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Nick GarrettStudents studying Medieval Literature and Medievalism learn to play a series of hand-made games to learn more about Anglo-Saxon culture.
StaffBy Ali Hale Now in its fourth year at Augusta University, the Summer LEADership Camp is a residential conference-style program open to 36 talented rising high school juniors and seniors. The Division of Enrollment and Student Affairs sponsors this...
Eric JohnsonIf you haven’t already replaced your old JagCard, you have until July 1 to avoid paying a replacement fee. If your JagCard looks like any of the versions displayed here, just bring your old JagCard to the JagCard office on your campus and the...
Danielle HarrisA recent Georgia Workforce Trend report from the Georgia Department of Labor shows medical and health service management jobs are on the rise, and Augusta University is meeting this growing need with its new Bachelor of Science in Health Services...
Denise ParrishWhen a child is diagnosed with cancer, it can be a parent’s worst nightmare. Though cancer in children is rare, with just below 10,500 children under age 15 diagnosed in 2016, according to the American Cancer Society, it still one of the most...
On any given day, about 1 in 25 hospital patients will have a healthcare-associated infection or HAI. Not only are these infections costly, but they can be deadly, so it’s vital that hospitals do all they can to protect patients and help...
A young woman became a first-time mom on Mother’s Day 2017. Candace Cordell gave birth to Brodie Alexander at 12:02 a.m., just after midnight on May 14th at Augusta University Medical Center. Cordell said she was originally due after Mother’s...
Chris CurryAugusta University Medical Center has been awarded the CEO Cancer Gold Standard for incorporating strategies in the workplace to help employees and their families reduce their risk of cancer. The medical center has been a Gold Standard healthy...
Toni BakerPeople potentially at risk for stroke are being recruited for a national study to determine whether intense medical management or interventions like surgery or stenting are best at reducing their risk. CREST-2, or the Carotid Revascularization and...
Retired Army veteran and College of Education graduate Jeremiah Butler overcame many challenges on his road to commencement, and WFXG shared the details of his academic journey in the news story below. WFXG: Navy Veteran’s journey to...
Brennan MeagherIn October, Augusta University hosted a beauty pageant and Dejah Johnson was crowned the first Miss Augusta University. The kinesiology student, track athlete and member of the Lumin Society, a student ambassador program, thought the pageant would...
On this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses scientists’ efforts to “re-train” myeloid-derived suppressor...
Augusta University’s six-word stories site has been updated. Now, you have more six-word stories to read, including several new “stories behind the stories” that illustrate just how great our colleagues really are. We could go on about it ourselves...
Multimedia journalists from two TV stations, News 12 NBC 26 and Fox 54, spent part of their Saturday at Lake Olmstead Stadium for the Augusta GreenJackets game against the Lexington Legends. AU Health teamed up with the GreenJackets to celebrate...
Augusta University Physician Assistant Program graduate D’Neka Colzie has been named this year’s winner of the university’s John F. Beard Award for Compassionate Care. The $40,000 award was presented to Colzie on May 11 during Augusta University’s...
Jazz great and Artist-In-Residence Wycliffe Gordon was the commencement speaker at Augusta University’s Spring 2017 commencement.
Our #AUGGRADS are ready for the next big adventure, but they took some time before commencement to tell us what they love about being Jags.
Check out this photo gallery from the AU Health Uniform Showcase on May 8 and 10 at the Lee Auditoria Center. More than 800 employees dropped in to browse the styles, colors and brands of uniforms and workwear during a first-of-its-kind Uniform...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottDr. Anna Sulimirski, a 2017 MCG graduate, is the winner of the United States Public Health Service’s 2017 Excellence in Public Health Award. The award was created by the USPHS to inspire medical students to commit themselves to public health and...
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month and a great time to remind you about the dangers of being out in the sun for too long. News 12 NBC 26 reporter Britney Craig interviewed Dr. Jigarkumar Parikh, with the Georgia Cancer Center, about what you can do...