Georgia State University

More than 4,300 students received certificates and degrees across numerous disciplines of study, including undergraduate- and graduate-level certificates, and degrees at the associate's, bachelor's, master's, specialist and doctoral levels.

More than 4,300 students received certificates and degrees across numerous disciplines of study, including undergraduate- and graduate-level certificates, and degrees at the associate's, bachelor's, master's, specialist and doctoral levels.

Olive Masbayi was awarded a bachelor's degree in psychology, and an associate's degree from earlier completed coursework in health sciences, from Georgia State University in Atlanta during the week of May 8, 2017.

More than 70 students were awarded Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Georgia State University in Atlanta during the week of May 8, 2017.

More than 800 students were awarded master's degrees from Georgia State University in Atlanta during the week of May 8, 2017.

More than 4,300 students received certificates and degrees across numerous disciplines of study, including undergraduate- and graduate-level certificates, and degrees at the associate's, bachelor's, master's, specialist and doctoral levels.

More than 4,300 students received certificates and degrees across numerous disciplines of study, including undergraduate- and graduate-level certificates, and degrees at the associate's, bachelor's, master's, specialist and doctoral levels.

More than 4,300 students received certificates and degrees across numerous disciplines of study, including undergraduate- and graduate-level certificates, and degrees at the associate's, bachelor's, master's, specialist and doctoral levels.

More than 30 students received Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees from Georgia State University during the spring of 2017.

Ten Georgia State University nursing students were awarded a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in May 2017.

There was an insurance case study competition that Georgia State Students participated in. I was chosen along with two other students to represent Georgia State. Helping us on this task was the CNA insurance company. With 3 weeks of late nights and meetings both online and in person, we were successful with a win! We won a summer 2017 internship with Chubb and $500 each.

More than 2,000 students received bachelor's degrees from Georgia State University during the week of May 8, 2017.

More than 800 students received associate's degrees from Georgia State University during the week of May 8, 2017.

Victoria Nwobodo was named Cotterman Outstanding Student at the 2015 Robinson College of Business Honors Day Celebration. Each year, the Computer Information Systems Department honors the graduate student in the MS-CIS program with the most outstanding academic record. The award is named for William C. Cotterman, the first chairman of the CIS Department at Georgia State University.

Public Health graduate student Alexandria Patterson was selected to receive the school's Public Health Student Achievement Award in 2017.

The Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health was founded in 1924 to promote the graduate study of public health, which at the time was a new field. Delta Omega has more than 84 chapters worldwide and more than 15,000 members from the top echelons of graduate schools and programs of public health, as well as the public health community.

This award is presented to students who graduate with both a 3.5 overall grade point average and a 3.67 GPA in all nursing classes.

Members of the Georgia State University 1913 Society, students who are held to the highest standards and serve as ambassadors for the institution, were honored for excellence during the society's awards on May 3, 2017.

The Sigma Theta Tau Academic Achievement Award is presented annually by the group's Epsilon Alpha Chapter at Georgia State University to the graduating generic and registered nurse nursing student who has maintained the highest scholastic average upon completion of the baccalaureate program.

Students from Georgia State University's Perimeter College were honored for academic success and overall achievement during the college's Honors Day on April 21, 2017.

Corey C. Gray, a Georgia State University student and president of the university's Student Government Association, was presented a $10,000 scholarship from JC Penney and the Ellison Foundation during the Emerging 100 of Atlanta's Emerging Leaders Awards and Scholarship Gala on April 28, 2017.

Honors Day is an opportunity to celebrate academic success and recognize those who help make it possible. Perimeter College students in 18 disciplines were eligible for student academic honors. All academic honors recipients represent a decision by faculty about the student whose academic results and progress, other activities and pursuits, and overall attitude and engagement are truly outstanding in that specific discipline.

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.

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

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.