Waters College of Health Professions programs garner national recognition
Three master’s and a bachelor’s degree program in the Waters College of Health Professions at Georgia Southern University have garnered national recognition from ranking platforms in their respective areas.
Georgia Southern Department of Writing and Linguistics will present poetry reading, Q&A
The Georgia Southern University Department of Writing and Linguistics and the Georgia Poetry Circuit will present poet David Kirby for a Q&A and reading on Thursday, April 8.
“David Kirby is a wildly funny, accessible and renowned poet who blends narrative storytelling with wry observation and dark humor,” said associate professor of writing and linguistics, Christina Olson. “If you’ve never been to a poetry reading, this one is a great place to start. And if you have, then you know how important it is to engage with the arts, even if it’s just an hour chat with one of the best poets currently working in America today.”
Kirby is the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University. He has received many honors for his work, including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and his work appears frequently in the Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize volumes.
The Q&A will take place at 2 p.m. and the reading at 6:30 p.m. Both events will be streamed via Zoom. For more information and to register for the events, visit cah.georgiasouthern.edu/writling/2021/03/22/georgia-poetry-circuit-presents-david-kirby/
Georgia Southern University, Wexford Arts Centre partner on presentation by leading scholar on black abolitionists in Ireland
In the spirit of equity, diversity and inclusion, Georgia Southern University and the Wexford Arts Centre in County Wexford, Ireland, will present “Black Abolitionists In Ireland,” featuring Christine Kinealy, Ph.D., the leading expert in the field and professor of history at Quinnipiac University on March 23 at 3 p.m Eastern or 7 p.m. in Ireland.
In the mid-19th century, Frederick Douglass, Sarah Parker Redmond and other Black American abolitionists conducted speaking tours of Ireland. According to Douglass, his many months in Ireland defined him “not as a color but as a man.”
Kinealy is an Irish-British historian, the founding director of Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University and the author of multiple scholarly books, including three about Frederick Douglass’s time in Ireland. This webinar is based on her latest, much acclaimed book, “Black Abolitionists in Ireland.” For more information and to view the webinar, visit irishgeorgia.com/abolitionists.
‘Africans in America’ event to explore what it means to be African American
Georgia Southern University will host Nemata Blyden, Ph.D., history professor at George Washington University, for a virtual presentation on the relationship between African Americans and Africa from the era of slavery to the present. The presentation will be held March 31 at 5:30 p.m. on Zoom.
Blyden will examine the diversity of African American identities through relationships with region, ethnicity, slavery and immigration to investigate questions fundamental to the study of African American history and culture.
For more information and to register, visit georgiasouthern.edu/casregistration.
Georgia Southern establishes Barbara W. Bitter Scholarship
The Georgia Southern University Academic Success Center has established the Barbara W. Bitter Scholarship, named after the former head of the Learning Support Department at Georgia Southern. The deadline to apply for the scholarship is March 8 at noon.
Bitter was known around the state for her tenacity and fighting for students she believed were underprepared or underrepresented and deserved a chance in college.
“Almost all students need a little extra help with funding their advanced education today and our nontraditional students have fewer opportunities to apply for scholarships,” said Theresa Novotny, coordinator of testing services. This scholarship isn’t automatically given to the students who have the highest GPA. The committee is looking for the students who have the greatest need and will most likely progress to graduation at Georgia Southern, as well as make an impact in their community as an alumnus.”
For more information and to apply for the scholarship, visit https://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/success/scholarships/.
Georgia Southern elected to serve as home institution to Georgia Association of Historians
Georgia Southern has been elected to serve as the home institution to the Georgia Association of Historians (GAH), following a vote by the organization’s board.
Lisa L. Denmark, Ph.D., associate professor of history, is the GAH Executive Secretary-Treasurer.
The GAH serves as a statewide professional organization for the study of history. The group encourages and promotes historical research, preservation, record keeping, publication and high standards in the teaching of history.
Members of the society pursue a variety of historical interests, including United States history, public history, European history, Middle Eastern history and Latin American history, among others. Annual meetings, held since 1974, are the primary venue of face-to-face communication between members.
The GAH publishes the Journal of the Georgia Association of Historians, a peer-reviewed publication open to all historians in the state as well as all participants at the association’s annual conference.
Harvard professor to discuss misinformation crisis during 2021 Mark Finlay Memorial Lecture
The Georgia Southern University College of Arts and Humanities (CAH) will host Thomas Patterson, Ph.D., Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at Harvard University, for the 2021 Mark Finlay Memorial Lecture. The virtual presentation will stream March 3 at 6 p.m. on the CAH Facebook page.
Patterson’s lecture, “How America Lost Its Mind: Our Misinformation Crisis,” will address the United States’ political landscape, which according to Patterson, is currently filled with distrust, gridlock, partisanship, pettiness and deceptive messaging.
“Professor Patterson will discuss how we can help transfer power from ideologues and disrupters to a citizenry committed to tolerance and civil dialogue,” said Allison Scardino Belzer, Ph.D., associate professor of history. “So many of us feel overwhelmed with talk of fake news and deliberate disinformation. This lecture will help crystalize our focus on creating networks of reliable news outlets that can help rebuild trust.”
For more information about the Mark Finlay Memorial Lecture, click here.
College of Engineering and Computing extends research experience application deadline
The Georgia Southern University College of Engineering and Computing has extended the application window for the summer 2021 Research Experience for Undergraduates program “Propulsion, Aerodynamics, Materials and Controls of Aerial Vehicles.”
Due to overwhelming demand, the application process will remain open until March 15 to give all interested students an opportunity to apply. Applications are accepted from undergraduates across the United States who are interested in an opportunity to engage with and work side by side on real-world research in state-of-the-art engineering labs. Special consideration will be given to students who are currently enrolled in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, tribal colleges, and community colleges where research opportunities may not be available.
For more information, email Allen E. Paulson Chair of Renewable Energy Valentin Soloiu, Ph.D. at vsoloiu@georgiasouthern.edu, or recruitment chair Kania Greer, Ph.D., at kagreer@georgiasouthern.edu or visit georgiasouthern.edu/reu-aerospace-propulsion/home.
The program is sponsored by the Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation ASSURE program.
