In the season of giving, UWG Honors students came together, donating nearly 400 pounds of food for the Carroll County Emergency Shelter, Inc.
“The Carroll County Emergency Shelter deeply appreciates the Honors College tremendous donation of food,” said Martha Boyce, executive director for Carroll County Emergency Shelter, Inc. “This food will provide a positive impact on our organization’s ability to provide three meals each day of the year for the women and children residing in our safe house for domestic violence victims.” Read more ...
XIDS 2002 is a great introductory class to the complete honors experience. In this class, concerns are being addressed and confronted. The class provides the support one finds comforting when dealing with other honors classes. One finds it easier to get to know other honors students as well as honors opportunities that will benefit any student. Being in this class is like dipping one’s feet into water: testing the temperature before being completely submerged in a new experience. Each student gets the opportunity to learn about the value/benefits of graduating from the honors college. Not only is this the opportunity to be submerged into a fountain of knowledge with the risk of drowning, this is the opportunity to dive! Being in the UWG Honors College is more than just signing up for classes with smart people. It’s about wanting to take responsibility and the challenge of learning, which is a great preparation for the “real-world.” Read more ...
Four University of West Georgia Honors students recently presented their research at the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference in Denver, Colorado. Senior Osayame Gaius-Obaseki even walked away with first place in the student poster competition award in the category of Arts and Humanities. Watch a video recap of UWG at NCHC here.
“The 2014 National Collegiate Honors Council Conference was a spectacular reminder of the intrinsic interdisciplinary nature of the UWG Honors College,” said Osayame. “I was honored to travel with a diverse cadre of students: a poet, a biologist, and a chemist. Being recognized for my computer science research over the past year encouraged me to continue that work. Moreover, I encourage all UWG students, especially those in the Honors College, to attend one conference before graduating. If I ruled the world, it would be a graduation requirement.” Read more ...
University of West Georgia Honors student Michelle Michael recently won first place in the oral presentation category at the Albany State Undergraduate Research Symposium in Albany, Georgia. Her research, titled Digital Media to Support Pre-Service Teachers’ Learning about Math Concepts, was first among five institutions statewide and a total of 16 oral presentations.
“This was my first time presenting research, so I was excited for the opportunity, yet nervous,” shared Michelle, a sophomore communications major from Sri Lanka. “I presented on integrating digital resources, especially videos, as online tools to ease the teaching of math concepts to education majors.” Read more ...
Nearly 300 faculty, staff, students and community members attended the public debate, UWG Debate versus iDebate Rwanda. The event, hosted by the University of West Georgia Honors College, was held on Thursday, October 9, 2014, in the Campus Center Ballroom. Following the debate, the Rwandan debate team engaged in a detailed question and answer session about Rwanda, post genocide.
“It was a fantastic evening, a unique showcase of the intellectual and rhetorical capabilities of UWG students and the international impact of UWG Debate,” said Dr. Michael Hester, dean of the Honors College and Transdisciplinary Programs and director of debate. Read more ...
This summer, Honors College senior Osayame Gaius-Obaseki had a once in a lifetime opportunity to work on a robotic system through the SURE Robotics program at Georgia Institute of Technology. SURE Robotics is an immersive, 10-week summer robotics research experience designed to attract students into graduate school in the fields of engineering and science.
Osayame successfully built a system that allowed a robot to create a trajectory for its arm based on the physics and mechanics principles. The goal was to help researchers simulate the grasping of objects in a 3D simulated environment. Read more ...
Not only did the Honors College show the iDebate Rwandan team Southern hospitality, they also provided them with the ultimate academic experience. Students had the opportunity to visit Dr. Michael Hester’s Honors Public Speaking course. During that time, the Rwandan students interacted with the UWG students in groups. Not only were the students impressed with Dr. Hester’s approach to teaching, but Jean Michel Habineza, international coordinator and debate coach, was so impressed that he wrote a blog titled The Teacher I Want to Become. Read more ...
University of West Georgia Advanced Academy students Maxwell Roberts and Thomas Spader were recently named 2015 National Merit semifinalists. The National Merit Scholarship Program, an academic competition for recognition and scholarships, offers more than $30 million in scholarships.
“We are thrilled to have these students at UWG and proud of their accomplishments,” says Dr. Michael Hester, UWG dean of the Honors College and Trans-disciplinary Programs. “Due to The Advanced Academy, high achieving students such as Max and Thomas are bringing national attention to our university.” Read more ...
The University of West Georgia Honors College recently welcomed 26 new students to its Advanced Academy of Georgia for the fall 2014 semester. The Advanced Academy, a program for high school - aged students, allows early entrance to college for high ability students interested in accelerating their academic careers.
“We are very pleased to welcome 26 new students to the Advanced Academy this fall,” says Adriana Stanley, director of the Advanced Academy. “Our new students are some of the best and brightest to join the West Georgia Academy family! Our students have come to campus ready to seek out research opportunities from marketing to chemistry and are already looking for ways to serve the community and engage in campus leadership.” Read more ...
Studying abroad can provide incredibly fulfilling, enjoyable, and view-expanding experiences, but “fulfilling” and “enjoyable” are adjectives that could describe a wide set of activities easily accomplished at home—minus the price tag, jet lag, and months of planning. Some level of apprehension is appropriate, because studying abroad is a complicated decision that you shouldn’t make without thinking ahead, and it implies making calculated decisions about what you would like to get out of your college experience. While many of the details that are essential in making this decision are dependent on factors like what program you’re enrolling in, how much income you have to spare for travel, and how much time and commitment you want to put into any given program, here I want to address some of the more generic reasons that studying abroad can prove to be a valuable experience. Read more ...
Honors College Dean Dr. Michael Hester presided over the 2014 Freshmen Transitions Orientation Convocation held on Sunday, August 24, 2014, in the UWG Coliseum for the largest freshmen class yet at the university.
The convocation, a ceremony in which new freshmen are welcomed in to the academic community of the university, included a welcome from SGA president Sandra Santiago and words of wisdom and encouragement from UWG alum and state representative Dusty Hightower. UWG’s President Kyle Marrero also gave words of encouragement and lead the students in the reciting of the West Georgia creed. Read more ...
The University of West Georgia Honors College is gearing up for the first ever Honors XIDS 2002 course. The course, titled What Do You Know About the Honors College, currently has more than 100 students enrolled, a first of its kind given the traditional enrollment cap of sixteen for Honors courses. The class, through lectures and experiential learning, will allow students to gain knowledge of the history of the Honors College, as well as an understanding of both undergraduate research and community engagement.
The class, taught by Dr. Michael Hester, dean of UWG’s Honors College, will include several guest lecturers to help students prepare for the required community engagement component to graduate with honors distinction. Read more ...
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