Visiting artist Andrew Kuebeck’s ‘MANual Labor’ on display at Center for Art & Theatre on Statesboro Campus
“MANual Labor,” an exciting exhibition from artist Andrew Kuebeck featuring small metal and wood sculptures, prints and functional jewelry that highlight the male body, will be on display through Oct. 15 at Georgia Southern University’s Statesboro Campus in the University Gallery, located in the Center for Art & Theatre.
An artist talk and reception will be on Sept. 30 from 5 to 7 p.m., with the talk beginning at 5:15 p.m. Guests may attend the artist talk in person or virtually. Guests may register to attend via Zoom. Both the exhibition and artist talk are free and open to the public.
“I look forward to Andrew Kuebeck’s exhibition for a number of reasons, not least of which is his ability to meld the medium of small metals to a range of social issues and to personal expression,” said gallery director Jason Hoelscher, Ph.D. “Andrew served as a visiting artist at Georgia Southern in early 2020 and was a real hit with the students, who appreciated not only his incredible technical know-how but also his ability to explore complex themes through a medium sometimes focused more on visual richness than on thematic intensity. Both Andrew’s exhibition and artist talk are not to be missed.”
Kuebeck is an assistant professor and area head of the jewelry/metals/enameling program at Kent State University. Kuebeck works in a variety of formats ranging from functional jewelry to sculptural objects and vessels. He has lectured and taught workshops nationally on the incorporation of photographic images into jewelry pieces and vessels. Kuebeck has also exhibited regionally and nationally, and his work has appeared in numerous publications including 500 Enameled Objects, 21st Century Jewelry, Wrap, Stitch, Fold, and Rivet, and Metalsmith and Niche magazines. He was also a 2012 SNAG Emerging Artist.
Tilicia Mayo-Gamble earns National Institute of Health award
Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Community Health in Georgia Southern University’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, has received a Loan Repayment Program (LRP) financial award from the National Institute of Health (NIH).
Mayo-Gamble’s award is from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute branch of the LRP program, designated for investigators conducting research that focuses on one or more of the minority health disparity populations.
The LRP program was established by Congress to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. The escalating costs of advanced education and training in medicine and clinical specialties are forcing some scientists to abandon their research careers for higher-paying private industry or private practice careers.
The LRP awards counteract that financial pressure by repaying up to $50,000 annually of a researcher’s qualified educational debt in return for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research.
College of Engineering and Computing programs receive reaccreditation
Three bachelor’s programs in the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing have recently received reaccreditation status.
The Bachelor of Science in Construction degree program received reaccreditation from the American Council for Construction Education. David Scott, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction, and David Williams, associate dean for students and curriculum, co-chaired the accreditation team.
Additionally, the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET has awarded reaccreditation to the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology degree programs.
Faculty who contributed to the accreditation process include Gursimran Walia, Ph.D., department chair of Computer Science, Hong Zhang, Ph.D., Yiming Ji, Ph.D., department chair of Information Technology (IT); Cheryl Aasheim, Ph.D., assessment team chair for IT, and David Williams, Ph.D., associate dean for Students and Curriculum, and chair of the ABET accreditation team.
Michael Pemberton named distinguished fellow by national writing organization
Michael Pemberton, Ph.D., was named a Distinguished Fellow of the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) at the 2021 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Pemberton holds the rank of professor in the Department of Writing and Linguistics, and he directs the University Writing Center in Statesboro.
This award recognizes distinguished scholars who have been in the field for more than 10 years and have made significant contributions to the field of WAC through scholarship, service or innovative program administration.
Pemberton was recognized for his many scholarly publications about writing in the disciplines, and for co-founding and editing the first national WAC journal, Language and Learning Across the Disciplines, in 1994. Additionally, he was recognized for editing the field’s flagship journal, Across the Disciplines, for more than 15 years and founding the peer-reviewed book series, “Across the Disciplines Books,” in 2014.
Pemberton was also commended for his ongoing leadership in the field, notably as the associate publisher for scholarly journals at the WAC Clearinghouse—an international repository of open-access journals, book series and scholarly resources for WAC and writing studies researchers.
Georgia Southern University named Gold Campus by Exercise is Medicine
Collaboration among the Waters College of Health Professions, Campus Recreation and Intramurals (CRI) and University Health Services has garnered Georgia Southern University a fourth Gold Level Campus by Exercise is Medicine® on Campus (EIM®-OC) designation.
The designation honors college campuses for their participation and engagement in the EIM®-OC program. Schools earn gold, silver or bronze status based on their activities related to physical activity promotion, education and EIM®-OC integration into campus health services.
Recognition provides an opportunity for campuses to enhance their image as a healthy academic environment and highlight their commitment to creating a culture of wellness.
“This is a campus-wide effort,” stated Bridget Melton, Ed.D, professor in the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology. “CRI offers physical activity opportunities on campus and the Waters College of Health Professions provides physical activity education. In addition, Health Services is key in prescribing medicine.”
John Banter wins award from Association of Leadership Education
John Banter, Ed.D., associate director of the Office of Leadership and Community Engagement, recently won the Robin Orr Outstanding Practitioner Award from the Association of Leadership Educators (ALE).
Given annually during the ALE national conference, this award recognizes a distinguished practitioner for their significant accomplishments and contributions to leadership education and related fields.
The award is named in memory of Robin Orr, a longtime member and past president of the ALE.
Public health professor awarded $250,000 grant for sickle cell research
Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Ph.D., has been awarded a $250,000 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute grant for her project, “Capacity Building to Create a Patient-Centered Research Dissemination Model.”
Mayo-Gamble will use the grant to work with sickle cell patients to increase knowledge and awareness of useful interventions on chronic disease management; increase their recognition of their role in the translation of research to practice; train partners to become patient activists in the process of research dissemination; and engage stakeholders as partners in the design and development of a patient-centered, scalable dissemination model.
Mayo-Gamble is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Community Health in Georgia Southern’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health.
Debra Hagerty advances to Fellow in American College of Health Care Administrators
Debra Hagerty, DNP, associate professor in the School of Nursing recently advanced to Fellow in the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA).
The Fellow distinction is the highest membership status one can gain in recognition of professional achievement and continuous adherence to the ethical and professional standards of ACHCA. In addition, the nationally recognized Fellow status confirms an individual’s dedication to the post-acute and aging services community.
To be honored with this professional credential, an individual has to demonstrate a record of participation in professional continuing education, suitable formal education, community service and at least two years of voting membership.
JPHCOPH professor one of four in world awarded cancer grant
Yelena Tarasenko, DrPH, an associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences in Georgia Southern’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, is one of four awardees of a 2020 Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial International Cancer Study Grant by the Union for International Cancer Control.
As part of the fellowship, Tarasenko will work with colleagues from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization, on the ongoing Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5) project.
The project is intended to impact implementation, capacity building and quality of cancer screening programs around the world. Project activities include delivery of tailored regional educational curriculum and content to country representatives through webinars and online training platforms, collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data on barriers to cancer screening access from the country representatives, and development of roadmaps with feasible interventions.