Georgia State University

Vanessa Hill and Amani Talwar are the 2019 recipients of the Dean's Graduate Student Award for Commitment to the Discipline.

This award is given to an undergraduate student or students with outstanding academic performance, demonstrated leadership and potential as a future dietetics professional.

The Robert H. Hankla Endowment Award provides support for senior undergraduate students majoring in Physics. Students considered for the award must be outstanding undergraduate students who are eligible to graduate during the academic year in which the award is given. The scholarship was created by the family of Robert H. Hankla in his honor. Dr. Hankla was an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy for 30 years, and assistant dean and director of graduate studies in the College of Arts and Sciences for 10 years.

The Margaret Ewing Endowment in Family Oral Histories provides a fellowship to a graduate student who is interested in pursuing research on family histories, preferably oral histories. This fund was created by William Pate (M.A., Communication, 1985) in memory of his cousin, Margaret Ewing, who had an interest in family history and studied the history of the Pate family.

The Wayne S. Kell Award for Academic Achievement is given to the senior who has achieved the highest scholastic average for all course work taken at Georgia State University.

This award, established in memory of James Ancil Lewis, honors his exemplary work in respiratory therapy: from his graduation in 1973 until his death in 1992. This award is given to a junior(s) in the program who exemplifies Mr. Lewis' characteristics of service to others, particularly in clinical work and direct patient care.

The George W. Beiswanger Endowed Award is awarded to an undergraduate major on the basis of overall academic excellence, including program GPA, overall GPA, undergraduate research projects, B.A. thesis work, and participation in academically-oriented departmental activities. The award was endowed by philosophy alum Kay Craigie in honor of Dr. Beiswanger, who was Professor of Philosophy at Georgia State from 1963 to 1970.

The Orbun Troy Moore III Undergraduate Ethics Essay Contest Award is given annually to an undergraduate student who submits the best essay in a contest sponsored by Georgia State University's Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics. The award was established with the generous support of Katherine B. Moore in loving memory of her son.

The Outstanding Health and Physical Education Undergraduate Student Award, given by Georgia State's College of Education & Human Development, recognizes a student for academic excellence and participation in the health and physical education undergraduate degree program.

The Outstanding Health and Physical Education Graduate Student Award, given by Georgia State's College of Education & Human Development, recognizes a student for academic excellence and participation in the health and physical education graduate degree program.

The Harry P. Hopkins Jr. Memorial Scholarship was established to honor the legacy of Dr. Harry P. Hokpins, Jr. and his interest in physical chemistry. The fund is to support scholarship in physical chemistry amongst graduate level students.

Clifvette Webb was selected as the 2018 recipient of the Georgia State Philosophy Department Arlene & Alvin Altman Endowment in Philosophy.

The Anne M. Eaton Endowed Scholarship, created in honor of Anne M. Eaton, a member of the first class of Georgia State University Gerontology graduates in 1977, is awarded annually to an outstanding Gerontology graduate student.

The Timothy Jon Bartness Memorial Award was established in memory of Dr. Timothy Jon Bartness (1953-2015) who joined the Biology faculty in 1988. Dr. Bartness was a Regents' Professor and founding director of the Center for Obesity Reversal. He was internationally celebrated for his research on obesity and metabolic physiology in addition to mentoring young scientists.

Matthew Delhey successfully defended his thesis to earn a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy in the fall of 2018. His thesis was titled "Machine Automation and the Critique of Abstract Labor in Hegel's Mature Social Theory." Delhey's thesis committee members were Dr. Sebastian Rand, Dr. Peter Lindsay, and Dr. Calvin Thomas. Delhey is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Toronto.

Georgia State University philosophy Student Jackson Barringer was selected as the 2018 winner of the George W. Beiswanger Award. This award is given to an undergraduate major on the basis of overall academic excellence in philosophy based on program GPA, overall GPA, undergraduate research projects, B.A. thesis work, and participation in academically-oriented departmental activities.

Georgia State Masters Student Paul Fryfogle successfully defended his Philosophy MA thesis, "The Fragility of Convergence: Public Reason, Political Liberalism and Stability" Paul's committee members were Dr. Christie Hartley, Dr. Andrew Jason Cohen, and Dr. Bill Edmundson.

lfeoluwa Afon was honored by Georgia State University with the Nell Hamilton Trotter Student Leadership Award, the highest student leadership award presented by the institution.

Jacinta McDonald, an Honors College student at Georgia State University who graduated during the summer of 2018, has been recognized with the Kell Award, given to the senior who has achieved the highest scholastic average for all course work taken at Georgia State.

Eliah Perez was recently honored by Georgia State University with the Kell Award, given to the senior who has achieved the highest scholastic average for all course work taken at Georgia State.

The Kell Award is given to the senior who has achieved the highest scholastic average for all course work taken at Georgia State.

This award, established in memory of James Ancil Lewis, honors his exemplary work in respiratory therapy: from his graduation in 1973 until his death in 1992. This award is given to a junior(s) in the program who exemplifies Mr. Lewis' characteristics of service to others, particularly in clinical work and direct patient care.

The Outstanding Nutrition Graduate Student Award recognizes a graduate student or students with outstanding academic performance and professional contributions.

An undergraduate student in the School of Public Health at Georgia State University has been awarded the Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award.

This award recognizes a graduating student or students with the highest GPA achieved in the respiratory therapy progam.

Georgia State University recognizes one outstanding Nutrition Coordinated Program student each year. Criteria for the award include academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, and potential as a future dietetics professional.

This award is given to an undergraduate student or students with outstanding academic performance, demonstrated leadership and potential as a future dietetics professional.

This award is given to an undergraduate student in the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions who has achieved a high level of academic excellence in the nutrition program.

This award is given to a Coordinated Program student who has displayed outstanding performance in the clinical setting.

The Kell Award is presented to students graduating from Georgia State University at the undergraduate level with the highest grade-point average for all course work taken at the university.