Campus Notes
Campus Notes News and Highlights
Faculty Highlights Samantha Silva Lee married Josh Roberts on December 2, 2017. Art by Matt DeFore, our computer guru, was honored at the Duck Competition in Wisconsin. Matt has a nice side career designing and creating duck decoys for competition and collectors. It is very competitive and some collectors spend large sums of money to acquire the best decoys. Carla Barwick and Georgia Olson played the role of Miss Agatha Hannigan in the musical Annie, Carla at Perry Players and Georgia at Macon Little Theatre. After two years serving as chaplain at Mount de Sales, we said farewell to Fr. Frank Critch, OFM, who started a new position in campus ministry at UGA. We wish him well! Grace George married Nick Rios in Asheville, NC, on July 29, 2017. Tom Rule has been working with Middle Georgia State’s music department and the MGA IT support
staff, assisting them with implementing their new music degree—specifically helping design and implement a music technology lab. He also is teaching a night class at the college in music technology this spring.
fall 2017 student news Tracey Owens is one of ten finalists in the national Car Design News-General Motors (CDN-GM) Interactive Design Competition with his 2030 Cadillac vehicle concept. Aidan Hintermaier and Isabelle Sharon were named National Merit semifinalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. Artists of the Month: Camden Doucette and Julianna Fdoul, October; Catherine Good, November; Christina Walker, December. Middle School Tate Award Winners: Hayden Partain, Ella Smith, and Abbey McCombs, September; Tiffany Owens, John Fdoul, and Taylor Budacz, October; Wylie Saviello, Matt Langan, and Kadence Hart,
duck decoy by matt defore
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November; Sarah Wood, Brooke Harwood, and Jack Bolan, December. The following students were awarded participation in the Senior Transition Experience Program (STEP) with Navicent Health: Jordan Bowie, Camille Campbell, Carson Edwards, Kenzie Freeman, Haley Hatcher, Sam Hernandez, Carson Piper, Dana Probst, Jordan Tidwell, Marnie Wagner, Reese Waters. The MDS Troubadours took 2nd place in the One-Act Competition with their performance of The Laramie Project. Danny George received the Best Actor award overall, and Faith Fabian received the Outstanding Performer award. Ava Lauer, Justin Lucas, and Coleman Roberts were each awarded a BPGOAL Scholarship for 2017-2018. Eleanor Anderson was named the Keep Georgia Beautiful Student of the Year for the 2017 awards program. She also was one of only 10 students across the nation selected to become a member of the Keep America Beautiful National Youth Advisory Council, which provides high school students an opportunity to participate in a service-learning and leadership development program while serving as ambassadors in their respective communities. Her focus as a representative of Macon-Bibb County is litter prevention. Janicka Crocker, Faith Fabian, Justyce Falkenberg, JaNiya Gibson, Taylor Howard, Emily Martinez, Adaeze Nwabueze, Lauren Savage, Benjamin Smith, Estefania Solis-Hernandez, and Jordan Tidwell completed SALSA training through FCD, an organization committed to educating students about the risks of alcohol and drug 2030 Cadillac concept by Tracey owens
Grace and nick rios