February 2025 Provost Notes

Courtney Bentley- Continuing and Professional Studies

Project Title: CIS Adult Literacy 2025

Sponsor: Baldwin County Board of Commissioners

Funded Amount: $15,000

Kevin Bucholtz/Jeanne Haslam- Other Academic Affairs

Project Title: FY’25 USG Success in STEM

Sponsor: University System of Georgia

Funded Amount: $25,000

The Flannery O'Connor Institute for The Humanities, in collaboration with University Advancement and Historic Museums, is excited to host events all Spring long to celebrate the centennial birthday of Flannery O'Connor. Some planned activities include book readings, workshops, Book Club meetings, artwork displays, and more. See the Flannery at 100 website for more events and details.

Academic Affairs Small Grants Program

• Application period: February 1-15, 2025 (by 5:00pm)
• Grant amount: Up to $5,000.00
• Recipients announced: March 11, 2025
• Award Lasts Until: November 1, 2025
• See the Program Call for Submissions for more information.

Community-Based Engaged Learning Grants

• Application period: February 1-15, 2025 (by 5:00pm)
• Grant amount: Up to $1,000.00
• Recipients announced: March 11, 2025
• Award Lasts Until: November 1, 2025
• See the Program Call for Submissions for more information.

Collaborative Research Grants Program

• Application period: February 1-15, 2025 (by 5:00pm)
• Grant amount: Up to $4,000.00
• Recipients announced: March 11, 2025
• Award Lasts Until: November 1, 2025
• See the Program Call for Submissions for more information.

The purpose of the Georgia College Provost Summer Research Fellows program is to provide additional support for faculty to disseminate their research, artistic work and/or teaching and learning scholarship in a peer-reviewed publication and/or juried context. The program allows faculty to finalize their scholarship or prepare a performance or exhibition. The goal is to increase the scholarly productivity of Georgia College & State University faculty by making additional resources (i.e., time) available. By increasing our dissemination of scholarship through peer-reviewed/juried outlets, GCSU will enhance its national reputation; and the higher education learning community will have an opportunity to learn about the exceptional work that is occurring at the university. Furthermore, this work also impacts students.

Congratulations to this year’s Summer Research Fellows!

Stephanie McClure, Professor, Government & Sociology, Title: Changing Campus Racial Composition: Explaining Durable Institutional Inequality

Jamie Downing, Associate Professor, Communication, Title: The Things We Knew: Pre-W W II Jewish Homiletics and the Refiguring of Narratives on American Innocence

Angela Queen, Assistant Professor, Nursing, Title: Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Administration for BSN Students and COVID-19 Fears Among College Students

Bruce Snyder, Associate Professor, Biological & Environmental Sciences, Title: New species of the millipede genus Cleidogona from the southern Appalachian Mountains

Andrea Christoff, Assistant Professor, Teacher Education, Title: Who are We? Exploring the spaces of Washington D.C. to (Re) think what it means to be an American

Ruben Yepes Munoz, Assistant Professor, Art, Title: Art, Covid-19, and Crisis in Latin America

Carrie Cook, Professor, Government & Sociology, Title: Predictive Validity of the South Carolina Domestic Violence Screening Assessment

GCSU will administer the National College Health Assessment starting Feb. 24 through Mar. 10. Students will receive a unique link in their Bobcats e-mail. NCHA data is a critical part of the QEP assessment plan and helps inform the services and programs provided on campus. How can faculty be involved? Remind your students during the administration dates to complete the survey or request a member of the QEP team to proctor the survey during your class! The proctor request form can be found here.

Dean of the College of Business & Technology Search Committee

Chair: Dr. Mandy Jarriel, Interim Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Director of The Graduate School

Search Committee Members:

Dr. Jeannie Pridmore, Chair of Information Systems and Computer Science

Dr. Chris Clark, Professor of Economics, Interim Associate Dean

Dr. Mary Rickard, Associate Professor of Marketing

Mr. Seth Walker, Vice President of University Advancement

Mrs. Angela Criscoe, Executive Director of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies

Mr. Jonathan Pope, COBT Leadership Board Member

Mrs. Susan Whittle, Administrative Assistant, Department of Accounting & Business Law

Dr. Nicholas Creel, Associate Professor of Business Law, Presiding Officer of University Senate, and Co-Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Dr. Scott Manley, Chair of Department of Management, Marketing, and Logistics

Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences Search Committee

Chair: Dr. Kevin Bucholtz, Associate Provost for Student Engagement and Academic Excellence

Search Committee Members:

Mr. Matthew Forrest, Interim Chair, Department of Art

Dr. Katie Simon, Associate Professor of English, Interim Director of the Flannery O’Connor Institute

Dr. Al Mead, Professor of Biology and Graduate Coordinator

Dr. Diana Young, Associate Professor of Psychology

Dr. Libby Murphy, Chair, Department of World Languages and Cultures

Mrs. Darla Pike, COAS Advancement Officer

Mr. Steve Skalko, Chair, COAS Leadership Board

Dr. Carrie Cook, Professor of Criminal Justice

Dr. Jennifer Goldsberry, Interim Director, School of Nursing and Associate Professor of Nursing

The Bobcat Trading Room and Bobcat Boardroom Open House will be held Thursday, February 20th, from 4:30-5:30pm in the entryway lobby of Atkinson Hall.