12/14/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 12/14/2024 15:29
by Amanda Respess
O n Saturday, Dec. 14, at 1 p.m., Georgia College & State University conferred nearly 350 degrees on both undergraduate and graduate students in the class of 2024. The Georgia College December commencement ceremony was held in The Centennial Center on the Georgia College campus.
The December graduating class included 224 undergraduate students earning bachelor's degrees and 101 students earning master's degrees. The most popular majors among the graduating class are nursing, management, psychology, biology and mass communication. Members of this graduating class hail from six different states, as well as several countries internationally.
Georgia College President Cathy Cox welcomed the graduates and their guests, and the university faculty, staff and students. The commencement keynote address was given by Prof. Jehan El-Jourbagy, J.D., associate professor of Business Law and Ethics and recipient of the 2024 GCSU Excellence in Teaching Award.
This December ceremony marked the 100th commencement ceremony planned and presided over by University Registrar Dr. A. Kay Anderson. During her 17 years at Georgia College, Anderson orchestrated 99 commencements, including one year during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when Anderson organized 47 separate ceremonies to accommodate social distancing protocols for hundreds of graduates and their guests.
View the complete Winter 2024 Commencement Photo Gallery here.
About Georgia College & State University
Located in Milledgeville, Georgia, Georgia College & State University is one of three selective admission institutions in the University System of Georgia, along with Georgia Tech and The University of Georgia. With an enrollment of over 7,100 students from 150 of Georgia's 159 counties, GCSU was ranked sixth among all public regional universities in the South - and first among schools in Georgia - in the US News & World Report's 2025 rankings. Since 2022, GCSU has also produced the No. 1 academic success rate among all NCAA Division II public schools in the country. Hands-on learning opportunities at the university are available in top undergraduate majors, including Business, Nursing, Education, Psychology, Exercise Science and Communications, plus dozens of graduate programs and a pre-med mentoring pathway to medical school admission.