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NEWSLETTERFALL 2015

J O H N H . L O U N S B U R Y C O L L E G E O F E D U C A T I O N

CONTENTS

JOHN H. LOUNSBURYCOLLEGE OF EDUCATION

NEWSLETTERFall 2015

DeanJoe Peters

Newsletter CoordinatorsRevel Pogue

Mariharden McElheny

3 Dean’s Message

4 Professional Development School

5 Call Me MISTER

6 Launching a Professional Development School Partnership

12 Food Drive

13 edTPA Update

13 FacultySpotlight

15 Honors, Recognitions and Awards

16 New Faculty and Staff

17 MAT Humanities Cohort Update

18 Serving Children

19 Discover Graduate Programs

Campus Box 70Milledgeville, Ga. 31061

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14 CMLA Spotlight

10 Integrate Art into Science

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DEAN’S MESSAGE

Friends,

These are exciting times for the College of Educationhere at Georgia College. This academic year, wewelcome our inaugural cohort of MISTERs in the Call MeMISTER (CMM) program. Congratulations to BrianBowman, Seabon Davis Jr., Homer Jones Jr., and JaleelJones! CMM Director Emmanuel Little also sponsoredthe first Rising MISTERs summer experience for localhigh school students.

The COE also welcomes our newest full-time facultymembers, Dr. Paulette Cross, a social justice educator,Dr. Hasmik Mehranian, an engineer and STEM educator,Dr. Kristina Falbe, a middle grades educator andEducation Specialist Donna McNair, a special educationeducator. They join our two reorganized Departments ofTeacher Education and Professional Learning andInnovation. We are also delighted that Ms. Claire Garrettassumed the role of Partnership and Field PlacementDirector.

Our outstanding faculty members have also formed acomprehensive Professional Development Schoolpartnership with Baldwin County School District.Working closely with Superintendent Noris Price and heradministration, we now have on-site college courses atEagle Ridge Elementary School, Oak Hill Middle Schooland Baldwin High School. Researchers have shown thatthis relationship benefits our teaching candidates whodevelop more demonstrable teaching skills. These

experiences also improve host teachers’ perceptions ofthemselves as professionals and provide opportunitiesfor collaborative efforts between institutions. Mostimportantly, K-12 students demonstrate higherachievement through Professional Development Schoolexperiences.

As you will find throughout this newsletter, the Collegeof Education faculty, staff and students are participatingin many other on and off-campus experiences. Our highlevel of professional and community engagement are inkeeping with Georgia College’s liberal arts foundationand the COE’s commitment to our students' lifelongsuccess through continuously making connectionsbetween students' studies and highly valued real-worldskills.

On a personal note, I would like to thank the faculty,staff, students and many friends of the COE forwelcoming me into their community. I also would like topersonally thank our donors. Without your backing wecould not provide the support for our excellence inpreparing teachers and school leaders.

Best wishes,

Joe PetersDean of [email protected]


As part of the College of Education'scontinued efforts to establish aProfessional Development School(PDS) partnership with BaldwinCounty, Middle Grades seniorteacher candidates planned andfacilitated learning experiences

with sixth, seventh and eighth grade teachers at OakHill Middle School (OHMS). The experiences providedopportunity to continually develop an understandingof PDS partnerships, build relationships and suggestgoals for this continued partnership. One aspiration isfor OHMS teachers and Middle Grades teachercandidates to develop as a community of middle levelprofessionals. The focus of future learning experienceswill be based on the needs and interests of thismiddle level learning community. ■

Professional Development School


Our COE is proud to welcome the first-ever cohortof Call Me MISTER (acronym for MentorsInstructing Students Toward Effective Role Models)students in the state of Georgia! Thanks to thesupport, dedication and passionate recruitmentefforts of our College and its collaborators, fourMISTERs have begun their journey at GeorgiaCollege to become transformative teachers. Theyare:

Brian Bowman Major: Pre-Middle Grades EducationGraduated from: Jones County High SchoolHometown: Macon, GeorgiaSeabon Davis, Jr.Major: Pre-Special EducationGraduated from: Prince Avenue Christian SchoolHometown: Athens, GeorgiaHomer Jones, Jr.Major: Pre-Middle Grades EducationMinor: DanceGraduated from: Central High SchoolHometown: Macon, GeorgiaJaleel JonesMajor: Pre-Early Childhood EducationGraduated from: Wilkinson County High SchoolHometown: Irwinton, Georgia

GC’s MISTERs were introduced to the Call MeMISTER program via the summer leadershipinstitute at Clemson University in June 2015 andrecently attended the fall summit to connect withother MISTERs at South Carolina State University.

