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.
College of Education & Human Development Scholarship
Three students received the College of Education & Human Development Scholarship from Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development (CEHD) as part of its annual Scholars Celebration. This scholarship recognizes individuals with outstanding accomplishments in the CEHD. Undergraduate and graduate students who receive this scholarship must have completed at least 30 hours of coursework in the CEHD, be in good standing and show a pattern of department/program involvement or scholarship.
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2021 May 20
Georgia State University Graduate Student Receives Academic Award
Former Dean Lauren B. Adamson and her husband, Walter L. Adamson, established this scholarship for high achieving students who have not had the opportunity to travel abroad for study. The scholarship was established in honor of Lauren Adamson's mother, Teresa Nash Bernstein, a teacher, artist, and world traveler. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 May 20
Georgia State University Graduate Student Receives Academic Award
Georgia State University student Alesha Bond has received the Theresa Nash Bernstein Scholarship in International Travel. Bond, of Deer Park, N.Y., is a Ph.D. student in psychology in the College of Arts & Sciences. Former Dean Lauren B. Adamson and her husband, Walter L. Adamson, established this scholarship for high achieving students who have not had the opportunity to travel abroad for study. The scholarship was established in honor of Lauren Adamson's mother, Teresa Nash Bernstein, a teacher, artist, and world traveler. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 May 20
Georgia State University Graduate Student Receives Academic Recognition
This award is made annually to an outstanding graduate student in the Department of Psychology who has excelled in their professional development, teaching, and service. It is named for Richard Morrell, a talented clinical graduate student, who died tragically in an airplane crash in Africa in 2003. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 May 20
Georgia State University Graduate Student Receives Academic Recognition
Georgia State University student Michelle Fox has received the Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award in psychology. Fox, of Deerfield, IL, is a psychology Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 May 20
Georgia State University Graduate Student Receives Academic Recognition
This award is made annually to a graduate student who has shown outstanding development and ability in the use of statistics in psychology. It is named for Percival Rogers Bakeman (1882-1932), a graduate of Brown University, who was regarded as something of a polymath. He was a professor at Shanghai College, where he distinguished himself as the only American to lecture routinely in Chinese. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 May 20
John Warkentin Memorial Award
The John Warkentin Memorial Award is made annually to a graduate student showing outstanding potential in psychotherapy as well as financial need. John Warkentin was a psychiatrist in Atlanta who died in 1983. He and his wife, who was a clinical psychologist, were strong supporters of the psychotherapy program in the 1970s.
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2021 May 20
Department of Religious Studies Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Georgia State University student Leigh Holbrook has received the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award from the Department of Religious Studies.
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2021 May 20
Religious Studies Student Receives Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Georgia State University student Melvin Douglas has received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the Department of Religious Studies in recognition of academic achievement.
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2021 May 20
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
The Fulbright fellowship gives students an opportunity to immerse themselves in a host country's customs and culture while they conduct individually designed research projects or serve as English teaching assistants. Fellows in this competitive program receive grants that allow them to participate in a cultural exchange through interactions based in the classroom, home and community.
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2021 May 20
Dr. Colquitt L. "Buck" Chandler Jr. Memorial Scholarship
The Dr. Colquitt L. "Buck" Chandler Jr. Memorial Scholarship was established by the CLC Foundation in memory of Dr. Chandler, a successful Atlanta dentist, real estate investor, and philanthropist. The scholarship is awarded to Ph.D. candidates in the Department of Real Estate selected by a committee that includes the department chair.
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2021 May 20
Emerging Professional Development Schools Leaders Award
College of Education & Human Development doctoral student Quintin Bostic is one of two students across the country chosen for the National Association of Professional Development Schools (NAPDS) Emerging Professional Development Schools (PDS) Leaders Award.
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2021 May 18
Lewis College Graduate Research Conference People's Choice Award
The Lewis College Graduate Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First, second, third place and honorable mention are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.
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2021 May 18
Lewis College Graduate Research Conference 2nd Place
The Lewis College Graduate Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First, second, third place and honorable mention are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.
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2021 May 18
Lewis College Graduate Research Conference Honorable Mention Place
The Lewis College Graduate Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First and second place are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.
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2021 May 18
Lewis College Graduate Research Conference 1st Place
The Lewis College Graduate Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First and second place are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.
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2021 May 18
Alpha Eta National Honor Society in Health Professions
The Alpha Eta National Honor Society promotes and recognizes significant scholarship, leadership, and contributions to the allied health professions. Baccalaureate degree candidates who have maintained an overall GPA of 3.5 or better are eligible for induction. The Alpha Eta motto is "Together We Serve" to represent all of the allied health professions. Georgia State University became a founding member of Alpha Eta in March 1975.
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2021 May 13
Asa G. Hilliard, III Memorial Scholarship
L. Danie Marshall received the Asa G. Hilliard, III Memorial Scholarship from Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development as part of its annual Scholars Celebration. Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, III was a world-renowned Pan-Africanist educator, historian and psychologist whose work impacted people around the globe. This scholarship is given in recognition of leadership, engagement in urban education settings that has improved and demonstrates promise to continue improving the educational context and/or student development and learning in these settings.
