31st annual National Youth-At-Risk Conference to be held in Savannah
The Georgia Southern University College of Education is hosting the National Youth-At-Risk Conference March 8 through 11 at the Hyatt Regency in Savannah.
The conference will include keynote presentations from Marcia Tate, Ed.D., former executive director of professional development for the DeKalb County School System; Ron Clark, author and founder of the Ron Clark Academy; and Laura Reiffel, Ph.D., director of Behavior Doctor Seminars, which serves as a resource center for educators.
There will also be a musical performance by local middle school students, introductions by State Superintendent Richard Woods, a meet-and-greet poster presentation, and a poverty simulation.
For more information about the conference, visit academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/conferences/nationalyouthatrisk/
Two Georgia Southern faculty appointed to editorial board of new interdisciplinary focused international journal
Patsy Kraeger, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Public and Nonprofit Studies at Georgia Southern University has been named the founding special issues editor of Local Development and Society, a new refereed journal being launched by the Community Development Society International and Taylor and Francis Publications. An editorial board of international scholars and practitioners is being assembled, including Candice Bodkin, Ph.D., who is also an assistant professor in the Department of Public and Nonprofit Studies.
Local Development and Society will support theoretical and empirical research in a diversity of local contexts, with the aim of strengthening universities and organizations that produce research about community development and society.
While this journal builds on community development, it is interdisciplinary in scope and seeks to encourage scholarship on the broad expanse of local development and society. Initially, the journal will publish two issues per year.
U.S. News & World Report recognizes Georgia Southern business programs
Georgia Southern University’s online programs in the Parker College of Business were recognized among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, a recognized leader in college and graduate school rankings.
The Parker College of Business’ online MBA tied for the 59th spot on the Best Online MBA Programs list and also tied for the 37th spot on the Best Online MBA Programs for Veterans list.
U.S. News also ranked the college’s online non-MBA business programs — Master of Accounting and Master of Science in Applied Economics — No. 50 in the nation.
The publication ranked more than 1,200 online programs evaluating only regionally accredited institutions offering mostly or entirely online programs. The ranking used five categories: engagement, expert opinion, faculty credentials and training, student excellence and student services and technologies. All programs within the Parker College of Business are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), which is the gold standard of business school accreditation.
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Eta Sigma Gamma chapter receives national award
The Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health chapter of Eta Sigma Gamma (ESG) chapter has been presented with a 2020 Chapter Achievement Award.
Eta Sigma Gamma is a national honorary society for the profession of health education, and the mission is to elevate the highest standards, ideals, competence and ethics of professionally trained practitioners in the health education discipline through teaching and education, service, and research.
“The Gamma Upsilon chapter of ESG is very honored to receive this award,” said associate professor Joanne Chopak-Foss, Ph.D. “This is the first national recognition that we have received in 23 years of being a chapter. Thank you to our former officers who have graduated.”
Chopak-Foss and assistant professor Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Ph.D., serve as co-sponsors of the ESG chapter on the Statesboro Campus. Current student members are Caycie Allison, Taraya Bratton, Markiyah Davis, Lajuana Osborne, Ashley Reyes and Paige Simmons. Associate professor Nandi Marshall, DrPH, will serve as the chapter sponsor for the new Epsilon Omega chapter on the Armstrong Campus.
The award will be presented in March at the Eta Sigma Gamma Annual Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia.
Georgia Southern’s online MBA recognized as best in Georgia
Georgia Southern University has the No. 1 online Master of Business Administration (MBA) program in Georgia for 2020 according to MBACompass.com with almost 20% of its graduates holding executive-level positions.
The MBA in the Parker College of Business is a fully-online graduate program that offers working professionals the opportunity to advance their careers with the skills needed to hold executive-level positions in a variety of industries.
“There are lots of MBA rankings with each ranking telling a different story,” said Lowell Mooney, Ph.D., director of graduate programs for the College. “Some rankings, such as this one by MBA Compass, focus on placement and employers, while others focus on characteristics like post-MBA salaries, program quality, faculty research, program costs and time to complete. Personally, I measure the quality of a program by how often it shows up in different rankings. Our online program has been ranked in several years, this being the latest, and for different reasons. That speaks volumes.”
