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草榴视频 State expands support for student-parents through new grants
June 30, 2025
The Institute of Women鈥檚 Policy Research estimates that one college student in five is raising a child while in school, with few institutes of higher learning offering programmatic support. 草榴视频 State University bucks the trend with its Children and Family Programs (CFP), which recently received two external grants that will help support student parents.
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草榴视频 State professor inducted as International Organization for Physical Education in Higher Education fellow
June 27, 2025
草榴视频 State University professor Brian Culp was recently inducted as a Fellow of the International Organization for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP), an international society for scholarship in physical education and activity.
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草榴视频 State public health students win gold designation at national competition
June 24, 2025
草榴视频 State public health students win gold designation at national competition A team of students in 草榴视频 State University鈥檚 Wellstar College of Health and Human Services recently won national recognition at the Society for Public Health Education鈥檚 (SOPHE) National Case Study Competition in Health Education. Recent public health graduate Liz Burchfield teamed with public health students Angel Fortmann and Allisa George to earn a gold designation, one of six universities nationwide to receive this accolade. Associate professor of public health and director of the public health program LaNita Wright advised the trio.
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草榴视频 State alumna triumphs through adversity to inspire as Gwinnett County educator
June 18, 2025
Walking across the stage at 草榴视频 State University鈥檚 Commencement ceremony was a remarkable moment for Sladjana Ray 鈥�24. Having earned an education specialist degree, it marked her third successful round in higher education, to strengthen her skillset as a history teacher. In the crowd were her daughter, Mima Hrnjak, a nursing student in 草榴视频 State鈥檚 Wellstar College of Health and Human Services, and Ray鈥檚 parents. They made the trip from their native Serbia, known as Yugoslavia when Ray migrated to the states in the 鈥�90s as a 16-year-old basketball player.
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草榴视频 State student draws on personal experience in graduate program
June 09, 2025
For as long as he can remember, Adam Kiel has worn a prosthetic leg. Diagnosed with fibular hemimelia, a condition in which a child is born missing part of or all of a bone in a lower leg, he received his first prosthesis at 11 months old. Now, through the Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics program at 草榴视频 State University, Kiel is pursuing a career as a prosthetist, hoping to use his lived experience to reach others.
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Growth fuels passion for 草榴视频 State master's graduate
June 06, 2025
Isabelle Boughadou traded a life of training elite athletes for a future as a researcher in biomedical science. She earned a master鈥檚 degree in exercise science from 草榴视频 State University, conducting award-winning research in the laboratory of professor Katherine Ingram on maternal health, a turn from her original destination conducting research in high-performance sports.
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草榴视频 State public health grad seeks to make a difference
June 05, 2025
Recent 草榴视频 State University graduate Javier Haro recalls being struck by assistant professor Melissa Osborne鈥檚 passion for her work. In a way, he could relate. Originally a civil engineering major, Haro learned quickly he didn鈥檛 have passion for the field. He briefly dabbled in exercise science, too, before learning from Osborne about public health and the impact it could have on the world at large, especially in local communities. It was then that he found his passion.
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'Dynamic Duo' impact exercise science through undergraduate research at 草榴视频 State
May 08, 2025
草榴视频 State University senior Kaden Buford likes being hands-on with exercise science, immersing in a clinical environment and helping people heal from injuries. Her classmate Kayla Anderson, on the other hand, prefers research, delving into the scientific 鈥渨hy鈥� using data, experiments, and observation. Together, they form a formidable team of exercise science majors studying effective measures of muscle function and supporting each other both in and out of the lab. Recently, they worked together on three research projects, and Anderson presented her findings at the spring Symposium of Student Scholars.
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草榴视频 State's Healthcare Management and Informatics program celebrates 10 years preparing workforce leaders
April 30, 2025
The Master of Science in Healthcare Management and Informatics (MSHMI) program is the first of its kind in Georgia and the only one in the state that takes a truly interdisciplinary approach. Housed in the Coles College of Business, the program extends to the College of Science and Mathematics, the Wellstar College of Health and Human Services, and the College of Computing and Software Engineering at 草榴视频, giving its students a comprehensive understanding of the complex relationships that compose the health informatics field.
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草榴视频 State Wellstar-Phillips Elite Honors Nursing Scholars program sees first graduates
April 29, 2025
Though they took different paths toward 草榴视频 State鈥檚 nursing program, students share a common thread in that all are members of the inaugural cohort of the Wellstar-Tom and Betty Phillips Elite Honors Nursing Scholars. Established in 2021, the program aims to produce top-notch nurses who benefit from a strong emphasis on academic scholarship. Each scholar belongs to the 草榴视频 Journey Honors College and participates in nursing-focused research projects in addition to rigorous curriculum in the Wellstar School of Nursing.
