WCHP faculty member receives Morton B. Duggan Distinguished Service Award
Douglas E. Masini, Ed.D., chair of the Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences in Georgia Southern’s Waters College of Health Professions, was awarded the Morton B. Duggan Distinguished Service Award by the Georgia Society for Respiratory Care.
“I am very proud to be recognized by my colleagues and the leadership of the Georgia Society for Respiratory Care,” said Masini.
In addition to this award, Masini has been recognized as a national leader in his profession. Masini was nominated by the 2019 President of the Georgia Society of Respiratory Care and the Georgia Society for Respiratory Care Board of Directors.
The Morton B. Duggan Distinguished Service Award is awarded annually to someone who has demonstrated outstanding dedication to society and the respiratory care profession.
Duggan was a respiratory therapist and one of the founding fathers of the Georgia Society for Respiratory Care. He worked tirelessly on behalf of the program and education committee and was a recipient of the President’s Award in 1982.
Georgia Southern Counseling Center Assistant Director receives national award
Rebecca K. Smith, assistant director of the Georgia Southern University Counseling Center (GSU-CC), was awarded the Professional Leadership award during the American College Counseling Association (ACCA) annual conference in Washington, D.C.
The award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated leadership in some aspect of college counseling as it relates to the purposes and goals of ACCA, or leadership and contributions to ACCA as a professional organization.
Smith received a Master of Arts in Community and Agency Counseling in 1999 from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. Prior to joining the Armstrong Campus Counseling Center in May 2018 as assistant director, she served as associate director of counseling at Valdosta State University. Smith served as chair of the Social Media Committee of the ACCA from 2016-2018, and she currently serves as Secretary of the ACCA for 2018-2020.
The GSU-CC is accredited by the International Accreditation of Counseling Services. Its mission is to provide direct clinical services to the students of Georgia Southern, outreach and prevention programming to the University communities and professional development and training for mental health providers.
Georgia Southern Counseling Center Assistant Director receives national award
Rebecca K. Smith, assistant director of the Georgia Southern University Counseling Center (GSU-CC), was awarded the Professional Leadership award during the American College Counseling Association (ACCA) annual conference in Washington, D.C.
The award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated leadership in some aspect of college counseling as it relates to the purposes and goals of ACCA, or leadership and contributions to ACCA as a professional organization.
Smith received a Master of Arts in Community and Agency Counseling in 1999 from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. Prior to joining the Armstrong Campus Counseling Center in May 2018 as assistant director, she served as associate director of counseling at Valdosta State University. Smith served as chair of the Social Media Committee of the ACCA from 2016-2018, and she currently serves as Secretary of the ACCA for 2018-2020.
The GSU-CC is accredited by the International Accreditation of Counseling Services. Its mission is to provide direct clinical services to the students of Georgia Southern, outreach and prevention programming to the University communities and professional development and training for mental health providers.
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/
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/.