GC Stories: Recent Episodes
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GC Stories is a podcast devoted to finding and telling some of the most remarkable tales of Georgia College life from alumni, faculty, students, and staff. We love anecdotes and legends, amazing feats and incredible ironies fueled by a healthy dose of GC preeminence.
Rural Studies Director Dr. Veronica Womack and Baldwin County Superintendent Dr. Noris Price tell the story of how a lack of highspeed internet among rural communities in Georgia prompted local schools to think creatively about how to supply internet to students attending classes virtually during the pandemic.
During the 2020 shutdown, the GC campus was dormant, but still needed to be groomed, maintained, and prepped for eventual reopening. Assistant Director of Environmental Health and Occupational Safety Shea Groebner tells the story of essential workers who stayed on campus to keep the torches lit during one of the darkest periods of the pandemic.
Information Security Officer Hance Patrick tells true stories of fake presidents, Isis, and even an exact duplicate of himself all trying to get through the firewalls of Georgia College, and what happens when they get in.
Retired Georgia College Historian Dr. Bob Wilson tells the story about an ancient spring hidden beneath a plate in GC's auto yard that encompasses the entirety of Milledgeville's history.
Kendall Stiles tells the story of how she made the Give Center better by nearly destroying it.
Dr. Bob Wilson has a chance encounter with a woman who claims to see dead people, and then proceeds to do so … in his office.
Dr. Cedric Howard tells the story of the most amazing applications package he ever read, from a boy who was the sole breadwinner for his family since the age of 13, and the even more amazing story of what became of him.
Veronica Womack tells the story of how a single letter of the alphabet started her down the path to becoming one of the foremost prominent voices for the Black Belt.
When a burgeoning farm’s hoop house is carried off in a wind storm, what will the GC community do to help it get back on its feet?
A team of third-through-fifth graders walk into the Centennial Center and discover a cardboard cut-out of Thunder disgraced by a funny nose and mustache, so what do they do? Break out their microscopes and forensic science kits and get to the bottom of it, that’s what.