october 24 provost notes

Grants Awarded

Corey Claxton, DNP- School of Nursing, Macy's Grant, Macy's, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), $5,000.

Ernie Kaninjing, PhD, & Damian Francis, PhD- School of Health and Human Performance, The Inclusive Cancer Care Research Equity for Black Men Consortium Phase 2, Department of Defense, $880,128 (Year 1 of 4 / $239,553).

Rachel Pope, M.Ed., CHES- Office of Health Promotion- Safe and Sound- FY'25, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration & Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS), $9,539.

Sequena Stanton, MPA, Ed.S.- School of Continuing and Professional Studies, YES Program at Oak Hill Middle School, Georgia Department of Education, $350,000, and YES Program at Lakeview Academy, Georgia Department of Education, $350,000.

Academic Affairs Small Grant Award Recipients

Dr. Angela Walczyk

Biological and Environmental Sciences

$5,000 for Investigating How Whole Genome Duplication Shapes Cytogeographic Range Patterning in Oenothera suffrutescens (Onagraceae; scarlet beeblossom)

Dr. Nah Ray Han

Communication

$2,300 for Exploring Perceived Digital Crowding: Unpacking the Psychological Impact of Social Media Interactions

Mr. Austin Koch

Communication

$2,877 for “Untitled” Short Film Production Project

Community-based Engaged Learning Grants

Dr. Christine Mutiti

Biological and Environmental Sciences

$960 for Park Reclamation: Tackling an Invasive Species at the Oconee River Greenway in Milledgeville, GA

Dr. Whitney Heppner

Psychological Sciences

$920 for Applied Social and Positive Psychology (ASAPP)

Collaborative Research Grants

Drs. Thomas Frye and Eddie Thomas

Economics and Finance; Accounting and Business Law

$2,780 for How Auditor Competence Shapes Independence of Thought

Drs. Doug R. Oetter, Christine Mutiti, Jehan El-Jourbagy and Mrs. Lori Hamilton

Biological and Environmental Sciences; Accounting and Business Law; Office of Sustainability

$3,750 for Revisiting a Problem Practice: A 10-year Evaluation of Recycling Implementation at GCSU

Professional Leave application information and form

• If the professional leave application is approved at the chair level, the chair should provide workload coverage documentation to the dean via email.
• If the professional leave application is approved at the dean level, the dean should email the provost the workload coverage documents along with the dean’s cover letter to provost@gcsu.edu.

Applications for Institutional Student Scholarships Open December 2, 2024

This program is designed to provide uninterrupted time to support a current or in progress project for faculty to disseminate research, artistic work, and/or teaching and learning scholarship in a peer-reviewed publication and/or juried context. The goal is to increase the scholarly productivity of Georgia College & State University faculty and in turn increase the dissemination of this work. This opportunity allows faculty to share the research, creative work, and teaching and learning that is occurring at GCSU within the higher education learning community. For more information, please see the Program Guidelines and Program Application.

Applications due to department chair by November 27, 2024.

The Center for Teaching and Learning continues to host workshops as part of our series Liberal Arts in the Professions and Individual Wellbeing. You can register for each of the workshops by visiting the registration link below.

• Liberal Arts at the Intersection: A Roadmap for Creative Problem-Solving - October 16, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.
• Communication - Charting Your Course - October 31, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.
• Roadmap Wrap-Up – November 11, 2024 @ 1:00 p.m.

Hosted by the Office of Student Success and Career Development, this series will focus on developing and enhancing student success and retention at GCSU. Open to all faculty and staff, colleagues from every division are encouraged to join and contribute to these important conversations.

Upcoming Sessions:

Transforming Student Worker Positions into Valuable Internships: A Guide for Campus Departments

Facilitators: Christine Amezquita and Lauren Easom

Date/Time: October 22, 2024, at noon.

Location: Pat Peterson Education Room

Register here

First-Year Retention Data Overview and Student Panel

Facilitator: Sandra Terry

Date/Time: November 13, 2024, at noon.

Location: Pat Peterson Education Room

Register here

The Graduate Admissions office will launch its fall application fee waiver campaign, October 17 – November 1, 2024. The fee waiver will be available for all graduate programs.