Throughout their enrollment on our campus, theywill connect frequently with local schools and willfocus their development as young adults andfuture teachers around the Call Me MISTERempowerment model’s five key tenets. Thesetenets are brother’s keeper, personal growth,teacher efficacy, servant leadership andambassadorship.

Our Call Me MISTER program has also created a“Rising MISTERs” summer camp to createpipelines for more black male teachers in thefuture. Through “Rising MISTERs”, high schoolstudents will explore more of what it means tobecome an impactful educator, gain valuableinsight from local educational leaders and alsofamiliarize themselves with Georgia College andits Call Me MISTER program. These participantswill also maintain contact with Emmanuel Little asthey prepare to graduate high school and becomepart of our next generation of MISTERs!

Program Director Emmanuel Little was also askedto spotlight our Call Me MISTER efforts in a recentseries via EdWeek entitled How Universities AreRecruiting More Teachers of Color. You can readmore here:http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2015/09/response_what_universities_are_doing_to_recruit_teachers_of_color.html For frequent updates on our Call Me MISTERprogram, please “like” our Facebook Fan Page athttps://www.facebook.com/callmemistergc ■

update


Georgia College and Baldwin County School District Launch a ProfessionalDevelopment SchoolPartnership


The Professional DevelopmentSchool (PDS) Partnership betweenGeorgia College and BaldwinCounty School District has had asuccessful beginning this fall.Under the leadership of Dr. Noris

Price, Baldwin County Schoolsuperintendent, Dr. Joseph Peters, dean ofthe College of Education, and Dr. SandraWebb, associate professor and professor inresidence for the PDS Partnership andComprehensive K-12 Literacy Initiative, anumber of signature programs have beenimplemented in Baldwin County Schools.

Professional Development Schools areinnovative partnerships of universities,school districts, and community stakeholderswith the goals of enriching K-12 learning andachievement, educating and developing newteachers, providing professional learning forall educators, and focusing inquiry andresearch on improving teaching practicesand K-12 education.

The Georgia College – Baldwin CountySchool Partnership began last fall with a corePDS Planning Team that attended a

workshop at the University of Georgia fordeveloping a PDS partnership. Facultymembers of that team, Stacy Schwartz,Nancy Mizelle, Miriam Jordan, StephenWills, and Sandra Webb, along with TomOrmond, representing Academic Affairs, metthroughout the spring with Baldwin CountySchool District administrators to plan anddevelop the organization and process of thispartnership. The PDS Planning Team createdvision and mission statements that wereapproved by the College of Educationfaculty and BCSD administrators. In addition,this committee conducted surveys of interestwith both CoE faculty and BCSD teachersand administrators. The culminating event inMay was a visit by Dr. Bruce Field,Department Chair of Teacher Education atGeorgia Southern University. Field wasinstrumental in organizing a successful PDSpartnership network at the University ofSouth Carolina and the National Associationof Professional Development Schools,serving as the first president of this nationalorganization. Field was impressed by theprogress in developing our PDS partnershipwith Baldwin County and recommended thatwe, “Just do it!”


Following Field’s strong encouragement, the PDSpartners launched several signature PDS programs withBaldwin County Schools.

Professor in Residence: PDS Partnership andLiteracy, Dr. Sandra Webb

As Professor in Residence, Webb provides leadershipfor developing the PDS partnership with BaldwinCounty Schools. She also services as a literacyconsultant in developing a district-wide,comprehensive literacy program and in providingdistrict-wide professional learning for teachers andadministrators in literacy education.

Professor in Residence: Positive BehaviorInterventions and Support, Dr. Rob Sumowski

Dr. Rob Sumowski, as professor in residence, offers hisexpertise in administration and also in PositiveBehavior Interventioins and Support. He iscollaborating with district administrators to develop(PBIS) and organizing district-wide professionallearning and administrative support for administratorsand teachers.