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2021 May 13
Sara M. Hunt Clinical Excellence Award
The Sara M. Hunt Clinical Excellence Award is given to a Coordinated Program student who has displayed outstanding performance in the clinical setting.
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2021 May 13
Kay Chester Scholarship for Teachers in Training
Ebony Palmer-Floyd received the Kay Chester Scholarship for Teachers in Training from Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development as part of its annual Scholars Celebration. Established by Kay Chester, this scholarship supports a student pursuing a degree in teacher preparation who has the challenge of raising a family while furthering her education.
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2021 May 13
Georgia State University Student Awarded Scholarship
Georgia State University student Qariah Muhammad has been awarded The Lee Project Endowed Scholarship. Allison Webb created the Lee Project Scholarship in memory of Lee Lowery III, who was a sophomore at Georgia State University and graduated from Grady High School, where he was a scholar athlete. This scholarship is given to a high-achieving student who has overcome adversity to succeed academically.
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2021 May 13
David Jemel Holloman Memorial Scholarship
Amani Ashley received the David Jemel Holloman Memorial Scholarship from Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development (CEHD) as part of its annual Scholars Celebration. Darryl Holloman, a three-time Georgia State University alumnus and former dean of students at the university, established this scholarship in memory of his younger brother, David Jemel Holloman. This memorial scholarship is awarded to an exceptional undergraduate student in the CEHD majoring in early childhood and elementary education.
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2021 May 13
Robert L. Blaney and Joe C. White Scholarship
Ebonie Hughes received the Robert L. Blaney and Joe C. White Scholarship from Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development as part of its annual Scholars Celebration. This scholarship is presented to a master's candidate in the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education's urban accelerated certification and master's program who exhibits the potential for excellence in teaching, communicates well with others, translates theory into practice and has a sense of humor, characteristics which Blaney and White valued so highly.
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2021 May 13
Georgia State University Student Receives Religious Studies Scholarship
Georgia State University student Ashley Forgey has received the Religious Studies Endowed Scholarship. This endowed award was created by Religious Studies alumni to recognize outstanding scholarship and academic potential in an undergraduate major.
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2021 May 13
Educational Leadership Award
Kathryn Clements received the Educational Leadership Award from Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development as part of its annual Scholars Celebration. This award, established by Gloria Kittel, provides support to a student pursuing an M.Ed. in educational leadership.
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2021 May 13
Mary Helen Huggins Memorial Scholarship in Sport Administration
Taylor Buis and Bryant Hedgeman received the Mary Helen Huggins Memorial Scholarship in Sport Administration from Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development (CEHD) as part of its annual Scholars Celebration. Named for Mary Helen Huggins, the former Marketing Services Director for the Atlanta Braves and faculty member in the CEHD's Department of Kinesiology and Health, this award is presented to active graduate students in sport administration.
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2021 May 13
Joanne R. Nurss Endowed Scholarship in Life-Long Literacy
Ethan Tinh Trinh received the Joanne R. Nurss Endowed Scholarship in Life-Long Literacy from Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development as part of its annual Scholars Celebration. Joanne R. Nurss spent most of her career at Georgia State educating teachers and working in programs for young children, adult literacy and English language learners. She was directly responsible for the early establishment and success of the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education. This scholarship supports a graduate-level student who has a focus in life-long literacy.
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2021 May 13
Jeff and Debbie Rupp Endowed Scholarship in Exercise Science
Natalie Navarro received the Jeff and Debbie Rupp Endowed Scholarship in Exercise Science from Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development (CEHD) as part of its annual Scholars Celebration. Established by Jeff Rupp, associate professor in the CEHD's Department of Kinesiology and Health from 1985-2011, and Debbie Rupp, associate director of recreational programs from 1987-2010, this award is presented to a student in the Department of Kinesiology and Health's exercise science program.
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2021 May 13
Roslyn Hirsch Balbirer Memorial Scholarship
Andrew Corbett received the Roslyn Hirsch Balbirer Memorial Scholarship from Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development (CEHD) as part of its annual Scholars Celebration. This award is named for Roslyn Hirsch Balbirer, who was a passionate consumer of the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta and a dedicated advocate of the value and benefits of sport participation for people with a disability. It's given to a graduate student enrolled in the CEHD's Department of Kinesiology and Health who has a commitment to advancing opportunities in physical activity, sport for individuals with a disability, and who demonstrates the potential to advance the field of adapted physical activity or sport administration.
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2021 May 13
Dr. Cynthia Kuhlman and Dr. Wayne Sengstock Scholarship
Asim L. Narcisse-Williams received the Dr. Cynthia Kuhlman and Dr. Wayne Sengstock Scholarship from Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development as part of its annual Scholars Celebration. This award is named for Cynthia Kuhlman, CEHD alumnus and Advancement Council member, and Wayne Sengstock, a former special education professor at Georgia State who specialized in intellectual disabilities. It's presented to an exceptional student majoring in special education in the Department of Learning Sciences.
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2021 May 13