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A Georgia Southern University professor and graduate were among the distinguished honorees at the recent 17th annual Regents’ Scholarship Gala that raised - Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern University President Kyle Marrero, Associate Professor Arpita Saha, and Lt. Gen. Leslie C. Smith A Georgia Southern University professor and graduate were among the distinguished honorees at the recent 17th annual Regents’ Scholarship Gala that raised more than $625,000 to support and provide need-based scholarships for University System of Georgia (USG) students across […]
Place-Based Pedagogy The following story is the first in a three-part series about projects currently being supported by the 2017 cycle of the Academic Innovation Accelerator. These projects already have made significant strides at OHIO. Each project is unique and made possible by many different teams of University individuals working together. by Emily Baxstrom June 2018 Jerry Miller, professor and associate director of undergraduate studies in the School of Communication Studies, first came up with the idea to bring place-based education to Ohio University in May 2017. He traveled to the...
August 2016 Dr. Raymond Frost, professor of management information systems at OHIO, has reinvented his classroom. By utilizing a teaching methodology called Team-Based Learning (TBL) that delivers highly interactive small-group learning, Frost has significantly improved student engagement and learning in his classes. As many teachers can attest to, student engagement and student learning are two of the most substantial challenges in the classroom. Frost would agree; he has been teaching for a total of 24 years, and until he implemented TBL into his courses at Ohio University, he faced these s...
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 Sci...