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Awards and Recognition

Biology professor documents impact of climate change on forest trees

Virtually all life on Earth depends on the process of photosynthesis, in which plants use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into simple sugars.  A key question for biologists is whether global climate change will help or hinder this process.  ֱ professor Kerrie Sendall, Ph.D., and her colleagues have found that “it depends.”    

Senior gallery exhibition “Beyond the Surface” coming to Armstrong Campus

The Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art will be asking viewers to take a deeper look into its upcoming senior exhibition, “Beyond the Surface,” which runs weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1 through Friday, Oct. 12 at the Fine Arts Gallery located in Fine Arts Hall on the Armstrong Campus.

ֱ child and family development major named student of the year by Georgia Association for the Education of Young Children

ֱ senior child and family development major Julissa Ortiz is building her resume as she prepares to begin her career. Being named student of the year by the Georgia Association for the Education of Young Children (GAEYC) will certainly help.

ֱ School of Nursing recognized for online masters program

The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree program in the School of Nursing at ֱ has been selected as one of the best for 2018 by OnlineMasters.com.

ֱ Senior Companion Program awarded three more years of funding through grant

Center for Social Gerontology Director Adrienne Cohen, Ph.D., and Senior Companion Program Coordinator Deb Blackburn received three more years of funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) in support of the ֱ Senior Companion Program (GSUASCP).

ֱ alumna nominated for Country Music Association award

Department of Communication Arts alumna Kelley Bradshaw Brock and her co-hosts from the Ken, Kelley and Daniel radio show on WUSY in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are nominated for the 2018 Country Music Association (CMA) Broadcast Personality of the Year Award in a Medium Market.

ֱ’s Master of Health Administration named one of most affordable degrees

ֱ’s Master of Health Administration (MHA) program has been named one of the most affordable healthcare administration master’s degree programs for 2018-2019 by HealthcareAdministrationEDU.org.

ֱ biology professor receives National Science Foundation grant to study hormones, growth

ֱ Department of Biology Professor Christian L. Cox, Ph.D., has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study a long-standing question in evolutionary biology about hormones and growth.

Republic of Moldova presents ֱ foreign languages faculty member with medal

Hard work translates across all languages and cultures. ֱ Foreign Languages Professor Olga Amarie, Ph.D., discovered this after being awarded the Alexie Mateevici Commemorative Medal in July from her home country, the Republic of Moldova, a landlocked country located between Romania and Ukraine.

ֱ art students exhibit work at Savannah’s Blick Gallery

“Ovation,” an exhibition showcasing the work of ֱ students from the Statesboro Campus who have received the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art (BFSDoArt) Visual Art Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year, will be on view at Savannah’s Blick Gallery Sept. 3-28.