Georgia State University, an enterprising urban public research university, is a national leader in graduating students from widely diverse backgrounds.
The student body of more than 53,000 demonstrates that students from all backgrounds can achieve at high rates with unsurpassed connections to the city’s business, government, nonprofit and cultural organizations.
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Georgia State University, an enterprising urban public research university, is a national leader in graduating students from widely diverse backgrounds.
The student body of more than 53,000 demonstrates that students from all backgrounds can achieve at high rates with unsurpassed connections to the city’s business, government, nonprofit and cultural organizations.
The Carole Keels Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship recognizes a student with significant career experience who is pursuing a degree in economics. It was established in honor of Georgia State alumna Carole Y. Keels who, at 38, returned to college to complete a master's and Ph.D. degree in economics.
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2015 Apr 17
The Excellence in Teaching Criminal Justice Award
The Excellence in Teaching award recognizes a student who, in the judgment of the Andrew Young School's Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology faculty, has performed exceptionally well in this area.
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2015 Apr 17
The Judge Andrew A. Mickle Scholarship in Criminal Justice
This merit-based scholarship is awarded to an exceptional student pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in criminal justice in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.
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2015 Apr 17
The Jack Blicksilver Scholarship
This scholarship, established in honor of professor emeritus Jack Blicksilver, is awarded annually to a student who excels in economics.
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2015 Apr 17
The E.D. (Jack) Dunn Fellowship
This fellowship is awarded annually to a deserving graduate student with academic and research interests in public finance, financial regulatory policy impact on national, regional and local economics, or public management. It honors the former state banking commissioner and alumnus E. D. Dunn.
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2015 Apr 17
Erin Halstead Receives a Public Management and Policy Scholarship
The Public Management and Policy (PMAP) Scholarship is awarded annually to one or more outstanding incoming M.P.A. and M.P.P. students. Recipients must maintain full-time and good standing status in the graduate program and serve as graduate research assistants in the PMAP department.
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2015 Apr 17
Shannon Kroll Receives Student Leadership Award
The Student Leadership award is given annually to a student who exhibits exemplary leadership within the Andrew Young School's Department of Public Management and Policy. Leadership factors considered include involvement in student organizations and other student initiatives that benefit the department and attendance at PMAP career and professional research events. This student is an ambassador representing the policy school and PMAP department to the greater Atlanta community
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2015 Apr 17
The Mark E. Schaefer M.A. in Economics Award
This annual award was established in honor of Mark E. Schaefer, a professor of economics at Georgia State University, to recognize the student with the highest grade point average in the Master of Arts in Economics program.
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2015 Apr 17
Angela Smith Receives Best Research Paper Award
The Best Research Paper Award is presented annually to a graduate student in the Public Management and Policy program, selected by a faculty committee. Student papers were nominated by faculty on topics ranging from privatization, human resource issues in the public and private sector, public finance and financial management.
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2015 Apr 17
The Economics Award
The Economics Award is presented to an undergraduate at the Andrew Young School of Policy studies at Georgia State University who achieves the highest grade point average in economics courses above the 2000 level and demonstrates a commitment to the study of economics.
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2015 Apr 17
The Excellence in Microeconomics Award
The Andrew Young School awards this honor to the top economics major studying intermediate microeconomics during the previous year.
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2015 Apr 17
The Economics Student Achievement Award
The Economics Student Achievement Award signifies academic excellence and outstanding service in the economics student community. It is presented to an outstanding senior majoring in economics at Georgia State University.
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2015 Apr 17
The AYSPS Excellence in Teaching Policy Award
The Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes a student who, in the judgment of the faculty, has performed exceptionally well in teaching.
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2015 Apr 17
The International Economics and Modern Languages Award
This award recognizes outstanding academic achievement in Georgia State University's International Economics and Modern Languages degree program.
