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StaffFor the 2016 requirement, all University (Health Sciences and Summerville) employees will be assigned the following modules within the 2016 Annual Compliance -University Employees course. CARE Team Employee Handbook Review – Augusta University...
For the 2016 requirement, all Health System employees will be assigned the following modules within the 2016 Annual Compliance –Health System Employees course. Environmental Safety, Security, and Emergency Response Fraud, Waste, and Abuse...
“The Children’s Hospital of Georgia at Augusta University’s (CHOG) emergency department saw 18 patients last Halloween,” said Debi Deeder, pediatric trauma program manager at CHOG. “While we’re honored to serve the community with our pediatric...
Women who suffer from epilepsy — a neurological disorder marked by sudden, recurrent seizures that are associated with abnormal electrical activity — have a lot to consider. Those concerns range from the impact of hormones on seizures, choosing...
Dr. Alan Herline, Section Chief of Minimally Invasive and Digestive Diseases Surgery and Associate Director of the Digestive Health Center, talks about returning to Augusta and the benefits of working at an academic medical center. “I work at...
The following information regards the PTO Buyout program for medical center hired and leased employees. In accordance with the AU Medical Center PTO policy, all eligible employees, including leased employees, have the opportunity to be paid for a...
For university employees, open enrollment will begin Oct. 31 and continue through Nov. 11. University employees with questions are encouraged to attend one of the Employee Benefits Fairs, which will be held: Tuesday, Nov. 1 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Harold...
Nick GarrettAfter 14 months of non-stop election coverage, we’re probably all ready for a vacation. If so, International Education Week (IE Week), held from Oct. 31-Nov. 9, is the perfect opportunity to take one. A joint initiative between the U.S. Department...
Eric JohnsonDon’t miss the second of the year’s four planned LASER Talks on Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 6-8 p.m. at the J. Harold Harrison, M.D. Education Commons on the Health Sciences Campus. Hosted by the College of Allied Health Sciences, LASER Talks are...
Exhausted by constant election coverage? How about relieving some of that post-debate anxiety by voting for something a little less stressful? The annual Study Abroad/Away Photo Contest is currently underway over on the Augusta University Study...
Augusta University’s Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Social Work is celebrating 50 years of being a department on the Summerville Campus with a party from 4-6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21, in the JSAC Ballroom. According to Dr. Kim Davies...
Denise ParrishThe Board of Directors of MCG Health, Inc., doing business as AU Medical Center, will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia in first-floor conference room BT-1810. Other Medical Center committee meetings on Oct. 26...
Danielle HarrisIn the 25 years since Desert Storm, the percentage of female veterans living with conditions linked to Gulf War Illness (GWI) may have surpassed that of their male counterparts, said Steven Coughlin, associate professor in the Augusta University...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottDr. J. Harold Harrison, a 1948 graduate of the state’s public medical school and a renowned vascular surgeon, was posthumously honored as the recipient of the Jack A. Raines Humanitarian Award for 2016 during the Medical Association of Georgia’s...
Dr. Richard H. Jadick, a retired Marine Corps surgeon who is considered the Iraq War’s most decorated Navy doctor, will speak at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Jaguar Student Activities Center Ballroom on the Summerville Campus of Augusta...
From 11 a.m.—5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, Rural Sourcing, Inc. hosted Augusta Hackathon 2016, a web development competition where teams of college students competed against each other to fix bug errors and other web functions on an existing website...
Kicks 99 will host a Guitar Pull Ticket Stop on Augusta University’s Summerville Campus on Friday, Oct. 21 from noon-2 p.m. at the D. Douglas Bernard Jr. Amphitheatre. The show is sold out, but Kicks 99 will give a handful of lucky visitors a...
Brennan MeagherA tragedy brought Augusta University professor Dr. Melanie O’Meara together with her husband, Augusta University alumnus Lucas O’Meara, but it took Augusta University to give them a future. Read about their romance in “After the...
Dr. Margaret Kosal, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will visit the Department of Political Science on Oct. 24 and 25 to present “WMD Proliferation & Emerging Technology:...
Matt Toole, sculptor and performance artist, sat down the Jagwire team to discuss found-object sculpture, performance sculpture and the transformative power of fire. Toole’s exhibition, “Transformative Processes: The Sculptural Work of...