Onsite Georgia College University CoursesGeorgia College faculty are offering their universitycourses on site at elementary, middle and secondary inBaldwin County Schools. There are numerousadvantages and benefits for onsite courses. Oneprimary advantage involves the building ofrelationships with school-based educators anddeepening partnerships for preparing new teachersthat occurs when university educators teach on site.Our education students observe the collaboration oftheir professors with administrators and teachers, whoare invited to classroom seminars to participate.Professors onsite can make arrangements foreducation candidates to observe in classrooms andconduct course assignments. As partnerships develop,there are additional possibilities of professionaldevelopment and site-based research for alleducators. Currently we have six faculty membersteaching onsite courses. • Eagle Ridge Elementary School, Dr. Stacy Schwartz• Oak Hill Middle School, two courses: Dr. Nancy Mizelle, Dr. Joanne Previts, and Dr. Kristina Falbe• Baldwin High School, Dr. Cynthia Alby and Dr. Miriam Jordan


To teach a university course onsite in BaldwinCounty Schools, a faculty member should contactDr. Sandra Webb. Moving courses onsite is aprocess of making a request in writing., and areview by administrators at Baldwin CountySchools. University courses onsite should benefitboth our education students and the schools inwhich they are located. We are eager to developthis process and provide opportunities for more ofour education students.

Community in Schools Tutoring Program, Dr. Sandra WebbAligned with the Governor’s Campaign, Get GeorgiaReading, Dr. Webb is collaborating with theCommunity in Schools Director and Site Coordinatorsto develop an effective tutoring program targeting K-2 literacy support for students identified asstruggling readers.

Collaborative Grant WritingThis fall faculty members and school districtrepresentatives, under the leadership of Dr. SandraWebb, have applied for two Governor’s Office ofStudent Achievement Grants. Robin Lewis, Directorof the Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs,provided support and guidance in submitting thesegrants.• Governor’s Office of Student Achievement,

Innovation Fund Implementation Grant for STEAMAhead at OHMS: $1.2 M. This grant will provideprofessional learning, faculty and communitysupport, and technology resources for a ScienceTechnology Engineering and Math grant thatintegrates the Arts, disciplinary literacy, andcommunity engagement. Faculty members on thewriting team for this grant include Sandra Webband Joanne Previts. Charlie Martin, Center forProgram Evaluation and Development and JuliaMetzker, Director of ENGAGE, Georgia College’sQuality Enhancement Program, provided additionalsupport.The Principal Investigator is Dr. Noris Price.

• Governor’s Office of Student Achievement,Innovation Fund Planning Grant for Read BaldwinCounty. $10,000. This planning grant will addressliteracy development of children in Baldwin Countyfrom birth through age 8, and is aligned with theGovernor’s Campaign, Get Georgia Reading.Collaborators on this grant proposal are SandraWebb, Stacy Schwartz, and Sandy Baxter, Directorof Community in Schools. The Principal Investigatoris Dr. Noris Price.

Building Up STEAM at OHMS, Georgia College STEM Grant

Faculty members from College of Education andthe College of Arts and Sciences are participatingin a professional learning community grant at OakHill Middle School sponsored by the GeorgiaCollege STEM Grant program. Eight math andscience teachers, grades 6 through 8, arecollaborating with Georgia College faculty indesigning inquiry-based, integrated STEM lessonsand exploring integrating of the Arts, disciplinaryliteracy, and technology as tools of learning. SandraWebb is the Principal Investigator and the grantteam includes Joanne Previts, Middle GradesEducation, Miriam Jordan, Secondary Education,Angel Abney and Doris Santarone, MathematicsDepartment, and Sam Mutiti, Department ofBiological and Environmental Sciences.

Reading Endorsement through Georgia CollegeContinuing Education, Dr. Sandra Webb

To support reading education, Dr. Noris Pricerequested an onsite reading endorsement programat Baldwin County Schools through our GeorgiaCollege Continuing Education Program. Thisreading endorsement was approved by theGeorgia Professional Standards Commission andconsists of a three-course sequence, providingteachers with professional learning in readingprocesses and pedagogy, assessment, and best-practices in reading instruction. The first course isunderway this fall, and two additional courses willbe offered in the spring. Successful completion ofthree-course sequence will result in eligibility toapply for a Reading Endorsement Certificationthrough Georgia Professional StandardsCommission.

