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This Week
Prepared by Office of University Communications
Feb. 3, 2015
Georgia College hosts ‘Whistleblowers, Retaliation and Institutional Ethics’ lecture
The Georgia College J. Whitney Bunting College of Business
and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Middle Georgia
Chapter welcome nationally acclaimed writer and activist Dr.
Amy Block Joy to Milledgeville. Joy will host a lecture titled
“Whistleblowers, Retaliation and Institutional Ethics” Thursday, Feb. 12 at 5:30 p.m. in Magnolia Ballroom.
Joy, who is a faculty member at University of California,
Davis and author of the two books, “Whistleblower” and “Retaliation,” uncovered a multimillion-dollar fraud at UC Davis
and experienced retaliation as a result.
For the lecture, she will be joined by Lou Arcangeli, a former
deputy police chief from Atlanta. Arcangeli discovered and
exposed the deliberate under reporting of Atlanta’s violent
Dr. Amy Block Joy
crime and was demoted from the rank of deputy chief by the
chief of police and mayor in 1998.
“We invite the community to hear our speakers tell their story and discuss how to build and
Sallie Ellis Davis House holds craft workshops for Black History Month
The Sallie Ellis Davis House will soon play
host to craft enthusiasts of Milledgeville in
honor of Black History Month.
“We started planning it back in the fall
because we knew we wanted to do something
a little different as far as programming this
spring with the Sallie Ellis Davis House,” said
Molly Randolph, Old Governor’s Mansion
curator. “It made sense to have these craft
making classes in the Davis House, which also
serves as a cultural center in Milledgeville.”
Dr. Julia Metzker, Georgia College
ENGAGE director, will host the first
workshop Saturday, Feb. 7 from 23:30 p.m. at the Davis House. Metzker will lead a beginner’s course for
crocheting. Other workshops include
an African dance class Saturday, Feb.
28 and an African-American storytelling workshop March 4.
“The Sallie Ellis Davis House
celebrates a rich tradition of inclusive
excellence by providing educational
and cultural opportunities to every
member of our community,” said
Metzker. “It is my hope that my class will in
a small way continue this noble tradition.”
All courses are $20, except for the crochet
workshop, which is $15 and includes all the
materials needed for the class.
For more information on times, locations
and prices visit www.gcsu.edu/salliedavis.
To reserve a space in any of the workshops,
contact Randolph at molly.randolph@gcsu.
edu or call the Sallie Ellis Davis House at
478-445-5889.
Students perform with All College Chorus
Eight Georgia College Max Noah Singers
were selected to perform in Savannah, Ga.
for the 2015 Georgia Music Educators Association All College Chorus. The performance took
place at Savannah Christ Church Friday, Jan.
30, 2015.
The Georgia College All College Chorus
members are Meagan Johnson, Sarah Kitts,
Matilda Fenton, Julie Overvold, Jared Etheridge, Cannon McClain, J’barri Mar-Shall and
Tevauri Mar-Shall.
“I was excited to attend All College Chorus
this year because this is my last chance to
have the experience,” said senior Meagan
Johnson. “I love being able to sing with a
group that shares my passion for performing
choral works. All College Chorus is a great opportunity, and I am proud to help represent
Georgia College.”
The repertoire for the GMEA All College
Chorus included: “Veni, Sancte Spiritus” by
Mozart, “Lord For Thy Tender Mercy’s Sake”
by Richard Farrant, “The Evening Primrose”
by Benjamin Britten, “Veniki (Brooms)”
arranged by F. Rubtsov, “A Boy and a Girl”
by Eric Whitacre and “Ride in the Chariot”
by Brandon Waddles. Dr. Amanda Quist of
Westminster Choir College served as the guest
conductor.
For more information on the performance
or the choral ensembles, please contact [email protected] or call 478-445-4839.
Lou Arcangeli
at 478-445-5497.
Black Box Theatre to show Jim Crow Sanity film festival
Newell Scholar Dr. Mab Segrest
will host a film festival at the
Black Box Theatre Feb. 3-5
featuring movies with southern
psychiatric themes, culminating
with a discussion Sunday, Feb.
8 at Andalusia Farm on “Sin,
Insanity or Crime?” between
Segrest and Dr. Bruce Gentry,
professor of English.
“I thought having this film
festival at the Black Box Theatre
would be a great way to get the community out
to participate in this semester’s programming,”
said Segrest. “These movies have something for
everyone: lobotomy, cannibalism, multiple personalities, against a backdrop of southern culture
in the 1950s. It’s quite a brew.”
Issues of mental health and illness are at the
core of Segrest’s work, which focuses on the
170-year history of Central State Hospital (CSH.)
Segrest is teaching a course on “Milledgeville and
the Mind,” but also says getting the community
involved is a goal of her residency.
“Residents of Milledgeville bring a huge expertise to this subject, given the hospital’s impact on
the town and how many residents worked there
over the years or were impacted in other ways
by CSH,” said Segrest. “It is a history profoundly
significant all over Georgia.”
