Statesboro Campus to host 3rd annual Gullah Geechee Celebration
Georgia Southern University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs will host the 3rd annual Gullah Geechee Celebration Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. at the Williams Center multipurpose room on the Statesboro Campus.
The Gullah Geechee people are the descendants of African slaves on the rice, indigo and Sea Island cotton plantations of the lower Atlantic coast, including Georgia. The celebration will highlight Gullah Geechee people’s unique, African-influenced culture. Their distinctive arts, crafts, foodways, music and language formed due to their isolation on island and coastal plantations.
For more information, email Paris Lawrence, coordinator of diversity education and program outreach, at plawrence@georgiasouthern.edu.
Langdon named international scholar by Center for Self-Determination Theory
Georgia Southern University Associate Professor Jody Langdon, Ph.D., has been invited by the Center for Self-Determination Theory to be an international scholar for the organization because of her contributions to research and applied work in the field of motivation and human development.
“I am excited to be recognized for the work that I’ve done using the self-determination theory,” stated Langdon. “Having the opportunity to be listed on the Center of Self-Determination Theory website will help share the work I’ve done in addition to providing me with the opportunity to have others seek me out for collaboration and mentorship.”
Individuals were selected as scholars based on their rigorous, evidence-based research using the self-determination theory’s framework and their tremendous, broad-ranging impact in the scientific, public and social domains. Self-determination theory represents a board framework for the study of human motivation and personality, focused on why humans engage in particular activities and the sociocultural factors that influence such engagement. It is applied in a wide variety of contexts including sport, exercise, education, health care and family dynamics.
Langdon, who has been a faculty member in the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology in the Waters College of Health Professions for 10 years, will be joining more than 100 leading international scholars and experts in academia and practice who have provided the highest-quality research and applied work in the field.
Georgia Southern hosts annual faculty, student pottery holiday sale
Art produced by Georgia Southern University faculty and students will be up for sale this fall as the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art hosts its annual Holiday Pottery Sale Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Armstrong Campus in the Annex II building.
The sale features unique, artistic and functional ceramics and pottery pieces that incorporate many styles and techniques.
“We are really excited to continue the tradition of retired Professor John Jensen by offering a holiday ceramics sale on the Armstrong Campus,” sale coordinator, Kim Riner said. “This is an incredible opportunity for our students to have experience with the business side of art making. Students create artworks, price the work and interact with customers at this sale. This enhances their education, and it also gives them immediate response to their artwork.”
The event is free to attend, and cash and checks will be accepted. Social distancing and room capacity will be enforced.
Georgia Southern Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art to host senior exhibition on Armstrong Campus
Fortune telling through painted ceramic plates, abstraction with fibers and mixed media, and an installation about deep emotions will highlight “Meraki,” a senior art show presented by the Georgia Southern University Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art. The show is free and will run from Nov. 9 through Dec. 4 at the Fine Arts Gallery on the Armstrong Campus.
“Meraki,” which is a modern Greek term that describes the experience of an artist putting a piece of their soul into their work, will feature the work of Sylvia Asmar, Christina Colon, Lann Le, Rena Roland and Kim Vann.
“Working together with a group of four other amazing artists can bring challenges when trying to find commonality within each other’s works,” Asmar said. “However, we can all agree that as artists each of us put a piece of our souls and love into what we create because that is what we were destined to do.”
For more information and gallery hours, visit cah.georgiasouthern.edu/art/outreach-events/fine-arts-gallery/.
Georgia Southern Department of Writing and Linguistics to host nationally published poet
The Georgia Southern University Department of Writing and Linguistics will host poet Tiana Clark at two virtual events on Thursday, Nov. 12. A Q&A and a poetry reading with Clark will be available for free on Zoom from 2 to 3 p.m. and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., respectively.
Clark, who has authored the collections I Can’t Talk About the Trees Without the Blood and Equilibrium, has been published in The New Yorker, Poetry Magazine, The Washington Post and BuzzFeed News, among others. She also teaches creative writing at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
The events, which are also sponsored by the Georgia Poetry Circuit, are available at cah.georgiasouthern.edu/writling/2020/10/26/georgia-poetry-circuit-presents-tiana-clark/.
School of Nursing faculty awarded $7,000 grant for student training
Georgia Southern University Associate Professor of Nursing Debra Hagerty, DNP, was awarded a grant for $7,100 to support student training in the care of older adults who may have sensory deprivations such as arthritis, visual impairments or gait disturbances.
