“History isn’t about things or places or events it’s about people,” said Dr. Kathleen Comerford, Professor of History at Georgia Southern, framed by the stately marble and hanging crystal of the Georgia Southern Museum. “The attraction that humans in general have to history is because it’s studying ourselves. We love telling stories: we were just built.
Colt Alton is an innovation specialist that has spent his career improving education technology. His career includes over 20 years of creating, building, and growing innovative education / technology projects and programs. Mr. Alton specializes in early stage product development, works with organizations to scope, clarify and manage the product vision, and typically consults with organizations through product delivery, implementation and market execution. Mr. Alton attended Metropolitan State University of Denver and graduated with a Bachelor s degree in History. Upon graduating, he was elected to Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honor Society. Mr. Alton entered graduate school at the University of Colorado at Denver to pursue a Master s degree in political science. As part of his graduate studies, Mr. Alton helped facilitate a global online classroom that studied the G8 Economic Summit. The online course brought together 500 students from around the world to discuss and debate pr