The film festival will kick off Tuesday, Feb. 3
with a showing of “Three Faces of Eve,” based
on a book by Augusta psychiatrists about their
treatment of a woman with multiple personalities. Joining the discussion will be Dr. James
Mimbs, who was CEO of CSH from 1982 to 2005.
The films will continue with “The Lobotomist,”
Wednesday, Feb. 4, a PBS special on Dr. Walter
Freeman, who spread the practice of lobotomy
‘Songs of the Middle Passage’ takes center stage
The Marian Anderson String Quartet will
perform their concert titled “Songs of the
Middle Passage” Monday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Max Noah Recital Hall.
The Quartet has performed all over the
world, with their talents taking them places
like New York’s Alice Tully Hall, the Library of
Congress and even to the Chateau CantanacBrown in Bordeaux, France.
In 1991, the Marian Anderson String Quar-
Tuesday
maintain ethical institutions,” said Matt Roessing, assistant professor of business law and event moderator. “In
a globalized society, even a small business impacts lives
around the world. That impact can be positive or negative.
Institutions need strong internal controls to protect their
stakeholders from misconduct. They also need men and
women who will speak out against injustice.”
Joy will also conduct a luncheon presentation for College
of Business faculty members and will host a book signing
before the lecture from 4:30 to 5 p.m. at Barnes & Noble at
Georgia College.
The IIA Middle Georgia Chapter will provide door prizes
and have scholarship applications available for interested
students.
For more information on the event, contact the College of Business
tet earned a place in music history, as they
became the first African-American ensemble
to win a classical music competition. Since
their historic victory at the International
Cleveland Quartet Competition, the Marian
Anderson String Quartet has continued to
enrich culture and history.
The concert is $10 for the general audience,
$7 for seniors, Georgia College faculty and
staff, and Georgia College students are free.
across the country in the 1950s. That evening
Segrest will be joined by Richard Brookins, who
worked at CSH for decades and remembers when
Freeman came to Millegeville. The series will end
with “Suddenly, Last Summer” Thursday, Feb.
5, based on Tennessee Williams’ play about a
New Orleans socialite who attempts to bribe a
sanitarium doctor to lobotomize her niece.
Each film begins at 7 p.m. at the Black Box
Theatre. Gentry and Segrest will also continue
the theme with a discussion on “Sin or Insanity?
Flannery O’Connor’s ‘The Partridge Festival’ and
the film version of Pete Dexter’s ‘Paris Trout’” on
Sunday from 3-5 p.m. at Andalusia Farm. Gentry
and Segrest will be comparing O’Connor and
Dexter’s use of the locally infamous Stembridge
murders in their work.
Segrest says the film festival is an opportunity
for the community and campus to see on the big
screen a subject that has affected the town in
such a significant way.
“There’s a reason Central State is so compelling: it’s because insanity scares and fascinates
us, and the institution reached into kinship
networks all over Georgia over its history.”
For more information on Segrest, her work and
programming, visit gcsu.edu/newellvisitingscholar. All events are free and open to the public.
Did You Know?
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Ennis Hall Art Gallery presents “Angels in Straight Jackets: Exalted on the Ward,”an exhibition produced
by Atlanta-based artist Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier. The exhibit runs through Feb. 13 with a closing
presentation by Newell Scholar Mab Segrest on Feb. 12 from 5 – 6 p.m. Working with Georgia College’s
visiting scholar Segrest, Marshall-Linnemeier created a display that showcases the history of Central State
Hospital and honors the deceased residents. Using the archives of Central State, Segrest and MarshallLinnemeier attempt to pay tribute to the ancestral memories of the past residents using visual art to
honor them in the exhibition.
What’s going on in Bobcat Territory?
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3:30 p.m.- Join Dr. Cynthia Willett of
Emory University and author of “Interspecies Ethics” for a lecture titled “What We
Can Learn from Animals about Ethics” in
the Arts and Sciences Auditorium.
7 p.m.- “Jim Crow Sanity?” Film Series:
“Three Faces of Eve” in the Black Box
Theatre.
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1 p.m.- Georgia College Tennis doubleheader vs. Georgia Regents University
Augusta.
5:30 p.m.- Georgia College Women’s
Basketball vs. Georgia Regents University
Augusta.
7 p.m.- “Jim Crow Sanity?” Film Series:
“The Lobotomist” in the Black Box
Theatre.
7:30 p.m.- Georgia College Men’s
Basketball vs. Georgia Regents University
Augusta.
Friday
Thursday
Wednesday
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6 p.m.- Diversity Film Series presents
“Color Adjustment” in Arts and Sciences
Room 272.
Noon- The 18th Annual Conference on the
Americas in Atkinson Hall. The conference
runs through Saturday at 4 p.m.
7 p.m.- “Jim Crow Sanity?” Film Series:
“Suddenly Last Summer” in the Black Box
Theatre.
7:30 a.m.- Regional Science & Engineering
Fair in Centennial Center.
7:30 p.m.- Sounds from the Underground
music performance in Max Noah Recital
Hall.
Visit frontpage.gcsu.edu/calendar
Saturday
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2 p.m.- Beginner’s Crochet Class at the
Sallie Ellis Davis House.