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• Middle Georgia State University’s Economic Impact Grows to Nearly $349 Million

  Features, August 18, 2026

  Middle Georgia State University generated an economic impact of about $349 million during fiscal year 2025, an increase of nearly 12 percent over the previous year, according to a new study commissioned by the University System of Georgia.

• MGA Honors Outstanding Faculty and Staff At 2026 Honors Convocation

  News, August 10, 2026

• MGA Names Dr. Ben Corpus Vice President for Enrollment Management

  News, July 20, 2026

• MGA Opens American History Botanical Trail

  News, July 09, 2026

• MGA Partnership With Sleep in Heavenly Peace Will Study How A Bed Can Change A Child’s Life

  News, June 17, 2026

• MGA Foundation Awards First Delta Air Lines Foundation Scholarships to Clayton County High School Graduates

  News, June 02, 2026

• First-Ever MGA Study Abroad Program To India Gives Students Transformative Experiences

  News, May 01, 2026

• MGA’s 2026 Arts Festival Celebrates “Nature’s Wonderland: Beauty of the South”

  News, March 20, 2026

• A Baseball Coach’s Enduring Legacy: Former MGC Warriors Reunite to Honor Robert Sapp

  News, February 12, 2026

• Two MGA Students To Present Research At Capitol Poster Day

  News, February 11, 2026

• MGA’s 2026 Interdisciplinary Student Conference To Explore South’s Natural World

  News, February 05, 2026

• MGA’s Knights Table Expands to Support Students Facing Food Insecurity

  News, February 02, 2026

• Knights At Work: MGA Graduates Turn Internships Into Career Opportunities

  Features, January 23, 2026

  Jeffrey Hale knew he had a professional job lined up a full year before he graduated from Middle Georgia State University in spring 2023.

• MGA Marks Milestone With First Doctor of Science In Public Safety Graduates

  News, January 14, 2026

• Taking Off: Griffin Student Blazes Trail In MGA’s Aviation Maintenance Program

  News, November 19, 2025

• Merritt Myers Wall Joins Middle Georgia State University As Chief Government & Community Relations Officer

  Features, November 06, 2025

  Merritt Myers Wall, an accomplished higher education leader with more than two decades of experience in government affairs and university advancement, is the new chief government and community relations officer at Middle Georgia State University.

• MGA’s Hatcher Conference Center Achieves Top Standard for Client-Friendly Event Planning

  News, October 06, 2025

• Piedmont Macon Partnership Paying Off For MGA Nursing Students

  News, September 25, 2025

• MGA Workshop Shows Nonprofits How to Harness AI for Greater Impact

  News, September 19, 2025

• Middle Georgia State University Launches Fast-Track Nursing Degree for Career Changers

  News, September 15, 2025

• Stephanie Stuckey To Share ‘The Sweet Comeback’ On September 18th As MGA’s Jennings Family Lecture Series Speaker

  News, September 10, 2025

• Art with Purpose: MGA Students Craft Bowls for Empty Bowls Fundraiser

  News, August 26, 2025

• MGA Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant To Explore Creation of Digital Humanities Lab

  News, August 21, 2025

• MGA Contributes More Than $312 Million to Regional Economy in Fiscal 2024

  Features, August 15, 2025

  Middle Georgia State University contributed more than $312 million to the economy in fiscal 2024, a 5.3 percent increase over the previous year. Due to on- and off-campus spending during the same period, the University accounted for nearly 3,000 jobs.

• Middle Georgia State University Faculty Secure NIH Grant For Advanced Genetic Analyzer

  News, August 07, 2025

• MGA & Museum of Aviation Foundation Announce Partnership Focused on Education and Community Engagement

  Features, July 14, 2025

  Middle Georgia State University and the Museum of Aviation Foundation are launching a new partnership designed to strengthen educational outreach, community engagement, and innovation throughout the region.

• MGA & Museum Of Aviation Foundation Announce Partnership Focused On Education & Community Engagement

  Features, July 02, 2025

  Middle Georgia State University and the Museum of Aviation Foundation are launching a new partnership designed to strengthen educational outreach, community engagement, and innovation throughout the region.

• Wing Woman: MGA Student To Compete In 2025 Air Race Classic

  News, May 15, 2025

• Middle Georgia State University Announces Commencement Speakers For Spring Ceremonies

  News, April 24, 2025

• Barbara Gibbons Named MGA’s Executive Director Of Advancement

  News, February 18, 2025

• MGA To Offer University System’s First B.S. In Applied Artificial Intelligence

  Features, February 13, 2025

  Middle Georgia State University is set to become the University System of Georgia’s first institution to offer a Bachelor of Science in Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI), designed to prepare students for careers in a fast-moving industry.

• State of the University 2025: Growing Enrollment, Engaging Students, Elevating Athletics

  Features, February 03, 2025

  Middle Georgia State University’s enrollment continues to grow, students are engaging in campus activities more than ever, and the athletics program is rapidly moving toward NCAA Division II status.

