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Students, alumni, faculty and staff volunteered at Partners in Action for Healthy Living as part of GSU Cares Day on March 4, 2017. Volunteers performed numerous tasks involving gardening, mulching and decorating fence boards for the organization's honeybee area.

Students, alumni, faculty and staff volunteered at the Perimeter College Native Plant Botanical Garden at the Decatur Campus as part of GSU Cares Day on March 4, 2017. Volunteers worked to clean trails and perform gardening tasks, and also worked at the greenhouse.

Students, alumni, faculty and staff volunteered at Piedmont Park as part of GSU Cares Day on March 4, 2017. Volunteers performed landscaping tasks.

Students, alumni, faculty and staff volunteered at SNAP2IT as part of GSU Cares Day on March 4, 2017. Volunteers assisted with different projects at multiple locations, including cleaning, landscaping and interacting with animals.

Students, alumni, faculty and staff volunteered for Trees Atlanta as part of GSU Cares Day on March 4, 2017. Volunteers assisted in planting new seeds or trees.

Students, alumni, faculty and staff volunteered at Books for Africa as part of GSU Cares Day on March 4, 2017. Volunteers worked in the charity's warehouse to sort and pack books according to category and age level.

Georgia State students, alumni, faculty and staff volunteered for the Big Bethel Saturday School Academy as part of GSU Cares Day on March 4, 2017. Volunteers assisted children with reading and other homework.

Georgia State men's tennis senior Zackery Kennedy earned Sun Belt Co-Player of the Week honors, the league announced March 1, 2017.

Awardees must demonstrate a reporter's initiative and thoroughness in research and investigation, and the ability to convey the results to the reader.

Dissertation Library Travel Awards are offered once per semester. They are available to doctoral students in any discipline who require funding to travel to a museum, archive or library to complete dissertation research. Candidates must complete a comprehensive application to be eligible.

Sydney Cunningham placed first in both the Best Entertainment Feature and the Best Entertainment Story competitions of the Georgia College Press Association.

Dayne Francis placed first in the Best Editorial or Feature Photograph competition of Group II among student newspapers of the Georgia College Press Association.

Christina Maxouris garnered the first-place Best News Photograph Award for Group I among the student newspapers of the Georgia College Press Association.

The Best Special Event Reporter/Editor award at the Southeast Journalism Conference is judged on the submission of up to three news or features stories covering a single issue or event unique to a specific campus.

The Best News Graphic Designer Award at the Southeast Journalism Conference goes to a student who has been judged as having the best computer-generated artwork of a news or feature nature.

The Oby T. and Ann C. Brewer Scholarship is awarded to a full time student who is currently taking courses on the Newton Campus of Georgia State University's Perimeter College. Applicants must have a 2.0 GPA or higher.

Eight Perimeter College students received the Assistance League of Atlanta Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded to current Perimeter students who are U.S. citizens with at least a 2.5 GPA and who are active in the community.

The Sofia Romelia Castillo-Adamo scholarship is awarded to current Perimeter College students who are enrolled in at least 12 credit hours. Applicants must have at least a 3.0 grade point average or higher for consideration.

This scholarship was for current Perimeter College students who have completed at least two college-level math courses on the Decatur Campus. Applicants must have a 2.50 GPA or higher to be considered.

The College Journalist of the Year award at the Southeast Journalism Conference (SEJC) goes to the first-place winner of the conference's individual "Best of the South" student journalism competition, awarded in Feb. 2017.

To be eligible for the Dean's List, students must earn a 3.50 GPA for the semester and complete at least nine semester hours of academic credit with no incompletes.

Hundreds of students at Georgia State University's Perimeter College earned associate's degrees in December 2016.

To be eligible for the President's List, students must earn a 4.0 GPA for the semester and complete at least nine semester hours of academic credit with no incompletes.

More than 70 Georgia State University doctoral students received their degrees during the Fall 2016 semester, and were honored at a Ph.D. commencement and hooding ceremony on Dec. 15, 2016, at the Rialto Center for the Arts in Atlanta.

More than 600 students earned their master's degrees at Georgia State University's 102nd commencement, held Dec. 14, 2016 at the Georgia Dome.

Jessica Johnson earned a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions at Georgia State University's 102nd commencement, held Dec. 14, 2016 at the Georgia Dome.

More than 1,000 students earned bachelor's degrees at Georgia State University's 102nd commencement, held Dec. 14, 2016 at the Georgia Dome.

The Georgia State University College of Law conferred juris doctor (J.D.) degrees to more than 20 students during the Fall 2016 semester.

Renata Lillywhite, of Marietta, received an LL.M. degree from the Georgia State University College of Law during the Fall 2016 semester.

This public health PhD student co-authored an academic study on the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems among adults with mental health conditions.