In addition to these signature programs, our PDSpartners are discovering opportunities to bring publicattention to the successful beginning of ourpartnership. At the upcoming Southeast RegionalAssociation of Teacher Educators on October 8-9, atJekyll Island, the Georgia College – Baldwin CountySchools Partnership proposal was accepted for asession titled, “Developing Architects of ChangeThrough Professional Development SchoolPartnerships.” Presenters are Dr. Noris Price, Dr.Sandra Webb, Dr. Stacy Schwartz, Dr. Nancy MIzelle,Dr. Joanne Previts, and Dr. Rob Sumowski. Thisconference presentation will be the first of what wehope will be many collaborations in scholarship ofour PDS partnership. ■


In their EDIS 3415 class, Investigating the NaturalWorld, early childhood majors are not onlylearning about the nature of science, but they arealso learning strategies for integrating theirscience instruction into other disciplines in theschool curriculum. Each week they learn how toteach one of their scientific concepts through

children’s non-fiction literature. The reading strategy isfollowed up with an appropriate demonstration orexperiment that further explains the concept.

In addition to learning from the science literature, thestudents have been learning from other “big thinkers”in the field on how the brain works and the role ofcreativity and exploration in the learning process. In onerecent class, they watched a presentation by Sir KenRobinson on the role of creativity and heard hisassertion that there is a critical need for the arts to beincluded in the school curriculum.

After hearing his presentation and engaging in a briefdemonstration and discussion on the role of music as afocusing activity, the students then participated inactivities that combined art and science. They “paintedwith salt” to demonstrate states of matter, and then theyobserved “walking water” to demonstrate theproperties of water.

Following are some of the reflections from studentsabout this class that is taught by Dr. Trish Klein:

“My thoughts about today’s class, activities anddiscussions are very positive. I believe that Dr. Kleinreally equipped me with some great tools and strategies

to make class time very entertaining, while still learningall the required materials.”

“I love that this class gives us actual activities we canuse in our future classes. I really enjoyed the class today.I can see many ways that these experiments or activitiescould be adapted to any age group. Not only that, butthey were simple and fun. Apart from buying the(children’s) book, everything else is just laying aroundmy house or very easily accessible. I could also displaymy kids’ ‘Paint With Salt’ pictures, which reminds themof the activity and their hard work. I especially liked theTED Talk video. We need this as educators. It is so easyto get bogged down in the standards and lesson plansthat we forget what we are doing and why our jobs areso critical. I will look at the kid with the Halloweendrawing a little differently now.”

“Overall, I was very interested and intrigued by all of theideas, concepts and activities addressed by Dr. Klein intoday’s class. I was able to envision completingactivities, like ‘Painting with Salt,’ with my futurestudents and also incorporating principles from Sir KenRobinson in the TED Talk video into my educationalphilosophy and practices. I am beginning to see the truebenefits of this course and the way it prepares each ofus to be knowledgeable about science concepts andskills, but also very successfully equipped with a varietyof resources for science instruction. Lastly, I reallyappreciate the incorporation of music into our class! Ireally enjoy music as a tool inside of the classroombecause of its calming and relaxing abilities.” ■

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EARLY COLLEGE

Food DriveGCEC Gives Back

Georgia College Early College 8th graders will be creating special “Blessingboxes and Bags” for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The non-perishable donationscollected in October will help those in need during the holidays. All donationswill be given to Café Central, a non-profit, faith based charitable organizationthat provides meals for 500-2000 on Tuesdays at Freedom Church. ■


Prompted by Georgia Professional

Standards Commission, the State of

Georgia, including Georgia College,

participated in piloting a new,

performance-based assessment of teaching

effectiveness for pre-service candidates, the

educational Teacher Performance Assessment

(edTPA) in the 2014-2015 academic year. The

edTPA is a classroom-based assessment

administered during the student teaching field

experience. The edTPA is a nationally available

pre-service performance assessment process

designed to answer the essential question: “Is a

new teacher ready for the job?” The edTPA is

completed during the time the teacher

candidate is student teaching and includes a

review of the teacher candidate’s authentic

teaching materials and practices that document

and demonstrate each candidate’s ability to

effectively teach his/her subject matter to all

students.

