MGSU buries time capsule to be dug up in 39 years

Middle Georgia State University officials buried time capsules on all their campuses Friday, with the plan to dig them back up in 39 years.

By then, MGSU will celebrate its 50th year as a public university on July 1, 2065, said Victoria Fowler, executive director of marketing and communications.

Time capsules were buried in Macon, Warner Robins, Cochran and Eastman before the final ceremony at the Dublin campus.

“Each of our time capsules had some common themes for each university that we want to think are unique to each campus,” Fowler said.

One by one, officials took turns throwing dirt onto the capsule until it was covered.

In the Dublin capsule were memorabilia from 2026, COVID vaccination cards, sunglasses, a list of every employee working at the university that year, items representing the nursing program, a penny with an AI prompt to tell people about it, different items from the student body and photos from various activities that happened lately which included the pickleball courts grand opening. They also included an item that gave details about Dublin in 2026.

“We wanted to celebrate all five of our campuses,” Fowler said. “We had a student who earlier today asked if someone would call her when we open these. I told her that she may not have the same phone number or contact. Hopefully, somebody will look her up and ask her if she remembers doing this. But that will be the 50th anniversary of us being named Middle Georgia State University. We hope the future generations will look back and see what life was like and see how things have changed.”