Category - Community

Azziz receives proclamation from mayor

            President Ricardo Azziz received a proclamation from Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis, Jr. on June 3rd, honoring both his leadership and continued contributions to the Augusta community. Azziz, who took over the...

GRU needs help tracking lasers

Environmental Health and Safety Division: Safety Corner   Mark Richards, Laser Safety Officer LASER is an acronym which stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. A laser produces an intense, highly directional beam of...

Park named to Commission on Medical Cannabis

Dr. Yong D. Park, Professor and Chair of Child Neurology at Georgia Regents University, was named May 15 to Governor Nathan Deal’s 11-member Commission on Medical Cannabis. Last month, Deal signed House Bill 1, which allows doctors to prescribe a...

Save the Date: Day of Service 2015

Mark your calendars now. GRU will hold its annual Day of Service on Saturday, Sept. 12. This serves as an opportunity for employees and students to give back to the community. Last year, more than 500 volunteers contributed their time and services...

Faculty honored at MCG Faculty Senate event

Dr. Walter J. Moore, Professor in the Department of Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and VA Affairs at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, is the medical college’s 2015 Outstanding Faculty...

Nurses Week: Blessing of the Hands

Chaplain Brennan Francois says a prayer with nurses at Georgia Regents Medical Center during one of many Blessing of the Hands ceremonies on National Nurses Day during National Nurses Week 2015. Hospital chaplains roam the hospital floors each year...

Employee Advisory Council presents Employee Awards

On a busy Friday that saw the groundbreaking of the new, 724-bed student housing complex, the State of the Medical College of Georgia address and the Presidential Farewell Ice Cream Social, the Employee Advisory Council held its inaugural Employee...

PPIF makes big impact in Pamplin College

Last August, the Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences received $76,000 to support the presentation and dissemination of faculty scholarship and creative works. Dubbed the “Pamplin Professional Impact Fund,” or “PPIF” for short...

MCG is at the top of its game, dean says

A new academic home; a 15 percent increase in medical school applicants; a record-in-recent-history number of seniors choosing the Medical College of Georgia and GRHealth for their residency training; an unprecedented amount of clinical growth; and...

Faculty and Staff Golf Tournament May 15

Get away from the office and enjoy GRU’s own Forest hills Golf Club! The annual Faculty and Staff Golf Tournament is May 15, from 9 AM – 5 PM. Spots are limited, and are $35 a person, which includes a round of golf and lunch. The format...

Presidential Farewell Ice Cream Social

It’s never easy to say goodbye, but it’s always a little better when you can say it with ice cream. So don’t miss this week’s Presidential Farewell Ice Cream Social. The classic ice cream social will feature vanilla and...

Allen leads nursing Shared Governance

Carla G. Allen, a Senior Staff Nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital of Georgia, has been named Chair of the Shared Governance Coordinating Council (SGCC).  Shared Governance in Nursing is a professional practice model...

Alumni speakers are out of this world

An evening with an Apollo 13 duo is one of several events that will make Georgia Regents University’s 2015 Alumni Weekend on April 23-26 an out-of-this-world experience. This year’s theme is All roads lead to home, but for NASA legends James Lovell...