As of Sept. 1, 2015 the edTPA has become

consequential for teacher candidates and

successful passage of the edTPA is required for

initial certification. As edTPA is a high-stakes

performance assessment for teacher candidates

Georgia College’s participation in the pilot

served to aid in gathering a better

understanding of the edTPA by providing

important data, information, skills and methods

for successful completion to the University,

College of Education, faculty and students.

With this new assessment our College of

Education remains dedicated to providing

teacher candidates with the education, skills

and support that they need to be successful

and influential educators who are ready for the

career on day one. ■

edTPA Update

For the past few years I have worked in the organization andthe implementation of a cancer research fundraising effort atNorthside Hospital, Atlanta. The event occurs every year inOctober: National Breast Cancer Month. Last year, in oneday, we raised over $100,000. This year the event is on Oct.9. We hope to raise more this year. The event is called“Northside Hospital Tennis against Cancer.” We invitetennis players from all around the area to participate in amorning of coaching and tennis drills (5 different tenniscenters). At lunch time, we have an elegant luncheon at acountry club (5 different locations) where we raffle offitems. All of the participants pay a fee to participate in theevent. The coaches donate their time in the morningsessions. The country clubs give reduced rates for themeals. All of the raffle items are donated. Additionally, eachparticipant urges family and friends to donate ( my request ison my Facebook page).

On Oct. 16 of this year, I will be cancer-free for 7 years. I feel“Blessed and Highly Favored.”

Let’s fight Cancer!

F A C U L T YSpotlight


CMLA highlightWhile some Georgia College students prepared to go downtown Thursdaynight, a select few chose to spend their time developing as advocates for youngadolescents. On the night of Sept. 24, the members of CMLA (CollegiateMiddle Level Association) met to further their knowledge of ways in which theycan become effective middle level educators. They creatively analyzed AMLE(Association for Middle Level Education) standards and discussed concepts suchas collaboration, integrated curriculum and community involvement. CMLA ismore than an organization for middle grades education majors. It is anopportunity to learn about young adolescents' needs and become a voice forstudents during this transitional phase. CMLA members value diversity andwelcome all Georgia College students to attend their next meeting on Oct. 29at 5 p.m. in Kilpatrick room 226. The middle grades education cohort alsoinvites anyone interested to attend this year's Summit conference on Friday,Nov. 6.

The conference will welcome educators, pre-service teachers, administratorsand other advocates for young adolescents from across the Southeast. Dr.Debbie Silver, an influential author and educator and international inspiration,will serve as keynote speaker on this day of intriguing, worthwhile professionaldevelopment. To register or for additional information, email Kristen Stack([email protected]) or Dr. Nancy Mizelle ([email protected]).We hope you will join us soon at a meeting and at Summit! ■


Chris GreerThis past spring I was selected as an Apple DistinguishedEducator, which is a very selective program that identifieseducators around the world who are using Apple products inan innovative way. Out of thousands that applied, only 200were selected. I spent a week in Miami working with Appleand learning more about all of their educational initiatives.They tasked me with a community outreach project, and so Ihave partnered with the Georgia Department of NaturalResources to create a digital textbook on the state parks ofGeorgia. This textbook will be used within K-12 classroomsacross the state for students to learn more about science andhistory through our own state park system. I am involving mygraduate students in the production of the textbook and amtaking groups to Sapelo Island and Cloudland Canyon inOctober.

Rob Sumowski was awarded the national OutstandingChapter Advisor of Sigma Alpha Epsilon for my work withGC's Georgia Mu chapter of SAE.

Cynthia Alby is starting her 10th year as the lead instructorfor the state of Georgia's "Governor's Teaching Fellows(GTF) Program" (http://ihe.uga.edu/outreach/governors-teaching-fellows). This program organizes an academic yearand an intensive summer institute on quality teaching for24 professors selected from the best of the best from bothpublic and private institutions of higher education. This yearshe has also been asked to design a similar yearlong programfor Stetson University called, "The Brown Innovation FellowsProgram."

Carol Christy, professor of Literacy, presented researchpapers at the European Literacy Conference in Austria in Julyand the Joint Pan African Reading for All Conference/Reading Association of South Africa Conference in Cape TownSouth Africa in September.

