Georgia Southern History Department displays traditional style birch-bark canoe
橘子视频鈥檚 History Department has a traditional style birch-bark canoe on display on the Armstrong Campus through Spring 2020 in Hawes Hall. The canoe, named Muskeego, was built in 1998 and has been used to travel between Minnesota and Canada the same way that Ojibwa Natives have done for hundreds of years. After a long career of being used, it was placed on display in Ely, Minn.
The Museum of Underwater Archaeology (MUA) in Savannah acquired Muskeego as part of its small boat collection. MUA Board member and Assistant Professor of History Kurt Knoerl, Ph.D., has gained access to use the canoe at Georgia Southern. This will provide students and the public an opportunity to see an artifact that played an important role in North American history.
鈥淭he collection is being used to educate Georgia Southern students about maritime history in the United States and the world,鈥� said Knoerl. 鈥淥ur position here in Savannah, as a port city, makes Georgia Southern the perfect place to teach maritime history, archeology and material culture.鈥�
Muskeego is being used this semester in Knoerl鈥檚 class, Introduction to United States History, to teach about Native American history as well as the fur trade. Students in the graduate program in public history will also have the opportunity to benefit from studying small boat documentation and preservation.
Parker College of Business to host IANA Applied Research Competition
The Department of Logistics and Supply Chain Management in 橘子视频鈥檚 Parker College of Business has partnered with the Georgia Ports Authority and TCW Inc., to host the first-ever GS-IANA Logistics Applied Research Challenge. The competition is made possible through support and funding from the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA).
The GS-IANA Logistics Applied Research Challenge will allow junior and senior undergraduate logistics students to gain professional development experience and a deeper understanding of the intermodal freight transportation industry.
The Fall 2019 business case for which students will create solutions will be developed by the Georgia Ports Authority and TCW Inc. leadership teams, along with faculty from the Department of Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Students will earn valuable exposure to highly relevant, important and complex business challenges faced in intermodal supply chains, and it will offer an opportunity for student teams to research, solve and present solutions to a panel of judges comprised of industry executives, government officials and logistics faculty members.
Georgia Southern Child Development Center employee named educator of the year
Jessica DeLaigle, a child development specialist at the Georgia Southern Child Development Center on the Statesboro Campus, has been named the Georgia Association for the Education of Young Children (GAEYC) Educator of the Year for a large center. DeLaigle, who also teaches in some Child and Family Development labs, said she is honored to receive the award.
鈥淚 have the best job because I get to teach the little children, and I also get to teach the big children (college students) how to teach the little children,鈥� DeLaigle said. 鈥淚 am so passionate about teaching, and I work really hard to ensure that children’s first experiences in school are positive ones. It makes me really happy to know that my hard work and dedication to our field is being recognized.鈥�
The GAEYC gives awards to educators who are 鈥渙utstanding employees at a child care center or school who demonstrate exemplary work with children.鈥� DeLaigle will receive her award at the GAEYC Quality Service Awards Luncheon later this fall.
Georgia Southern faculty edits essays challenging eighteenth century culture
Jeffrey D. Burson, Ph.D., associate professor of French history, co-edited The Skeptical Enlightenment: Doubt and Certainty in the Age of Reason, a recently published collection of essays that examines the process by which skepticism was challenged and gradually tamed to bring about an anxious confidence in the powers of human understanding. This work shows how doubt and anxiety about the limits of human understanding were at the very heart of the early Enlightenment.
Burson is the author of The Rise and Fall of Theological Enlightenment: Jean-Martin de Prades and Ideological Polarization in Eighteenth-Century France and the Culture of Enlightening and the Entangled Life of Abb茅 Claude Yvon in addition to numerous articles and chapters in edited collections of essays. He is also the co-editor of Enlightenment and Catholicism in Europe: A Transnational History and of The Jesuit Suppression in Global Context: Causes, Events, and Consequences.
Georgia Southern faculty present research in Canada
This past July, four 橘子视频 faculty members presented at the 30th International Nursing Research Congress in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Conference, presented by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, is held annually in different countries to provide attendees with the opportunity to learn from and exchange evidence-based research.
Helen Taggart, Ph.D., RN; Pamela Mahan, Ph.D., RN; Trina Embrey, RN, from the School of Nursing and Haresh Rochani, DrPH, from the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, presented research.
