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From the President’s Desk: NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW PROGRAMS… NEW ALUMNI
02 GSW ALUMNI 03
06 PRESIDENT LETTER ALUMNI IN ACTION
COVER STORY LEADING THE WAY
11 HURRICANE NEWS
The Aeolian is published by the Division of University Relations at Georgia Southwestern State University.
The name Aeolian derives from Aeolus, appointed by the mythological god Zeus to be the keeper of the winds — both to calm and to arouse them. He was the King of the Aeolian Islands.
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Alumni Spotlight Glynn Mathis
CAMPUS NEWS CLASS NOTES GSW DONORS 2012 LEGACY CIRCLE 24 IN MEMORIAM
On the cover: Michael Moye, Gail Thaxton, Tina Anderson, Kathy Love and Sparky Reeves - all Georgia technical college presidents - stand for a picture at the Georgia Governor’s Mansion.
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EDITOR Stephen Snyder ’04, ’10
PHOTOGRAPHER Stephen Snyder ’04, ’10
DESIGNER Mingxuan Li
PRINTER Creasey Printing
President Kendall A. Blanchard, Ph.D.
University Relations Director Stephen Snyder ‘04, ’10
GSW Foundation Executive Director Reda Rowell
Alumni Affairs Director Karen Holloway ’78
Alumni Affairs Coordinator Kim Comer ’90, ’09
Continuing its mission begun in 1906, Georgia Southwestern State University serves traditional and non-traditional students across the state, the nation and the world.
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