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2015 Apr 17
The Chris Perrin Memorial Scholarship
Shared by the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies' Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology and the School of Social Work, this merit-based scholarship is presented annually to a rising junior or senior majoring in each area. It was established by the Georgia Council of Juvenile Court Judges in memory of Chris Perrin, executive director of the council and an alumnus of Georgia State University.
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2015 Apr 17
Atlanta Legal Aid Society Fellowship
Atlanta Legal Aid Society fellows are MPA or MPP students selected annually to work with the organization to get a well-rounded introduction to the nation's critical legal issues - from public benefits to complex mortgage litigation. They assist in researching and developing program administration and policy development.
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2015 Apr 17
The Quantitative Economics Award
The annual Quantitative Economics Award, established by alumnus Harold Ball, recognizes distinguished performance in quantitative economics.
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2015 Apr 16
The Andrew Young School Excellence in Teaching Award
The Andrew Young School Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes a student who, in the judgment of the school's Department of Economics faculty, has performed exceptionally well in the classroom.
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2015 Apr 16
The Diane B. Davis Award
This award was established in memory of Diane B. Davis, who exemplified high standards of professional practice. Vermilya was selected to receive the award for demonstrating a consistency of competency and creativity in social work while maintaining at or above a 3.75 grade point average.
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2015 Apr 16
The Wanda K. Cardwell Award
The award, created in memory of Wanda Cardwell, honors the policy school's School of Social Work students who have exemplified courage, determination and perseverance in the completion of their goal, despite obstacles.
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2015 Apr 16
Outstanding Masters of Social Work Student
The Outstanding Masters of Social Work Student Award is presented to a graduating M.S.W. student who has demonstrated service to the school and embodiment of the community partnership concentration.
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2015 Apr 16
Legislative Budget Fellowship
The Legislative Budget Fellowship, in partnership with the Georgia Senate Budget and Evaluation Office (SBEO), combines a paid internship opportunity with a graduate assistantship through the Department of Public Management and Policy. This fellowship is awarded to a deserving student competitively.
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2015 Apr 16
Society of St. Vincent De Paul Graduate Fellowship
St. Vincent De Paul fellows gain an opportunity to work at a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower people, regardless of their background, ethnicity, or faith, to achieve self-sufficiency.
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2015 Apr 16
United Parcel Service Foundation Fellowship
UPS Fellows gain an opportunity to learn about the work of the UPS Foundation in conjunction with their graduate studies.
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2015 Apr 16
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Fellowship
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Fellowship is a competitively awarded internship for selected economics students to experience and contribute to the formation of monetary policy.
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2015 Apr 16
Outstanding Intern Award
This award recognizes undergraduate and graduate Public Management and Policy students who, in the judgment of the faculty, have performed exceptionally well as interns.
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2015 Apr 16
Guanlin Gao Receives Excellence in Teaching Award
Guanlin Gao was celebrated for receiving the Theodore C. Boyden Excellence in Teaching Economics Award during the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Honors Day at Georgia State University in March.
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2015 Apr 16
Nine Students Receive Field Placement Award
Field Placement awards recognize School of Social Work students who have, in the judgment of the school's faculty, gone above and beyond in their field placement while demonstrating initiative and creativity.
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2015 Apr 16
Jean Childs Young Fellowship
Four students were celebrated at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University for receiving this fellowship in 2014-2015. It was established by R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr., to honor the life and legacy of Jean Childs Young by providing fellowships for graduate students in the Andrew Young School.
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2015 Apr 16
Winners of the Robinson's Business Plan Competition
Berkley Baker, Executive MBA student at the Robinson College of Business, has won $20,000 at the college's Business Plan Competition to further his business in medical technology innovations. The second-place winner was Justin McLeod, a senior majoring in marketing, who garnered $10,000 for his Event Tent app, focused on event promotion and planning, joined by fellow students junior graphic design major Christopher Davis and senior computer science major Duvall Smith. Other finalists included The Atlanta Beltline Hostel Inc., and Goza Tequila LLC.
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2015 Apr 15