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Mounds, Monuments Vol 21 • No. 2
and Mysteries / 4
SPRING 2017
MGA’s Dr. Matt Jennings explores the secrets of Ocmulgee National
Monument, Macon’s greatest historic treasure. MGA Today is produced by the
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of Professional Work / 8 alumni of Middle Georgia State University.

Middle Georgia State faculty members are engaged in a wide scope of research, President
scholarship and creative work. Read a roundup of recent activity.
Christopher Blake, Ph.D.
Bringing Home the Gold / 16
MGA Foundation Board of Trustees
Middle Georgia State University is the most recent recipient of the Officers
University System of Georgia’s Gold Institution and President of
the Year award. Spencer Strickland, Chairman
Thomas J. McMichael, Vice-Chair
Knights Make a Move / 18
Heather McIntyre, Secretary
Thanks to a partnership with Macon-Bibb, MGA Knights tennis teams Ronnie D. Rollins, Treasurer
are getting greater visibility by playing home matches at John Drew Smith Raymond E. Carnley, Executive Director
Tennis Center.
Trustees At-Large
Soap Box Saturday / 20
Lauralen E. Avery
MGA is a sponsor of the Magnolia Soap Box Derby, which includes Patrick M. Bartness
the Gravity Racing Challenge, a STEM-based initiative inviting high Christopher R.L. Blake
school students from across the Middle Georgia region. Among the
new participants this year was Bleckley County High School. Mark Byrd
Raymond Carnley
MGA Development Carolyn M. Crayton
& Alumni Affairs Updates / 22
Alan D. Curtis
Another successful air show; baseball alumni gather for annual reunion. Cynde M. Dickey
H. Frank Erwin, Jr.
On the Cover
Joe W. Fisher
Dr. Matt Jennings, associate professor of History at MGA, at the entrance to Robert F. Hatcher, Jr.
Ocmulgee National Monument’s restored Earth Lodge, a meeting place for
people who lived at the site an estimated 1,000 years ago. The photo was taken by Nylan A. Hinson
John Legg, a History major at MGA who works as a professional photographer. Dr. David M. Kalish

Info about MGA’s Bachelor of Arts in History is at www.mga.edu/arts-sciences/hist-pols Steven L. Kruger
Lisa Livingston
Sylvia W. McGee
Heather McIntyre
Thomas J. McMichael
Charles E. Parker, Sr.
Michael J. Parkerson
Casey L. Paulk

Willie Paulk
Jane Perfect
John R. Phillips
Charlotte Pipkin
Ronnie D. Rollins
Bryan W. Scott
Spencer L. Strickland
Nancy P. Stroud
R. Larry Sumner
Ernie H. Tripp, III
Robert J. Walker
Dontia White
Charles M. Williams, Sr.

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