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Georgia State University Program Helps Black Women Students in Computing

Georgia State University Program Helps Black Women Students in Computing

A new program at Georgia State University is helping Black women succeed in their computer science and computer information systems studies, and preparing them for employers eager to diversify the workforce in tech.

Anu Bourgeois, a professor in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Nannette Napier, a clinical professor in the Computer Information Systems Department in the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, collaborated to create the program called Reaching for Inclusion —Striving for Excellence (RISE) in Computing.

The RISE in Computing program aims to increase the number of Black women graduating with degrees in technical fields, providing better social mobility, career options and job security after graduation.

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Atiyah Kennedy Earns the Spring 2023 Nell Hamilton Trotter Student Leadership Award

Atiyah Kennedy Earns the Spring 2023 Nell Hamilton Trotter Student Leadership Award

The spring 2023 recipient of the Nell Hamilton Trotter Award is Atiyah Kennedy, an International Economics and Modern Languages major from Alexandria, Va.

The Nell Hamilton Trotter Student Leadership Award recognizes an outstanding commitment to student involvement and is the highest student leadership award presented by the university. For nearly 40 years, Nell Hamilton Trotter was a loyal member of the Georgia State University community. She was the first dean of women at Georgia State and served for many years as a dedicated faculty member. Dean Nell Hamilton Trotter personified the ideal qualities students, particularly student leaders, are expected to emulate.

Atiyah represents the highest ideals of leadership through her service to the community and desire to leave the world a better place. She has distinguished herself as a leader among her peers and a dedicated scholar. After graduation, she plans to work in corporate government affairs and possibly return to Georgia State for a master’s degree.

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Experiential, Project-based, and Interdisciplinary Learning Pilot Program Yields Promising Results, Valuable Student Experience

Experiential, Project-based, and Interdisciplinary Learning Pilot Program Yields Promising Results, Valuable Student Experience

A Georgia State University experiential, project-based, and interdisciplinary learning pilot program is yielding promising results for student achievement following its initial semesters.

The Experiential Project-based Interdisciplinary Curriculum (EPIC) program was launched in fall 2019 to provide first-year students an opportunity to learn by doing in long-term projects that begin in core curriculum/general education courses, such as English composition or introduction to American government (political science 1101).

A preliminary analysis of grade point averages and DFW rates show a statistically significant impact, with improved GPAs, as well as a moderating effect on DFWs, especially among first-generation college students.

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From Perimeter College to the Stars: Former Georgia State Student Works on NASA’s Program to Return to the Moon

From Perimeter College to the Stars: Former Georgia State Student Works on NASA’s Program to Return to the Moon

Kavya Manyapu is fulfilling a lifelong dream of working for NASA.

The former Georgia State University Perimeter College student — and now rocket scientist — has joined NASA’s Artemis program at Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Artemis aims to take the first woman to the moon by 2024, 55 years after Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong’s history-making landing.

Read more at the Georgia State University Magazine website by clicking the story link.

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Two Perimeter Students Named National Jack Kent Cooke Scholars

Two Perimeter Students Named National Jack Kent Cooke Scholars

Two Georgia State University Perimeter College students will receive one of the largest private scholarships in the country, the national Jack Kent Cooke (JKC) Foundation has announced.

Awa Cisse and Gideon Melvin have been awarded the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship to attend the four-year college or university of their choice.

The highly competitive scholarship, designed to help the nation’s top two-year college students seeking to complete their bachelor’s degrees at four-year institutions, provides each recipient up to $40,000 per year for up to three years.

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