GC&SU students leave campus for war in Iraq

As the face of the war in Iraq continues to change and large numbers of troops are needed, the Pentagon is relying on Reserve and National Guard forces to assist in the fight.

According to Tonya Williams, systems support specialist in the Records Office, four Georgia College & State University students have been called into active duty and 17 others are at risk of receiving the same orders.

“I have 21 (students) who are National Guard Reservists receiving Chapter 1606,” Williams said.

Williams said students who are called into active duty while registered at the university can withdraw from their classes and receive a refund for the current semester or can “make arrangements with their teachers to get a grade.”

“The university supports these students, and if they are called up for active duty we will work with them to make the transition as painless as possible,” said Max Allen, executive assistant to the president and director of University Relations.

The students who have withdrawn from GC&SU to serve in the U.S. armed services include: Malcolm Brown, Emerson Cabatu, Maria Khave-Messing, Robert K. Ray, Adam Shull and LaTonya Tory.

Brown is a junior health education major from Culloden.

Cabatu is a graduate student studying logistics management.

Khave-Messing is senior management major.

Ray is a sophomore studying psychology.

Shull is a graduate student studying accounting.

Tory is a senior nursing student.

According to Williams, these students may not be alone on the list of GC&SU students who have been called to active duty; however, she said they are the only students who have withdrawn and sent their military orders to the university.

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