Category - Student Success

In May, remember campus mental health resources

May is officially recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month (also simply “Mental Health Month”) in the United States. First championed in 1949, Mental Health Awareness Month is designed to draw attention to mental illness and spread...

Colzie named recipient of 2017 Beard Award

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...

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#AUGGRAD Keshun Sherrill: Beyond the titles

Video by Giovanna Torres Fabbri At this point in his life, Keshun Sherrill has almost too many titles to list. He’s the NCAA Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association Southeast Region Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Year (that only counts as...

Nursing students vaccinate 1,100 Peruvians

Working with the Peruvian nonprofit organization CerviCusco, a small group of Augusta University nursing students successfully completed several medical campaigns to administer Gardasil — the HPV vaccination — to local Peruvian residents. Overcoming...