ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ project to be funded by $50,000 Teagle Foundation grant
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ English professor, Teresa Winterhalter, Ph.D., and her team have been awarded a planning grant of $50,000 by The Teagle Foundation for their project, “Narrative Competence for Nurses: The Liberal Arts in the Professions.†The project is a humanities-based, eight-week module that will supplement the gateway course for students entering the nursing program.
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ to host workshop for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art will host a workshop for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day at the Armstrong Campus Fine Arts Hall in Savannah on April 28 from noon to 3 p.m. The workshop is free and open to all ages and skill levels.
Betty Foy Sanders funds student travel, donates artwork to Folk Art Collection
Betty Foy Sanders recently sent 14 art students on a 2-day art museum tour in north Georgia and added new work to the Smith Callaway Banks Southern Folk Art Collection.
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ art education seniors to host exhibition, discuss art’s role in education
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Senior Art Exhibition, “Mosaic,†featuring artwork by four senior artists, will run from April 22 to May 3 at the Fine Arts Gallery on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah. A reception will be held on May 3 at 5:30 p.m., and admission is free and open to the public.
Site-synchronous classrooms at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ connecting students on all three campuses
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ is showing that the distance between its three campuses is just a number for students by introducing the site-synchronous classrooms pilot program, which uses state-of-the-art cameras in classrooms to connect students in Statesboro, Savannah and Hinesville.
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ students represented University at inaugural Georgia InVenture Prize
Ghost Runner, an app designed to “gamify†running by encouraging virtual running competitions among friends, was selected for the inaugural Georgia InVenture Prize competition by panelists at the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Business Innovation Group’s (BIG) annual 3 Day Startup (3DS). The app was designed by four students in the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing and three College of Arts and Humanities students.
Pizza, pottery will be on display for Raku Pizza Night on Armstrong Campus
Raku Pizza Night on ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Armstrong Campus will feature a demonstration of firing the Raku kiln, and professor John Jensen will demonstrate throwing a large vase on the potter’s wheel. The event is April 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Annex 2 Courtyard across from University Police.
Diverse exhibit to showcase ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Armstrong Campus seniors’ art
Soft sculptures, ceramics, fiber design, multimedia installation and photography will be on display for “The Art of Feeling,†presented by the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art on the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Armstrong Campus. The exhibit will showcase the terminal work of five graduating art students: Jacqueline Claros, Brione Daniels, Chance Everett, Christine Freeman and Blair Perry.
The Masquers bring trailer park musical to Armstrong Campus with upcoming performance
Student theater group, the Masquers are bringing the home of Stark, Florida, residents, Armadillo Acres, to the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Armstrong Campus during a performance of “The Great American Trailer Park Musical.â€