Contributing Students

Lauri Davidson & Amia Cotton

Marc Lopez & Hayley Karros

Katelyn Miller & Anna Glessner

Contributing Faculty and Staff

Ana Ciuffetelli & Katy Bradley

Dianne Wilcox & Sherry Meeks

Kara Maddox

Fall Festival

Christmas Parades Shiloh Clean Up

Blood Drive Dublin

Eastman

What’s Inside:

VOLUME 14, ISSUE 3

Spring 2018

Warner Robins, Dublin, Eastman

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STUDENT NEWSLETTER

Contents

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Writers and Photographers

2017 Fall Festival 3

Warner Robins Christmas Parade 4

Perry Christmas Parade 5

Legacy of Lights 6

Northside High School Open House 6

Dublin Students at Shiloh Cemetery 7

Buried Treasure 8

Drawing II 8

Eastman Students Cleaning Jump Cemetery 9

Eastman Fall Festival and Christmas Parade 10

Health Fair 11

Cornhole Tournament 12

Halloween Movie Day 12

Scholarships 13

Blood Drive 14

Student Advice 15

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By Lauri Davidson

To quote the infamous pirate legend Captain Jack Sparrow, “not all treasure is silver and gold mate” and treasure is exactly what you will find at the Shiloh Ceme-tery in Byron, Georgia. Every quarter GMC stu-dents have the privilege of being a part of the cleaning and restoration of Shiloh Cemetery. I, along with several others were lucky enough to participate in the winter quarter clean-up day, and I can say personal-ly I really enjoyed the experience. It was a humbling experience to see a community of students coming together to clean and re-store such a historic treasure such as Shiloh

Cemetery. Shiloh covers over seven acres of land and around only one acre has been cleaned and cleared to the point where the graves are visible. The other six acres of land are covered with trees and underbrush. There are numerous unmarked graves and others that have yet to be found. It is the goal of GMC to uncover and put a name to each and every grave in the cemetery.

Shiloh is home to sol-diers of all races and from several wars, as well as many different families. These historic grave sites include a Buffalo Soldier and nu-merous other Confeder-ate soldiers. There is so much history we can learn from Shiloh and the people who were

laid to rest there. It is our responsibility to make sure this treasure is protected and preserved for future treasure seekers.

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By Katelyn Miller

On February 16th, 2018, three Georgia Mil-itary College students Rickina Black, Jake Phelps, Katelyn Miller, and Professor Dianne Dent Wilcox aided Mr. Earl Wright in cleaning up Jump Cemetery in Eastman. Professor Wil-cox stated that these clean-ups “connect with the history of our com-munity and maintain treasures for our future community.” During this cleanup, students ti-died up the cemetery and its surrounding area by picking up trash, hauling off broken limbs, and using a weed-eater to improve the ceme-tery’s overall appearance. Student Rickina

Black went out of her way to use a rake to brush away fallen leaves and branches, further improving the appearance by removing un-wanted foliage from potentially covering walkways and gravesites. Along with simply cleaning the cemetery, the students and supervisors engaged in con-versation regarding the cemetery’s history and paying homage to the family that these clean-up efforts benefitted. Offering his thoughts on

the importance of the cemetery cleanup, Mr. Wright stated that he started the cleanup efforts “in re-spect for Mr. Hiram John Thomas Jump II so we can fix it up to make him proud.” GMC Eastman plans to work with Mr. Wright, who is retired from the United States Navy, to re-search and reclaim Dodge County’s lesser known history by cleaning a different county cemetery each quarter. Mr. Wright builds research files about this history into collec-tions already in the Ocmulgee Re-

gional Library System. Our students will now help build those collections. This is part of GMC’s College in the Community initiatives.

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Faculty Profiles/Health Fair

The Health Fair event involves the community to be more informed about their health. It

includes a blood drive, which allows you to be able to donate and help others in need. It

also provides information about blood pressure, HIV/Aids and other STD’s, and infor-

mation for teens to access through the Teen Maze program. - Amia Cotton

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Ms. GMC-WR Scholarship Anna Glessner

Mr. GMC-WR Scholarship Ethan Blaizis

Barbara Shaheen Memorial Scholarship Jasmine Webb and Jessica Law

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Pay attention. Actually care.

Managing your time is the only way to successfully bal-

ance work and school. - Marc Lopez

Being successful in college requires a lot of independent decision making. It’s important to get help and go to tutoring if you need it. It’s important to study as much as possible and develop relationships with your teach-ers. College is only difficult if you make it difficult for yourself.

- Amia Cotton

Go to things [like the Health Fair and other activities] and get in-

volved because GMC offers so many different cool things.

- Hayley Karros

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Spring 2018:

Registration: Jan. 29-March 16

Classes Begin & End: Mar. 17-May 20

Spring Break: Mar. 26-Apr. 1

Summer 2018:

Registration: Apr. 9-May 25

Classes Begin & End: May 26-July 15

Holidays:

Memorial Day : May 28

Independence Day: July 4

Fall 1 2018:

Registration: April 9-Aug. 3

Classes Begin & End: Aug. 4-Oct. 2

Holiday:

Labor Day: Sept 3

Upcoming Events: Shiloh Cemetery Clean-up Poetry Reading and Art Exhibition Book Drive (New K-12 books) Campus Clean-up College and Career Fair Pet Food/Supplies Drive