FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Contact: Robert Preston, Jr.,
912.260.4276
robert.preston@sgc.edu
Nine SGC students attend MESA conference
Nine members of South Georgia College’s Math, Engineering,
Science Achievement (MESA) program took a crash course in career building
and job preparation at the recent MESA Leadership Conference, which took
place at the Westin Hotel in Atlanta earlier this month.
SGC was one of six colleges that participated in the event. The others were
Darton College, Atlanta Metropolitan, Georgia Perimeter, Tallahassee
Community College and Chicago State University.
The conference focused on preparing the students for their future careers.
Workshops included resume review, mock job interview, strategic steps to a
4.0 GPA, networking and team-building. Evening speakers for the conference
included Gary Dahlke, a NASA engineer who designs thermal protection tiles
on the space shuttle, and Connie Leggett, a mathematics professor from
Albany State University.
The conference ended on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 7. When the students
left the Westin, they toured the Georgia Aquarium before returning to
Douglas.
“The conference was very organized, and the workshop you great. I was very
honored and thankful to be able to attend such a conference. I wouldn’t mind
doing it again,” said Andrew Palmer, one of the students who attended.
“This was an excellent opportunity for our MESA members to network with
students from other MESA programs. They heard from people who had succeeded
in all areas of business and industry, and learned a little about what it
takes to start writing their own success stories. It was a very beneficial
conference on many levels,” said SGC MESA interim director Marie Brooks.
Photos:
MESA 1: Daquan Jackson
MESA 2: The SGC MESA delegation: Khatiga Nasir, Andrew Palmer, Sharde
Benton, Rashad Tims, Rachel Terrell, Courtney Baldwin, Portia Paulk, Terri
Cater, Daquan Jackson and Marie Brooks.
MESA 3: One of the Georgia Aquarium’s beluga whales shows off for a crowd of
people that gathered in front of its exhibit.
MESA 4: This is a photo of all the students who attended the conference. A
group from Chicago State University traveled the greatest distance to
attend.
MESA 1: Daquan Jackson
MESA 2: The SGC MESA delegation: Khatiga Nasir, Andrew Palmer, Sharde
Benton, Rashad Tims, Rachel Terrell, Courtney Baldwin, Portia Paulk, Terri
Cater, Daquan Jackson and Marie Brooks.
MESA 3: One of the Georgia Aquarium’s beluga whales shows off for a crowd of
people that gathered in front of its exhibit.
MESA 4: This is a photo of all the students who attended the conference. A
group from Chicago State University traveled the greatest distance to
attend.
# # # #
About South Georgia College
South Georgia College (www.sgc.edu)
was founded in 1906 and is a two-year institution in the University System
of Georgia. Located in Douglas, Ga., the college's environment gives
students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close
collaboration with faculty.