Through the program, students receive a general management degree that complements most undergraduate degrees while enhancing their skill set. The program, part of the Georgia WebMBA®, is centered around team-based learning and focuses on applying knowledge and skills in business. At 30 credit hours, the program is completed in five consecutive semesters.
To learn more about the Georgia Southern Online MBA, visit GeorgiaSouthern.edu/businessgraduate.
Armstrong State University historical book, From the Mansion to the University, now available on Digital Commons
Since the fall 2013 launch of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern, an open-access digital repository that collects, archives and disseminates the intellectual and creative output of the university’s faculty, staff, students and community partners, more than 3 million items have been downloaded by visitors from around the world.
New to the collection is From the Mansion to the University, a historical book about Armstrong State University, authored by former professor emeritus Janet Stone, Ph.D.
The book, which was originally published in 2010 by the Armstrong Foundation as From the Mansion to the University: A History of Armstrong Atlantic State University, 1935-2010, documents 75 years of Armstrong’s institutional history through detailed research, personal stories and photos. Stone also draws on Armstrong’s close connection with Savannah, starting with its founding as a city college, and the close-knit community among students, alumni, faculty and staff throughout the years.
Under a Creative Commons license, Stone and the Georgia Southern Foundation made the work available as a PDF that can be downloaded from the Digital Commons.
To download the PDF version of From the Mansion to the University, visit https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/armstrong-about/7/.
Two Georgia Southern faculty contribute to Technology Association of Georgia report
Jerry Burke, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and Marc Scott, Ph.D., assistant professor of logistics and supply chain management and director of the Southern Center for Logistics and Intermodal Transportation, contributed to the Georgia Supply Chain and Logistics technology ecosystem report by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG).
“We contributed to the report to highlight how Georgia Southern connects employers with students who are readily capable to tackle dynamic challenges faced by logistics and supply chain organizations,” said Burke. “We also wanted to enhance awareness of the expertise that faculty in the Department of Logistics and Supply Chain Management possess to assist organizations via applied faculty research and student-led projects.”
The Parker College of Business faculty provided insight into the supply chain and logistics programs at Georgia Southern University, explaining that faculty expertise and the university’s proximity to the Port of Savannah provides unique opportunities for collaboration with the supply chain and logistics ecosystem. The logistics faculty have built relationships with various logistics and intermodal transportation stakeholders leading to impactful opportunities to provide experiential learning activities to students.
WCHP faculty research published in online journal Physiological Reports
Gregory Grosicki, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology, and colleagues from San Francisco State University, recently published their research titled, “Rapid Gut Microbiome Changes in a World-Class Ultramarathon Runner” in the journal Physiological Reports.
Their work focused on the physiological characteristics of a world-class ultramarathon runner before and after competing in the Western States Endurance Run, an invitation-only, 100-mile trail race in Northern California.
WCHP faculty to serve as panelist for National Diversity Congress conference
Rochelle Lee, Ed.D., assistant professor in the Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences, was selected by the National Diversity Congress to serve as a panelist at the 2020 Diversity in Leadership Conference.
Lee will serve as a panel member for the topic, “Intersectionality in Higher-Education Leadership: How You Can Help?” where she will share her knowledge and experience with conference attendees.
The conference, which will be at the Harvard Faculty Club in April in Cambridge, Massachusetts, aims to provide attendees with a highly interactive learning experience. Attendees will have the opportunity to attend roundtable and panel discussions and participate in Q&A periods.
Nursing faculty member elected to Sigma Theta Tau International Governance Committee
Trina Embrey, D.N.S., assistant professor in the School of Nursing and director of the undergraduate nursing program on the Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus, was elected to a two-year term on the Sigma Theta Tau (Sigma) International Governance Committee during the 45th Biennial Convention in Washington, D.C.
During the convention, the Rho Psi Chapter, of which Embrey is the president and includes Georgia Southern’s Student Chapter, received two Showcase of Regional Excellence Awards for Outstanding achievement in two areas of the Presidential Call to Action: Collaborate and Connect.
The International Governance Committee is made up of seven members from the international organization’s chapters who reside around the globe. Committee members will oversee bylaw compliance, make recommendations for bylaw changes if needed, and oversee member and chapter eligibility issues.