• MGA Foundation Receives Porter Trust Gift

  News, November 06, 2024

• MGA Nursing Department Receives Community Foundation Of Central Georgia Grant To Support Medication Administration Safety

  News, October 18, 2024

• MGA Hits Record-High Enrollment

  News, October 17, 2024

• MGA Students Launch Postcard Project To Raise Awareness Of Domestic Violence

  News, October 04, 2024

• National Science Foundation Grants Major Award to MGA For STEM Workforce Development Initiatives

  News, September 06, 2024

• MGA’s Center for Middle Georgia Studies & Middle Georgia Regional Library Host Author of New Biography Of Georgia Founder James Oglethorpe

  News, September 03, 2024

• MGA To Celebrate Center For Middle Georgia Studies Grand Opening

  News, August 16, 2024

• Dr. Monica Baloga Joins MGA As Special Assistant To The President For Accreditation And Strategic Planning

  News, July 22, 2024

• MGA Faculty Q&A With Dr. Simone Phipps: Why Women's Share Of Executive Jobs Is Falling

  News, May 29, 2024

• MGA’s Dr. Scott Hinze Chosen As Governor’s Teaching Fellow

  News, May 23, 2024

• MGA Historic Preservation Class Research May Boost Payne City’s Possible National Register Bid

  News, May 01, 2024

• MGA Faculty Q&A With Dr. Lawrence Camarota: The April 8 Total Solar Eclipse

  News, March 15, 2024

• Renowned Composer Jongnic Bontemps, Who Scored “Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts,” Headlines MGA’s 2024 Arts Festival

  News, March 14, 2024

• MGA’s Museum Of Technology Launches Monthly RetroTech Series

  News, January 24, 2023

• MGA School Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Gets Ready To Host 5th FIRST LEGO League Challenge

  News, November 17, 2022

• MGA Grad Makes History As First Woman To Pilot Helicopters For Georgia State Patrol

  News, August 25, 2022

• Georgia Chamber and Levee Studios Spearhead COVID-19 Workforce Certification Program

  News, July 07, 2020

• Earning Her Wings at Middle Georgia State University

  Features, May 21, 2020

  When Lacey Needham decided to study flight at Middle Georgia State University (MGA), she knew she was entering a field many still consider a “boy’s club.”

• MGA’s Center for Software Innovation Launches Project to Create Thousands of Medical Face Shield Components

  News, April 17, 2020

• COVID-19 Pandemic Puts Spotlight on Respiratory Therapy Students at MGA and Other Schools

  Features, April 13, 2020

  Jasmine King isn’t directly involved with treating COVID-19 patients, but the pandemic looms large over her final weeks of clinical training as a Middle Georgia State University respiratory therapy major.

• Middle Georgia State University Students Bring New Life to Old Computers for Museum Project

  News, November 27, 2018

• Middle Georgia State: Being BOLD

  News, October 09, 2018

• Middle Georgia State Education Major Successfully Mixes Her Studies with Entrepreneurship

  News, October 04, 2018

• Middle Georgia State Staffer's Horror Writing Career Takes Off

  News, September 05, 2018

• Macon Woman Will Celebrate Her 70th Birthday by Graduating from Middle Georgia State University

  News, August 30, 2018

• Keeping Up with the Knights

  News, January 25, 2018

• First Graduates of MGA's Master's Degree in Nursing Look Forward to Expanding Careers

  News, January 11, 2018

• Middle Georgia State is a Top Choice of High School Students Starting College Early

  News, January 10, 2018

• MGA Names Conference Center After Robert F. Hatcher Sr.

  News, November 29, 2017

• MGA's School of Aviation Gets a Special Piece of Airspace

  News, August 11, 2017

• MGA's School of Education Welcomes Visiting Student from University in England

  News, July 06, 2017

• Mounds, Monuments and Mysteries

  Features, June 15, 2017

  Matt Jennings saw Ocmulgee National Monument for the first time in 2000 when, as a graduate student in History at the University of Illinois, he attended an archeological conference at the prehistoric Native American site in east Macon.

• Middle Georgia State University’s School of Aviation Now Open to Alabama, Florida & South Carolina Residents at In-State Cost

  News, February 03, 2017

• New Provost Brings Fresh Energy to MGA's Academic Programs

  News, January 12, 2017

• MGA Continues Crafting Master's Degrees, New Programs Coming Soon

  News, December 15, 2016

• History Made Comes Second to Knowledge Gained for MGA’s First Master’s Degree Grads

  News, December 09, 2016

• One-of-a-Kind VECTR at Middle Georgia State Connects Veterans to Higher Education, Workforce

  News, December 06, 2016

• Hawkinsville High Students Bus Their Way to MGA – And Into a Bright Future

  Features, September 13, 2016

  She dreams of one day enrolling at Stanford University in California's Silicon Valley. Eventually, she’d like to learn sign language and become a lawyer who specializes in working with hearing-impaired clients. But at the moment, 16-year-old Patience Hall is a proud dual-enrollment student at Middle Georgia State University.

• Middle Georgia State Students Put Knowledge to Work

  Features, January 20, 2016

  Packed bookcases and clusters of desks create several compact learning areas in a large, colorful classroom at the Georgia Academy for the Blind. Helping Middle Georgia State students decide what they want to do with their education is one of the primary goals of Knowledge@Work, the University's new initiative in experiential learning.

• MGSC Collaborates with South Korean Universities on Information Technology

  Features, June 23, 2014

  Students studying information technology at two South Korean universities will soon spend an academic year at Middle Georgia State College, and faculty members at all three institutions will begin collaborating on research projects.