GEORGETOWN, KY - The winter issue of Insights, Georgetown College’s alumni magazine, is being delivered to homes. Among other reads, it features an interesting article on Provost Rosemary Allen’s fundraising efforts to enable Afghani students Nilofar Haidary and Sabera Daqiq to become Georgetown College students and seek a better life.

A number of alumni also contribute their thoughts on why high school students looking for a college should select Georgetown. Check out the mini-profiles of these alumni who have recently been in the news or who are going in new, interesting directions.

If you haven’t received your magazine, you can read an online version: http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/alumni/insights-magazine/

Be sure to update your information in Class Notes if you are an alumnus.

Insights is published twice a year by the Georgetown College Office of College Relations and Marketing.

Georgetown, KY – Take GC along wherever you go. A free Georgetown College app for Android and iOS smartphone and tablet device users is now available.

The Georgetown College app may be downloaded in the Android Market or the Apple App Store using these links, the appropriate QR code below, or by searching “Georgetown College” in your device’s app store.

Information is available in the app for alumni as well as current and prospective students.

It also enables users to receive notifications and special announcements from the College.

The app was developed for the College by Webmaster Brandon Moore.

Georgetown, KY – Official word has come that Georgetown College’s institutional accreditation has been reaffirmed for the next ten years by SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools).  Dr. Rosemary Allen received this wonderful news while attending the Commission on Colleges annual meeting in Dallas, TX.

Georgetown is in full compliance with the standards contained in the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement and with the policies and procedures of the Commission on Colleges. Information about the action should be posted online at the SACS Web site sometime during the week of December 17. A formal written notification should be received by the College in January.

Frankfort, KY  – This summer, Georgetown College will be the host site for the inaugural Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs (GSE) and hopefully jumpstart the careers of a new wave of young business leaders in the state of Kentucky. That’s certainly what Gov. Steve Beshear (above center) had in mind when he announced the new hands-on, immersive program at a December 5 press conference in the Capitol building. Beshear also said he hopes the GSE will “dramatically enhance job creation” in the state.

Georgetown President Bill Crouch, left, and Kris Kimel, right, President of the Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation (KSTC), also gave remarks about this exciting program that is patterned after the very successful Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program and the Governor’s School for the Arts. KSTC will run the three-week Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs  at Georgetown College June 9-29.

Georgetown College was chosen for the inaugural program, selected through a competitive process, due to its reputation for innovation and broad experience in hosting successful summer programs for students, according to officials.

Kentucky high school students may apply now for the 50 spots by going to the GSE website. Applicants must be 9^th-, 10^th-, or 11^th-graders at any state public or private high school and planning to return to a Kentucky high school the following academic year. The deadline for applications is Feb. 15, 2013.

“Following the Call of the Church in Times Like These” is the theme for the upcoming Pastors and Ministers Conference scheduled on campus, January 10-11, 2013. The conference features Tony Campolo, Will Willimon, Sarah Ruden, Randall Bradley, and other faith leaders.

Registration is open and you may do so online. Visit the College’s Web site for more information: www.georgetowncollege.edu