and Coweta County, captured first-place honors in the 39th annual Math Olympics at Middle Georgia State University (MGA). More than 230 ...
Read MorePeach County's Dr. Vernard Hodges to Kick Off Middle Georgia State's Voices of Impact Series
September 06, 2018
Middle Georgia State University’s Voices of Impact Lecture Series premiers at 6:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, with guest speaker Dr. Vernard Hodges, veterinarian, entrepreneur and author.Presented by the University’s Office of ...
Read MoreMGA's Fall Graduation Ceremonies Set for December 14
December 04, 2017
More than 500 students will collect their diplomas from Middle Georgia State University at fall graduation ceremonies scheduled for December 14. Betty Cantrell of Warner Robins, who is Miss America 2016, will be the commencement speaker. The ...
Read MoreUniversity 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 ...
Read MoreMGA Celebrates International Education Week
November 10, 2017
Middle Georgia State University will celebrate International Education Week 2017 with sessions on study abroad opportunities, mini language lessons, and a "Holidays Around the World" presentation for students, faculty, and staff. Those events ...
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