Taggart, Mahan and Rochani presented 鈥淐hanges in Baccalaureate Nursing Students鈥� Perceptions about Caring for Dying Patients.鈥� Embrey, Taggart and Rochani presented 鈥淪tress and Mindfulness in Nursing Students.鈥�
More than 1,200 nurse researchers, students, clinicians and leaders attended this year鈥檚 event.
Diagnostic and therapeutic sciences students awarded scholarships
Two students in the 橘子视频 Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences have received the Mary Howden Gibson and Lois Gaddis Hamilton Memorial Scholarships from St. Joseph鈥檚 Candler Hospital Auxiliary, a part of the St. Joseph鈥檚/Candler Health System.
Minhthu Huyen, a senior cardiovascular interventional science major, and Danielle Pentecost, senior respiratory therapy major, both received the award, which provides support for promising students who are accepted into a health professions or medical training program in Chatham County, Georgia.
The Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences is housed in the Waters College of Health Professions and offers undergraduate degrees in medical laboratory science, radiologic sciences and respiratory therapy.
Two graduate programs in Waters College of Health Professions ranked nationally
橘子视频 has received national rankings for two master’s degree programs in the Waters College of Health Professions.
The Master of Science in Sport Management was ranked No. 14 on Sport Management Degree Guide鈥檚 list of 鈥�25 Best Online Master鈥檚 in Sports Management Degree Programs.鈥�
The Master of Science in Kinesiology with an emphasis in sport and exercise psychology was ranked No. 20 on Online Psychology Degrees鈥� list of 鈥淥nline Psychology Degrees Top Graduate Degree Programs.鈥�
The 36-credit hour programs are designed to provide a comprehensive and rigorous curriculum and practical experience in the skills and techniques necessary to be successful in their fields. Learn more about the graduate programs offered in the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology by visiting chp.georgiasouthern.edu/hk/graduate/.
Georgia Southern faculty delivers keynote address at Poetry Institute of China
Richard Flynn, Ph.D., professor of English in the Department of Literature, delivered a keynote address titled 鈥淧oetry for Young People in Anti-Poetic Times鈥� at the Poetry Institute of China鈥檚 鈥�1st Symposium on the Current Situation and Future Development of Children鈥檚 Poetry.鈥� The event was held Aug. 18 through Aug. 23 in Hongcun, China.
The symposium was co-sponsored by The Poetry Institute, Danzeng College of Humanities, Peking University鈥檚 Academy of Chinese Poetry, and its School of Foreign Languages.
Propeller Club recognizes Parker College of Business Students
Two students in the Parker College of Business have been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Propeller Club United States 鈥� Port of Savannah.
Mohammad Abdullah and Alecia Breen received the Gus Dubus Scholarship, which is awarded by the Propeller Club each year to four area college students who maintain a 3.0 GPA while majoring in logistics and intermodal transportation.
鈥淭he Propeller Club 鈥� Port of Savannah is all about bringing the maritime community together,鈥� stated Abdullah, senior logistics student and Parker Business Scholar. 鈥淭o be a part of this prestigious award will not only develop my network but also build my r茅sum茅. The money was great, but the ability to build my network was priceless.鈥�
The scholarship is named for the late Gus Dubus who was a Savannah maritime lawyer and past president of the Propeller Club.
The Propeller Club of Savannah is comprised of nearly 300 individuals representing more than 145 companies and groups that do business with or have a connection to the Savannah port. The group also sponsors the annual State of the Port address by Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch.
Georgia Southern鈥檚 MSAE recognized by Best Value Schools
The 橘子视频 Parker College of Business online Master of Science in Applied Economics (MSAE) has been recognized as one of the five best online master鈥檚 programs in economics for 2020.
鈥淲e are very proud to be able to offer a high-quality program at an affordable price,鈥� stated Amanda King, Ph.D., professor of economics and MSAE coordinator. 鈥淪tudents who complete our program have a marketable analytical skill set that allows them to make business decisions in a diverse and changing data-driven world.鈥�
The 橘子视频 MSAE is a fully online, asynchronous program with stackable credentials for working professionals. This allows students in the program to continue working while they complete the coursework. The graduate program can be completed in as few as five semesters with students taking two courses per semester.
To learn more about the online Master of Science in Applied Economics at Georgia Southern, visit GeorgiaSouthern.edu/parker/msae.