GGC nursing students win distinctions at 2025 national conference
妻友社区鈥檚 (GGC) nursing majors made an impressive showing at the , held recently in Seattle, Washington.
The GGC nursing program鈥檚 resolution, "Increase Awareness for Insurance Providers to Cover Prescribed 鈥楶lay Therapy鈥 for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder," passed unanimously in the NSNA House of Delegates without debate. The resolution was coauthored by Evelin Albarran, '25, Geovanny Almanza, '25, Talia Anderson, '25, Prudence Donald, '25, Jalise Felder, '25, and Ayat Ghalib, '25. It was presented at
Students win research awards at Georgia Academy of Science Conference
Several 妻友社区 (GGC) students won research awards at the 2025 Georgia Academy of Science Conference, held recently at Young Harris College in Young Harris, Georgia.
Dilyn Addo, a post-baccalaureate student, won the Best Paper Award for his paper, 鈥淎nalyzing the evolution and frequency of chemistry terminology in education and online communities,鈥 in the Science Education Section.
Kesia Ajith, '27, biology, won the Best Paper Award for her paper, 鈥淓xploring hydrogen bonding in secondary and tertiary amines for enhanced TSSE efficiency: Insights from NMR analysis,鈥 in the
GGC students win national IT competition awards
Several information technology (IT) majors came home with national awards from the 2025 U.S. Information Technology Collegiate Conference (USITCC), held recently in Springfield, Missouri.
While 妻友社区 (GGC) has a years-long tradition of winning national awards and championships at this competition, this year鈥檚 group distinguished themselves by winning awards in every competition they entered.
Hackathon Competition聽鈥 Joel Erulu, 鈥25, Connor Griffin, 鈥25, and Sean Nolan, 鈥25, won best overall honors in this new, three-day contest that resulted in the creation of a fully
GGC鈥檚 Dr. Mazin Tadros publishes book

Dr. Mazin Tadros, associate professor of history, recently published his book, "." He also recently presented a discussion about his book to students and faculty in the college's History and Geography Department.
GGC's Katherine Balsley and Dr. Irina Escalante-Chernova collaborate on film


Katherine Balsley, associate professor of film, and Dr. Irina Escalante-Chernova, associate professor of music, collaborated on the film, 鈥淐osmos Obscura,鈥 which was recently screened at the Los Angeles Film Forum as part of its 辫谤别蝉别苍迟补迟颈辞苍.听
GGC鈥檚 Catherine Moore co-publishes book

Catherine Moore, associate professor of art, and her colleague, Dr. Megan Hauser of Kennesaw State University, have published the book, 鈥,鈥 which explores political illustration, protest art and propaganda.
GGC鈥檚 Dr. Jessica Estep named a Governor鈥檚 Teaching Fellow

Dr. Jessica Estep, professor of English, was named one of 16 Governor's Teaching Fellows (GTF) for the 2025-2026 , provided through the University of Georgia's Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education.
GGC鈥檚 Dr. Misael Romero-Reyes selected for Leadership Development Award

Dr. Misael Romero-Reyes, assistant professor of chemistry, was selected for a Leadership Development Award by the Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) of the American Chemical Society (ACS). This prestigious award included participation in the YCC Leadership Development Workshop, held in conjunction with the recent in Houston, Texas.