GSC says goodbye to President Martha Nesbitt

The Com­pass gath­ered quotes from fac­ulty and staff about Pres­i­dent Martha Nes­bitt, who retires at the end of June. Dr. Nes­bitt has been a great advo­cate for the Oconee cam­pus ever since the first day it opened 10 years ago, help­ing us to move toward full staffing and ser­vices as quickly as pos­si­ble.  We are all […]

Former Georgia Highlands president named GSC interim president

Randy Pierce, for­mer pres­i­dent of Geor­gia High­lands Col­lege in Rome, will be the interim pres­i­dent of Gainesville State, after cur­rent Pres­i­dent Martha Nes­bitt retires in July and before GSC is con­sol­i­dated with North Geor­gia Col­lege and State Uni­ver­sity. Uni­ver­sity Sys­tem of Geor­gia Chan­cel­lor Hank Huck­aby announced the appoint­ment Wednes­day. The High­lander, Geor­gia High­lands College’s e-zine, […]

No rest for consolidation committee over summer

With the end of the semes­ter in full swing and the dead­line for the con­sol­i­da­tion set for Jan­u­ary of next year, GSC fac­ulty and staff are flooded with assign­ments for the sum­mer. Accord­ing to GSC’s Vice Pres­i­dent for Aca­d­e­mic Affairs Al Panu, Octo­ber 1 is the due date for both schools to sub­mit their pro­grams for […]

Studying for finals the right way

As we near the end of another semes­ter we don’t want to think about it right now, but real­ity is that finals are just around the cor­ner. Talk about adding another item to our to-do list. Whether we like it or not, it is impor­tant to pre­pare for finals and treat them with the seri­ous­ness they […]

GSC hosting the first Muddy Duck Dash

On Sat­ur­day, April 28, at 8 a.m., the Recre­ation and Leisure Stud­ies depart­ment at UGA, will be putting on the first ever Muddy Duck Dash on the Gainesville cam­pus. The event will be an obsta­cle course race, with the main event cov­er­ing 3.5 miles, while they will also have a “Duck Dash” that will cover […]

NGCSU gets top two positions in consolidated school

Many at Gainesville State Col­lege are won­der­ing why the top two posi­tions for the new con­sol­i­dated uni­ver­sity will be from North Geor­gia Col­lege and State Uni­ver­sity. NGCSU Pres­i­dent Bonita Jacobs, who will be pres­i­dent of the com­bined GSC and NGCSU, appointed Patri­cia Donat, interim vice pres­i­dent for aca­d­e­mic affairs at NGCSU, to the new position […]

GSC, NGCSU join forces in Cumming campus

Gainesville State Col­lege and North Geor­gia Col­lege and State Uni­ver­sity are col­lab­o­rat­ing on a new cam­pus in Cum­ming. The facil­ity will allow stu­dents to take courses towards two-year and four-year degrees. North Georgia’s MBA pro­grams will move to the facil­ity as well. Along with Cum­ming Mayor Ford Gavit and Regent Phillip Wil­heit, GSC Pres­i­dent Martha Nesbitt […]

Access mission still on despite student concerns

Gainesville State Col­lege Pres­i­dent Martha Nes­bitt assured stu­dents that the school will con­tinue to main­tain its mis­sion to pro­vide broad access to poten­tial stu­dents through and beyond the con­sol­i­da­tion with North Geor­gia Col­lege and State Uni­ver­sity. Nes­bitt met with stu­dents on Jan. 24 in the Stu­dent Cen­ter to answer ques­tions. Accord­ing to Nes­bitt, the con­sol­i­da­tion was […]

Interview at NGCSU with President Bonita Jacobs

Com­pass staff mem­bers Tay­lor East­wood, Michelle Shel­nutt, and Brit­tany Lenhart, went to North Gor­gia last week to con­duct an inter­view with Bonita Jacobs, pres­i­dent of North Geor­gia Col­lege and State Uni­ver­sity. The Com­pass: Will fac­ulty and staff with­out Ph.D.s be cut dur­ing this merge? Jacobs: We always have to say that there is always a chance […]

Consolidation committee announced

The Board of Regents announced mem­bers of the com­mit­tee charged with con­sol­i­dat­ing Gainesville State and North Geor­gia on Thurs­day, Jan. 26. Com­mit­tee mem­bers will meet with Uni­ver­sity Sys­tem of Geor­gia Chan­cel­lor Hank Huck­aby in Atlanta on Feb. 6. Although the term “merger” has been used, the BOR is now call­ing the oper­a­tion “con­sol­i­da­tion,” which is in line […]

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