
Learning community prepares grad students, postdocs for teaching roles
“One of the most valuable lessons I have gained from the program is the concept of building engagement through pedagogy,” says Shengshuai (Joshua) Shan, MD, PhD.
Augusta University plans to expand its animation program to include an additional 21 faculty members in the Department of Art and Design, which will make it possible to attract about 400 more animation students in the coming years.
“One of the most valuable lessons I have gained from the program is the concept of building engagement through pedagogy,” says Shengshuai (Joshua) Shan, MD, PhD.
“One of the most valuable lessons I have gained from the program is the concept of building engagement through pedagogy,” says Shengshuai (Joshua) Shan, MD, PhD.
“It was never a competition for us. We got a lot closer when we started nursing school. We decided to help each other succeed,” say Azalea and Frazhier Lagora.
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The annual event was held Sept. 7 on the Summerville Campus.
The book is designed for current instructors of public administration, political science and social science.
It is a key to life, but not every person living in Augusta has the same access to healthy food as their neighbors across the region.
For two weeks this summer, April Hartman, MD, the division chief of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia, and Melanie Kitchens O’Meara, PhD, an associate professor of performance studies in the Department of Art and Design, worked with members of Theatre AUG and local middle school students to teach them dramatic acting skills in order to become pediatric standardized patients for mock appointments with medical students.
Garrett Green, EdD, chief diversity officer at Augusta University, and AU alumnus David Bash, CEO of Get Up Productions, were selected for the Top 10 in 10 Young Professionals to Watch list.
“Knowing what legitimate research is and what’s not, especially in this political climate, it can be tough to tell,” said Stacie Pettit, PhD. “More can be done in them understanding how deep it goes and what you search for; you’re going to get things that are skewing your mind to what you already want to believe. I feel like that component can be deeper.”
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