Georgia State University

Megan Litumbe is this week's Sun Belt co-Player of the Week, the Sun Belt Conference announced May 2.

Georgia State students flexed their entrepreneurial muscles taking first, second, third and honorable mentions at a recent pitch competition hosted at Clayton State University. Kenneth Wright, led the way pitching his product KleanCollar, an innovative fashion accessory designed to keep your collared shirts from getting the dreaded dirt ring. Wright's pitch earned him a first place finish. Psychology Major and Entrepreneurship Minor Robert Hatcher took home second place pitching SoundCollide, a platform that allows musicians to collaborate together live and remotely. Hospitality graduate student Chris Walker placed third with a pitch for an original idea. ENI student, Nephthaly Leonidas rounded out the pack by earning honorable mentions for a pitch of the platform Social Square.

Student athletes were recognized at the Golden Panther Awards on April 18, 2017, for academic and athletic achievement.

The Be the Change contest, sponsored by the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, invites students to submit proposals in the form of a New Year's resolution describing how they would use the $1,000 grant awarded to make the world a better place.

The Hyatt Regency Atlanta Hospitality Scholarship was established through a collaboration between the hotel and the Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration in Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business, commemorating the hotel's 50th anniversary.

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

More than 70 students were recognized at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Honors Day on March 22, 2017.

More than 90 students were recognized during Honors Day festivities of the College of Education and Human Development, held April 19, 2017.

More than 300 students were honored at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business Honors Day at Georgia State University, held March 30, 2017.

Dylan Ruediger, a doctoral student and Provost Dissertation Fellow at the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgia State University, successfully Defends Ph.D. Dissertation this spring on Tributary Subjects: Affective Colonialism, Power, and The Process of Subjugation in Colonial Virginia, C. 1600 - C. 1740. His dissertation explores tributary relationships between Algonquin, Siouan, and Iroquoian Indians and English settlers in Virginia, placing the process of political subjection into the heart of narratives of dispossession.

Dylan Ruediger a Provost Dissertation Fellow earned his doctorate in Native American and early American History at Georgia State University in Spring 2017. He has accepted a position with the American Historical Association (AHA) as the coordinator for the Career Diversity for Historians initiative. The American Historical Association (AHA) was founded in 1884 to establish high professional standards for historical training and research. Today, the American Historical Association is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions. The AHA has become a trusted voice for history education, the professional work of historians, and the critical role of historical thinking in public life.

The Lewis School Graduate Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Lewis School Office of Research, provides graduate students in nursing, nutrition, 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 School Graduate Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Lewis School Office of Research, provides graduate students in nursing, nutrition, 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.

School of Public Health Ph.D. student J. Michael Bryan successfully defended his dissertation this spring on Bicycling for Transportation: Health and Destination.

A graduate student from the School of Public Health at Georgia State University presented their research during the 2017 Georgia Public Health Association Conference in Atlanta on April 11 and 12.

A graduate student from the School of Public Health at Georgia State University presented their research during the 2017 Georgia Public Health Association Conference in Atlanta on April 11 and 12.

Membership in Sigma Theta Tau is an honor conferred on students in baccalaureate and graduate programs who have demonstrated excellence in their nursing programs.

Five students of Georgia State University's Perimeter College received a $4,000 State Farm Scholarship. The scholarship is for students with at least a 3.0 GPA or higher.

David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are sponsored by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), a major federal initiative designed to build a broader and more qualified pool of U.S. citizens with foreign language and international skills. Boren Awards provide U.S. undergraduate and graduate students with resources and encouragement to acquire language skills and experience in countries critical to the future security and stability of our nation. In exchange for funding, Boren Award recipients agree to work in the federal government for a period of at least one year.

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions. The reputation of the GRFP follows recipients and often helps them become life-long leaders that contribute significantly to both scientific innovation and teaching. Past fellows include numerous Nobel Prize winners, U.S. Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, Google founder, Sergey Brin, and Freakonomics co-author, Steven Levitt.

More than 150 undergraduate and graduate students were recognized for scholarships, fellowships and awards during the Georgia State University College of Arts and Sciences Honors Night on Thursday, April 13, 2017.

School of Public Health Ph.D. student Matthew Jackson successfully defended his dissertation this spring on Gender Disparities in Receiving Diabetes-specific Healthcare Services

More than 155 undergraduate students presented their research at the Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference (GSURC) on Tuesday, April 11. Students from a wide variety of disciplines shared their findings through oral presentations, posters, artistic displays and performances.

Six graduate students in the College of Education & Human Development's Department of Counseling and Psychological Services have been named 2017 National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) Minority Fellows.

More than 155 undergraduate students presented their research at the Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference (GSURC) on Tuesday, April 11. Students from a wide variety of disciplines shared their findings through oral presentations, posters, artistic displays and musical performances.

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship is the largest private scholarship in the nation for students transferring from two-year community colleges to four-year institutions that award bachelor's degrees.

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

This award is given to a nutrition graduate student or students with outstanding academic performance and professional contributions.

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 in the program who exemplifies Mr. Lewis' characteristics of service to others, particularly in clinical work and direct patient care.

This award is given to graduating students with a grade point average of 4.0 in the Physical Therapy program.