Hagerty will use the grant money, which was awarded by the Georgia Health Foundation, to purchase simulation material for use in the School of Nursing’s hospital simulation lab and classroom on the Armstrong Campus.
Sensory deprivation training will allow nursing and health professions students to experience the same physical deficits and mobility difficulties that affect older adults with chronic medical conditions.
“We realize there is no better way to teach empathy and caring than to immerse individuals in similar experiences and situations,” said Hagerty. “Nursing students, as well as other health professions students, will benefit immensely by having the opportunity to experience many of the chronic conditions and deficits that beset aging seniors. I want to demonstrate to students what challenges they may face when caring for baby boomers as they age and conditions like visual impairment, stroke, arthritis or dementia become more prevalent.”
The training will be offered as part of a nursing leadership course, the Institute of for Healthcare Improvement student group and incorporated into additional opportunities for other health professionals to learn and collaborate.
School of Nursing faculty awarded $7,000 grant for student training
Georgia Southern University Associate Professor of Nursing Debra Hagerty, DNP, was awarded a grant for $7,100 to support student training in the care of older adults who may have sensory deprivations such as arthritis, visual impairments or gait disturbances.
Hagerty will use the grant money, which was awarded by the Georgia Health Foundation, to purchase simulation material for use in the School of Nursing’s hospital simulation lab and classroom on the Armstrong Campus.
Sensory deprivation training will allow nursing and health professions students to experience the same physical deficits and mobility difficulties that affect older adults with chronic medical conditions.
“We realize there is no better way to teach empathy and caring than to immerse individuals in similar experiences and situations,” said Hagerty. “Nursing students, as well as other health professions students, will benefit immensely by having the opportunity to experience many of the chronic conditions and deficits that beset aging seniors. I want to demonstrate to students what challenges they may face when caring for baby boomers as they age and conditions like visual impairment, stroke, arthritis or dementia become more prevalent.”
The training will be offered as part of a nursing leadership course, the Institute of for Healthcare Improvement student group and incorporated into additional opportunities for other health professionals to learn and collaborate.
Georgia Southern professor organizes presentation on South China Sea disputes
Associate Professor of International Studies and Asian Politics, Nalanda Roy, Ph.D., has organized a virtual presentation on disputes between political powers in the South China Sea. The presentation, which is funded by a Campus Life Enrichment Committee grant, features Yale Ferguson Ph.D., emeritus professor of global and international affairs at Rutgers University, and David Rosenberg, Ph.D., professor emeritus of political science at Middlebury College.
“Leading experts will demonstrate their command of the latest research in the field and reinforce an exemplary solution and also explain why the South China Sea disputes resonate so much,” Roy said. “The presentation will answer two key questions: ‘Why is the South China Sea of vital importance to Asia-Pacific nations, and what is its impact on the global community?’”
To view the presentation, visit www.facebook.com/GaSouthernCBSS.
Georgia Southern professor organizes presentation on South China Sea disputes
Associate Professor of International Studies and Asian Politics, Nalanda Roy, Ph.D., has organized a virtual presentation on disputes between political powers in the South China Sea. The presentation, which is funded by a Campus Life Enrichment Committee grant, features Yale Ferguson Ph.D., emeritus professor of global and international affairs at Rutgers University, and David Rosenberg, Ph.D., professor emeritus of political science at Middlebury College.
“Leading experts will demonstrate their command of the latest research in the field and reinforce an exemplary solution and also explain why the South China Sea disputes resonate so much,” Roy said. “The presentation will answer two key questions: ‘Why is the South China Sea of vital importance to Asia-Pacific nations, and what is its impact on the global community?’”
To view the presentation, visit www.facebook.com/GaSouthernCBSS.
Rehabilitation Sciences faculty receive grant to help grad students in Communications Sciences and Disorders program
Assistant Professor Casey Keck, Ph.D., and Associate Professor April Garrity, Ph.D., faculty members in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, have received a $6,449 grant to investigate the ability of graduate students in the Communications Sciences and Disorders program to write and implement functional communication goals in the program’s teaching clinic, the RiteCare Center.
Garrity and Keck will use the grant money, which was awarded by the Georgia Southern University’s Faculty Research Committee, to fund an undergraduate research assistant, collaborate with a biostatistician, purchase clinical testing tools and provide monetary incentives to participants for their willingness to partake in the research.
The research will be conducted through the Cognition, Learning and Social Participation (CLaSP) Research Lab. The CLaSP Research Lab was co-founded by Garrity and Keck and focuses on examining teaching, learning, cognition, communication, quality of life and participation through quantitative and qualitative methods and action research approaches.