Georgia State University

Julia Huprich is the 2019 recipient of the Outstanding Ph.D. Student in Learning Technologies Award.

Lashawnda Anderson is the 2019 recipient of the Outstanding Master's Student in Special Education Award.

Brandis Ansley is the 2019 recipient of the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Special Education Award.

Andre Chevalier Jr. won second place for his photography display titled "The Escape Room" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

The Laurie House Hopkins Scholarship in Global Studies was established by Georgia State alumna Laurie Eileen House to provide undergraduate scholarships to students in the Global Studies Institute of the College of Arts & Sciences. Recipients must meet the following criteria: be a 3rd or 4th year undergraduate student in the Global Studies Institute who has shown ability to overcome financial need and obstacles by hard work, not only academically, but often in off-term and/or part-time employment during school terms, have a demonstrated commitment to Georgia State University and the Global Studies Institute and a strong interest in international issues and becoming prepared for a career in the global marketplace, have a current overall minimum 3.0 GPA and have a demonstrated financial need as determined by the Georgia State University Office of Financial Aid.

Kamal Middlebrook is the 2019 recipient of the Outstanding Master's Student in Educational Psychology Award.

Kim Myers won second place for a poster presentation in Social & Behavioral Sciences and Humanities titled "Putting the Wolf Before the Plow: Why the First Domesticates Were So Much More Than Food" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Several students at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference won the Sustainability Award, presented by the university's Office of Sustainability for research focused on environmental protection and ecological problem-solving.

Donovan Giardina won second place for an oral presentation in Social & Behavioral Sciences titled "Local Policy Staffing" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Jeffery Yang won second place for a poster presentation in Natural Sciences titled "Creature Comforts, Convict Cichlids: Social Buffering in the Highly Social Amatitlania" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Richard Powers won the Provost Award and first place for his oral presentation in Social & Behavioral Sciences titled "A Study on the Integration of Refugees Through the Lenses of Time, Language and Institutional Navigation" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Umniah Al Bayati won the Provost Award and first place for a poster presentation in Social & Behavioral Sciences and Humanities titled "The Intersection of ISIS Video Production and Influencing Events" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Anne Jean won the Provost Award and first place for a poster presentation in Natural Sciences titled "Biophysical Analysis of the Heme Uptake Protein ChtA from Corynebacterium diptheriae" at the 2019 Georgia State State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Rachel Burke won second place for an oral presentation in humanities titled "Endangering Transgender Prisoner Rights with the Overhaul of PREA" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

The Barry Goldwater Scholarship is awarded each year to outstanding college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.

The Nell Hamilton Trotter Student Leadership Award recognizes an outstanding commitment to student involvement and is the highest student leadership award presented by Georgia State University.

This award recognizes the students who have made an outstanding contribution to the research efforts of the Department of Physical Therapy and who exhibit potential of becoming significant contributors to the field of physical therapy research.

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 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.

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.

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.

Membership in Sigma Theta Tau is an honor conferred on students in the baccalaureate and graduate programs who have demonstrated excellence in their nursing program. Georgia State University is home to the Epsilon Alpha Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society in Nursing.

The Ernest Fritz Memorial Field Camp Endowment provides annual scholarships to students enrolled in the summer geosciences field camp course who are in good academic standing.

The Allen and Eleanor Hollingsworth Scholarship is given in memory of Allen and Eleanor Hollingsworth by their family. This scholarship is presented to an outstanding entering or first-year master's degree student in the Gerontology program

Ariannah Kubli won first place for her oral presentation in humanities titled "The Lofty Sky: An Analysis of Leo Tolstoy's Influence on the Determinism of Stephen Crane's 'The Red Bade of Courage'" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Teodora Mitroi won second place for their oral presentation in Natural and Computational Sciences titled "Optimizing a Neural Behavior Model of the Sea Slug Melibe leonine" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Aaliya Ahmad won first place for her oral presentation in Natural and Computational Sciences titled "Sensory System of the Second Antenna of the American Lobster, Homarus americanus: Distribution of Sensilla and Expression of Receptor Proteins" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Douglas Tiller won first place for his musical performance titled "Performance Practice in Malcolm Arnold's 'Divertimento for Wind Trio'" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Brianna Cheek is the 2019 recipient of Georgia State University's Outstanding Sport Administration Graduate Student Award.

Nyopea Smith is the 2019 recipient of the Lorene C. Pilcher Scholarship.