Georgia State University

Among the most prestigious student organizations at Georgia State University, ambassadors with The 1913 Society, named for the year the university was founded, serve as hosts for high-profile events and ceremonies. Members maintain excellent grades and carry themselves with poise and professionalism at all times.

Charity Bundy is the 2024 recipient of the Jeff and Debbie Rupp Endowed Scholarship in Exercise Science.

Burcu Demir and Fang Yan are the 2024 recipients of the Joanne R. Nurss Endowed Scholarship in Life-Long Literacy.

Eight students have been awarded the Margaret A. Jones Scholarship, which is presented to elementary or middle school physical education students in honor of Margaret (Peg) Jones to recognize her extraordinary achievements in preservice and continuing education of physical education teachers.

Zaleaka Childs is the 2024 recipient of the Ann Dixon Demonet Early Childhood Special Education Endowed Award.

Michelle Vazquez is the 2024 recipient of the Mary Helen Huggins Memorial Scholarship.

Wellington DeLuna is the 2024 recipient of the Roslyn Hirsch Balbirer Memorial Scholarship.

Three students were named 2024 recipients of the Dr. Cynthia Kuhlman and Dr. Wayne Sengstock Scholarship.

Krista Sanders is the 2024 recipient of the Excellence in Mathematics Teaching Award.

Four students have been named 2024 recipients of the Glenn A. Vergason Scholarship for Special Education.

Patrick Akina is the 2024 recipient of the Jerry Robbins Endowed Scholarship in Mathematics.

Grace Howard is the 2024 recipient of the Bradford and Patricia Ferrer Scholarship in Education.

Sudie Nolan-Cassimatis is the 2024 recipient of the Bradford and Patricia Ferrer Scholarship in Middle Childhood Education.

Scott Cohen is the 2024 recipient of the Adell Street Adams Memorial Scholarship.

Shenelle Abraham-Ndiaye and Cheryll Thompson-Smith are the 2024 recipients of the Beverly J. Armento Endowed Doctoral Award.

Yessica Lozada Echeverria and Jennifer Williams are the 2024 recipients of the College of Education & Human Development's Vivian Ophelia Spence Perrimon Scholarship.

Aleksandra Krupina is the 2024 recipient of the JoAnna White Play Therapy Scholarship, which is given to a graduate student in good standing in the Department of Counseling and Psychological Services who is dedicated to the study and clinical practice of play therapy.

Providence Blalock is the 2024 recipient of the Kay Chester Scholarship for Teachers in Training, which supports a woman pursuing a degree in teacher preparation who has the challenge of raising a family while furthering her education.

Jordan Pearson is the 2024 recipient of the Felicia and Rodney Mayfield Scholarship, which recognizes a deserving undergraduate student in the College of Education & Human Development.

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 Reception. This scholarship recognizes individuals with outstanding accomplishments in the CEHD.

Caroline Bedingfield Rabalais is the 2024 recipient of the Asa G. Hilliard III Memorial Scholarship, which 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.

Instructional technology doctoral student Gozde Uzun co-authored a paper entitled, "Self-Regulation, Self-Efficacy and Fear of Failure Interactions with How Novices Use LLMs to Solve Programming Problems," which has been accepted for the Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Conference.

Communication sciences and disorders master's students Becky Hogan, Calia Howse and Claire Warner received GSHFoundation Scholarships from the Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation.

Educational psychology doctoral student Anne Lorio received a $1,000 award from the American Physical Therapy Association of Georgia (APTA Georgia) for her dissertation research.

Instructional technology doctoral student Kristin Hemingway has been selected for the American Institutes for Research's Pipeline Partnership Program.

Jacqueline Hernandez Castaneda and Ella Cohen received the David Jemel Holloman Memorial Scholarship at the college's 2024 Scholars Reception.

Three students received the Lorene C. Pilcher Scholarship at the College of Education & Human Development's 2024 Scholars Reception.

Twenty students received the Karen and George McCarty Scholarship at the college's 2024 Scholars Reception.

Twelve students received the Kenneth and Mary Matheny Professorship in Counseling and Psychology Scholarship at the college's 2024 Scholars Reception.

Doctoral students Roti Chakraborty and Alex Johnson were selected for the American Institutes for Research's Equity Initiative Fellowship.