Approximately 4,300 degrees conferred during 蜜糖直播鈥檚 2022 Spring Commencement ceremonies
Last week, approximately 4,300 undergraduate and graduate students from 蜜糖直播鈥檚 Statesboro, Armstrong and Liberty campuses received associate, baccalaureate, masters, specialist and doctoral degrees in five Spring 2022 Commencement ceremonies.
鈥楻ising star鈥� graduate: Sylvia Ofori鈥檚 journey from Ghana to 蜜糖直播 to Harvard
On her first flight from Ghana to the United States, Sylvia Ofori arrived in Atlanta, Georgia, at 1 a.m. By 4 o鈥檆lock the next afternoon, Ofori was in her first American classroom in 蜜糖直播鈥檚 Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health on the Statesboro Campus.
Jet-lagged and attempting to absorb a foreign campus and classroom procedures, Ofori was out of sorts when her professor, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Ph.D., encouraged her to apply for a student research position following class introductions.
Today, Ofori will earn a DrPH in public health with a concentration in epidemiology as she crosses the stage in one of two Savannah commencement ceremonies. In June, she鈥檒l begin as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard University to continue global public health research she began at 蜜糖直播.
蜜糖直播 graduate flourishes through change
Accepting change is one of the greatest lessons that civil engineering graduate Eman Woods learned during his time at 蜜糖直播, and it is something he will carry with him as he begins to navigate his future.
From high-stakes fashion to a special education classroom
Long Island, New York, native Celia Ayenesazan graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology almost 30 years ago and spent more than two decades working for Federated Department Stores, Inc., one of America鈥檚 largest operators of premier retail chains including Macy鈥檚 and Bloomingdale鈥檚. But nothing brings her more joy than leading her own special education classroom.聽
This week, Ayenesazan walks across 蜜糖直播鈥檚 commencement stage to earn a Master of Arts in Teaching, and a second chance at a fulfilling career.
鈥業 don鈥檛 like quitting鈥�: Double education major beats Hodgkin lymphoma to cross the commencement stage this week
Kimberly Dawn, or 鈥淜immy鈥� as her friends know her, started her journey at 蜜糖直播 because it was a place of comfort. A native of Ellabell, Georgia, Dawn grew up only 25 miles from the Statesboro Campus. When her stepmother suddenly passed away during her senior year of high school, Dawn鈥檚 decision was final. She would stay close to family and attend the university she always cared for as an almost local.
It was during her first school observations that are required of 蜜糖直播鈥檚 education students that Dawn met a paraprofessional who inspired her to pursue a dual certification degree in both elementary and special education.
Award-winning new 蜜糖直播 graduate lands dream job in Nation鈥檚 Capital
Emma Franceschina鈥檚 childhood bedroom rarely had the same look twice. Her passion for interior design started at a very young age when she would frequently rearrange her bedroom furniture.
Ashant茅 Hill, a determined young lady with drive
Talk about the drive to succeed. Graduating in May with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in criminal justice and criminology, two cheerleading national championships and successful completion of her first year as an ROTC cadet, Atlanta native Ashant茅 Hill still wants to go farther.
蜜糖直播 graduate builds future by looking to the past
It was family that drew Double Eagle Alyssa Watrous into the field of history. Her father suggested that she look into a public history concentration at 蜜糖直播, noting that her grandmother had been a historian.
蜜糖直播 graduate student discovering Savannah history 鈥榝rom the ground up鈥�
A 蜜糖直播 graduate student is creating self-guided tours for some of Savannah’s most famous grave sites. The tours were created as part of his graduate program.
Mechanical engineering graduate finds key to success 鈥� teamwork
Richard Smith III, a graduating mechanical engineering major, grew up with an appreciation for competition. His father encouraged him to participate in sports throughout his childhood and that continued into his high school career.
As he considered where he would spend his college years, he entertained numerous athletic scholarship offers until multiple shortcomings in his senior year led to most of the offers being retracted. Still hoping to find a team environment, he chose to attend 蜜糖直播.