Dr. Rhonda Armstrong has been appointed Chair of the Department of English and Foreign Languages in the Katherine Reese Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Armstrong, who served as interim department chair since 2015, has been...
Dr. Lance Hunter, assistant professor of political science, explains how fatal terrorist attacks can affect elections and voter turnout.
After spending his early life in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas; his high school days in Atlanta and his undergraduate years at Wake Forest, Curt LaFrance chose to get his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia, a choice that allowed him...
A 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...
The Office of Faculty Development and Teaching Excellence is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 Augusta University Teaching Excellence Awards. These new annual awards were instituted at the recommendation of the Office of Faculty...
The 2016 IGIVE fundraiser for Augusta University exceeded its $1 million goal for the second consecutive year. With the help of alumni, faculty, staff, donors, and community partners, the campaign raised $1,033,490 according to an announcement made...
Dr. Samir N. Khleif will step down as director of the Georgia Cancer Center. “I am grateful to Dr. Khleif for his leadership and wish him much future success,” said President Brooks A. Keel. “We have a talented group of clinical and research faculty...
The 2016 IGIVE fundraising campaign for Augusta University culminates Friday, Oct. 14, with the Augusta U Brew-N-Que event kicking off at 5:30 p.m. in the D. Douglas Barnard Jr. Amphitheatre on the Summerville Campus. This annual affair includes a...
A 2016 recipient of the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce’s “Top 10 in 10 Young Professionals to Watch” award has received another prestigious honor. Carlton Deese, Associate Director and Nursing Home Administrator at Georgia War Veterans Nursing...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta University’s Dr. Jedidiah Ballard was named the 2016 Ultimate Men’s Health Guy by Men’s Health magazine during this morning’s live broadcast of the NBC Today show. Editors were looking at a combination of overall health and...
An enthusiastic audience that included none other than President Brooks Keel, who even tweeted from his seat at the Lee Auditorium, enjoyed the initial “Noon Arts: Live at the Lee” concert on Wednesday, Oct. 5. The “Noon Arts: Live at...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Martha Tingen has been named to the research committee of the National Cancer Institute’s Community Oncology Research Program. The NCI community research program was established to develop an integrated national network tasked...
Augusta University Public Safety and the Office of Critical Events Preparedness and Response (CEPaR) will be hosting a series of open forums designed to provide information and prompt conversation on topics that concern an individual’s safety...
An estimated 65,000 undocumented students graduate from U.S. high schools each year, according to College Board. Although these children are given access a public school education through grade 12, many continue to face a host of financial and legal...
What is Title IX? As an employee, what’s my responsibility with Title IX? How does the university address complaints of sexual misconduct, like assault or harassment? Augusta University’s new Title IX coordinator addresses these questions and other...
With the IGIVE community campaign underway, President Brooks Keel shared his thoughts with The Augusta Chronicle about having the city’s support to reach our $1 million fundraising goal. Click the link below to view that article. The Augusta...
Anyone interested in learning more about government internships at the federal, state or local level is encouraged to attend an internship forum at noon on Monday, Oct. 3, in the JSAC Ballroom on the Summerville Campus. Sponsored by the Political...
With another successful Day of Service under our belts, let’s take a moment and enjoy a brief recap of some of the highlights.
Our cameras couldn’t be everywhere, but our university family pretty much was.
Finding the time for a mammogram can be challenging for busy women. However, a weekend mammogram might be your answer. October is national Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Breast Health Center at Augusta University is offering patients a chance...
Dr. Leslie Lesoon, a physician assistant in Augusta University’s department of neurosurgery, lost her daughter Natalie to suicide on Jan. 27, 2015. To help others who are struggling, Lesoon formed Natalie’s Light, an organization with the goal of...
