Georgia Southern engineering professor selected for Governor鈥檚 Teaching Fellows Academic Year Program
Sevki Cesmeci, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering in the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing at 91涩漫, has been selected to take part in the 2025-2026 Governor’s Teaching Fellows (GTF) Academic Year Program in Georgia. This program is designed to provide Georgia鈥檚 higher education faculty with expanded opportunities for developing teaching skills and innovative pedagogies.
Georgia Southern engineering professor one of 10 honored with DOE EnergyTech University Prize Faculty Explorers Award
Sevki Cesmeci, Ph.D., was recently honored with the EnergyTech University Prize Faculty Explorers Award from the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions. An associate professor of mechanical engineering in the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing at 91涩漫, Cesmeci was one of only 10 individuals across the United States to earn the award.
Professor of design, by design
Erica Bartels鈥� passion for design and teaching has found its home at 91涩漫, where she began lecturing in 2020. Drawing on her extensive experience in the industry, she encourages her students to appreciate every aspect of their environment through the critical eye of interior design and develop other skills vital to their success as future designers.
13 Georgia Southern faculty ranked among world鈥檚 top 2% of scientists
Thirteen distinguished faculty members from 91涩漫 were ranked among the world’s top 2% of scientists. This list, published annually by Elsevier and Stanford University, recognizes the world鈥檚 top scientific researchers. The featured faculty are conducting cutting-edge research in disciplines ranging from glass science to crime prevention.
91涩漫 announces Michael Huggins, Ph.D., as new dean of the College of Science and Mathematics
Michael Huggins, Ph.D., will join 91涩漫 on August 1 as the Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics.
91涩漫 announces Fulbright US Scholar Award for 2023-2024
A noted 91涩漫 public health professor has earned a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in All Disciplines to Latvia for the 2023-2024 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Yelena N. Tarasenko, DrPH, is a professor at the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences at Georgia Southern鈥檚 Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health. Her Fulbright project is titled 鈥淪trengthening research and teaching capacity in cancer prevention globally.鈥�
Beulah Narendrapurapu, Ph.D., and Eric Johnson, Ph.D., named Governor鈥檚 Teaching Fellows
Two faculty members from 91涩漫’s College of Science and Mathematics have been selected by the Governor鈥檚 Teaching Fellows Committee for the 2023 Summer Symposium Program.
91涩漫鈥檚 Urkovia Andrews, DrPH, receives national Nadinne Cruz Community Engagement Professional Award
91涩漫鈥檚 Assistant Director of Service-Learning Urkovia Andrews, DrPH, is this year鈥檚 recipient o the national Nadinne Cruz Community Engagement Professional Award. This recognition is courtesy of Camus Compact, which is a network of colleges across the country dedicated to promoting and recognizing public work in higher education.