Nontraditional student returns to ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ to chart new career path
For years, Khristine Clark Hammond believed she had a solid professional career. She was an exercise physiologist, a health coach and a manager of wellness and fitness programs. But she found herself at a crossroads during the COVID-19 pandemic. After working in Savannah hospitals for more than two decades, she lost her job. The hospital fitness facility she managed closed during the pandemic.
This summer was bananas for Eagle athletic training students
Over the summer, seven ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ athletic training graduate students have been helping the hometown Savannah Bananas. In addition to acquiring hands-on experiences with the local ball club, students are having the most fun summer with the most fun team in baseball.
Whitney Nash, Ph.D., to serve as Dean of the University’s Waters College of Health Professions beginning Aug. 1
Whitney Nash, Ph.D., APRN, has been selected as Dean of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Waters College of Health Professions and will begin leading the college on Aug. 1. Â
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ student recognized for registering 300 bone marrow donors
Brianne Dollar receives the Steven Bochco Award at the Gift of Life gala in Los Angeles. She received the honor thanks to her being responsible for more than 30 fundraising drives and registering over 300 bone marrow donors.
Recent ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ graduate named ‘Volunteer of the Year’
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ graduate Ashley Rutland earned Rutland the 2021-2022 Annie F. Oliver Volunteer of the Year award by the Savannah Speech & Hearing Center.
Details finalized for new Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥
With final budget approval from the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ has completed planning and is moving forward with development of the Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center.
The 95,000-square-foot center is named in honor of the late Senator Jack Hill and his wife of 46 years, Ruth Ann Hill. Both are ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ graduates.
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ students get glimpse of disability complications through simulation
Recently students on the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Armstrong Campus experienced first-hand the obstacles and issues disabled and elderly adults go through after participating in a series of simulations of various disabilities. The event was organized by the Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) National Leadership Society and the Armstrong Campus chapter of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ students organize community health fairs in Chatham County
More than 100 students from various disciplines in the Waters College of Health Professions at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ helped bridge wellness and the community earlier this year by organizing community health fairs at various locations in Chatham County.
ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ students organize community health fairs in Chatham County
More than 100 students from various disciplines in the Waters College of Health Professions at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ helped bridge wellness and the community earlier this year by organizing community health fairs at various locations in Chatham County.
Keeping the region in motion: ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ opens new Kinesiology Research Labs
A long-vacated pool space in the University’s Hanner Fieldhouse complex has been renovated into state-of-the-art laboratories that will help athletes, first responders and people with disabilities avoid injuries, strengthen performance and improve their quality of life.