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Athletics In 2006, the Bobcats baseball and softball programs had seasons for the ages, and expectations will be high when the 2007 seasons swing into action the first week of February.
Greetings to Chancellor Davis Dr. Deborah Vess, professor of history, was invited by the Board of Regents to represent all university system faculty at the inauguration of Chancellor Erroll Davis on September 13.
GCSU receives gift to endow Hispanic scholarships, recruitment Georgia College & State University has received a gift of $700,000 from The Goizueta Foundation that will provide scholarships and aid in the recruitment and retention of Hispanic students, announced President Dorothy Leland. The gift will enable more Hispanic students whose families currently reside in the United States to attend Georgia’s public liberal arts university by establishing and endowing The Goizueta Foundation Scholars Fund to provide need-based scholarship assistance. The gift also provides for immediate need-based scholarship assistance to Hispanic students and supports the establishment a Hispanic bilingual recruiter and retention specialist position. A scholarship endowment for Hispanic students will allow Georgia College to further
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concentrate recruitment efforts on this specific target group, said Dr. Paul Jones, vice president of institutional research and enrollment management. “Georgia has experienced a dramatic shift in its demographics, which in turn has had a dramatic impact on higher education,” he says. “It is estimated that by the year 2018, Hispanic students will make up 29 percent of the public schools in the southern region.” Roberto C. Goizueta established The Goizueta Foundation in 1992 to provide financial assistance to educational and charitable institutions. Goizueta was Chairman, Board of Directors, and Chief Executive Officer of The Coca-Cola Company until his death in October 1997. He was a native of Cuba and a graduate of Yale University.
Georgia College & State University Connection • Fall 2006
Bobcats baseball won its first Peach Belt Conference Championship and returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002, finishing 53-12 overall, one win shy of matching a school record. Georgia College hosted the NCAA South Atlantic Regional for the first time in school history, and coach Chris Calciano was named the Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year. The Bobcats were ranked No. 1 in the nation for a school record eight weeks during the season and ended the year tied for seventh in the national poll. Bobcats softball won the NCAA Division II South Atlantic Regional Tournament, and advanced to the NCAA II Softball Championships in Salem, Va., for the second time in the last four years. The Lady Bobcats finished 45-13 overall and were the Peach Belt Conference runnerup. Coach Ginger Miller was named 2006 Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year.