Five faculty members named Meigs Professors for teaching excellence
April 9, 2021
The 2020-2021 Meigs professors are:
Joseph Goetz, professor of financial planning in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences
John Mativo, associate professor of career and information studies in the Mary Frances Early College of Education
Lori A. Ringhand, J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law in the School of Law
Jo Smith, associate professor of small animal internal medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine
Zachary Wood, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
“This year’s Meigs Professorship honorees are exemplary educators who engage students at all levels through innovative instruction and experiential learning,” said S. Jack Hu, the university’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. “They are committed to positioning their students for success, not only in the classroom but throughout their lives.”
Web-based tool seeks to fill health care workforce gaps
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C2-Health aims to have more qualified health care providers during pandemic
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By creating a web-based tool that individuals and employers can use to explore health care-related competency frameworks, self-identify skill gaps and find credentials and training, this project aims to serve the national need of increasing the capacity to have more qualified health care providers to address the challenges of COVID-19. This tool will help individuals identify health care areas where they have adjacent s
The U.S. News and World Report ranked many of the University of Georgiaâs graduate programs in the top 40 in the nation in 2021.
The U.S. News and World Report ranks colleges and graduate programs every year. They determine the academic quality of a school on factors such as faculty resources and graduation rates.
Several of UGAâs graduate programs rankings have risen in 2021 or have remained highly ranked. The Master of Business Administration program in Terry moved up four sports this year, from 37th to 33rd out of all U.S. universities, which is its highest ranking to date, according to UGA Today.
UGA diversity initiative includes dialogue training
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Faculty and staff program will help build supportive campus community.
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Based on recommendations issued by the Presidential Taskforce on Race, Ethnicity, and Community, a committee established by UGA President Jere W. Morehead in 2020, the university is implementing a pilot Reflective Structured Dialogue (RSD) training, beginning this year with two groups of UGA faculty and staff.
RSD builds the capacity of communities and organizations to engage, live and thrive despite their differences through a dialogue process that shifts the goal of conversation from problem solving to mutual understanding.
Children’s problem solving extends beyond the brain
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Study shows embodying the actions of a robot aids in computational thinking
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New research from the University of Georgia suggests that computational thinking in young children extends beyond the brain to include bodily movements and interactions with both people and tools in the environment to aid in effective problem solving.