College of EducationHonors, Recognition

and Awards


Kristina FalbeFalbe regularly works with middle grade practitioners and pre-service educators on best practices in the middle grades classroom, andstrategies for increased engagement in reading and literacy across thecurriculum. She has researched and implemented innovative, technology-basedpractices for increasing collaboration and professionalism in the middleschool. Her current academic research explores academic achievement intoday's middle schools.

Donna McNairEd.S. in School Psychology from Georgia Southern University, M.Ed. and B.S.degrees from Georgia College.Teaches classes in legal issues in special education, educational assessment,education foundations and supervises field experiences. Retired from K-12school system (Washington County) after 34 year career in teaching, schoolpsychology and special education administration. Since 2010, worked part-timeat GC and as an educational consultant in several school systems.

Paulette CrossCross has been faculty at the University of Utah in the Education Culture andSociety, Family and Consumer Studies and the Ethnic Studies Departments, theEducational Opportunities Program and the Black Student Leadership Institute.Also, she served as program coordinators for the Summer Research OpportunityProgram and the Calvary Academy of Excellence Saturday School. Shedeveloped a campus visitor’s speaking bureau to provide discourse (from a blackfemale perspective) about social justice. Her research has focused on the matrixof domination, particularly, caring and othermothering, teaching and learningthrough pedagogical and epistemological theories.

Hasmik MehranianMehranian has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on productionplanning and control, production systems analysis, operations research andlinear programming. She has also taught mathematics and computer classes atelementary, middle and high school settings. Her research focuses in the area ofsoftware and hardware usability, driver-vehicle interfaces and interaction anderror proof design. Her work has appeared in numerous refereed proceedingspublications, Accident Analysis and Prevention and Transportation ResearchRecord. She is also the founder of Hu Component LLC, a consulting companyspecializing in usability assessment and human factors engineering.

New College of Education Faculty Staff


MAT HumanitiesCohort Update

By: Allison Blanchard

The fall semester is flying by as the MAT Humanities Cohort, led by

Dr. Cynthia Alby, gets ready to move from their first placement to

their second. Six weeks of observation and student teaching have

been challenging, but it has also been an incredible growing

experience for many of us. The summer was an enlightening

experience and the fall even more so. We have learned so much

from education theory and methods, to practicing our craft in

classrooms with students.

Currently, we attend three of our five courses at Baldwin High

School. All three courses, Learner Development, Learner

Differences and Field Placement Seminar, are led by Dr. Alby and

take place in a classroom at the high school. We have researched

the ideal classroom environment and we are about to begin

turning the room we are in into a model classroom. We are hoping

to transform our current blank canvas of a classroom into the ideal,

research-based classroom for others to emulate. We are currently

awaiting approval from the superintendent and a budget to be

given before we can transform our current classroom into the ideal

learning space. ■


Georgia College graduates Cody and

Katie Fox spoke to the Special

Education majors at Georgia College

about how they opened a Special

Education wing at the Good

Shepherd’s Fold Orphanage in Jinja, Uganda. Providing

schooling that includes children with disabilities is very

rare in many parts of the world including Uganda. In

fact, Good Shepherd’s Fold is one of very few schools in

Uganda that provide educational services for children

with disabilities and is likely the only school in the

country that teaches these children on the same

campus as their peers without disabilities. The housing

in the orphanage is set up into family units with each

“family” having at least one or two children with

disabilities. According to Katie, the brothers and sisters

become very protective and nurturing of their family

members with disabilities, which allows acceptance of

disabilities to become a part of the culture at the

orphanage. After initiating the Special Education

Program at Good Shepherds Fold, Katie is now the

Special Education Director at the school and has a

team of teachers, support staff and a physical therapist.

In addition to children at the orphanage, the school at

Good Shepherd’s Fold is also open to the community.

According to Cody, students often walk over an hour to

attend the school. To support Katie and Cody, the

Georgia College Chapter of the Council for Exceptional

Children provided them with a gift box of teaching

supplies, clothing, a gift card, as well as mementos of

Georgia College. Not only is it exciting that Georgia

College Graduates are having such an impact on a

global scale, Katie and Cody’s willingness to return to

their alma mater to pass on their dreams and

accomplishments succeeded in inspiring our current

students and future special educators. ■

Serving Childrenwith Disabilities from Milledgeville to Uganda


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