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GGC honors 5000th alumnus
Micah Seibel, ’17, has been recognized as Georgia Gwinnett College’s 5000th alumnus. A political science major, he now works as an operations assistant for Perimeter Community Improvement Districts. He hopes to someday work for the U.S. State Department. Here, Lori Buckheister, vice president for Advancement, presents Seibel with a commemorative plaque at a recent alumni mixer. The Alumni Association hosts events almost every month, as well as school-specific gatherings. Visit www.ggc.edu/alumni for more information.
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Georgia Gwinnett College’s School of Business has been accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Dr. Lior Burko, associate professor of physics, was recently selected as a 2018-2020 Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) Scholar, a prestigious program through the University of California - Santa Barbara.
Angela Gray, ’15, early childhood education, was recently named an Atlanta Journal-Constitution Celebrating Teachers Award honoree.
Dr. Semire Dikli, associate professor of English, Dr. Brian Etheridge, professor of history and director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, and Dr. Richard Rawls, professor of history, co-edited and published “Curriculum Internationalization and the Future of Education.” Through this book, faculty at GGC and elsewhere share experiences with curriculum internationalization and research.
Star Farrington, ’12, psychology, was selected by the Council on Social Work Education for its Minority Fellowship Program Youth Master’s Student program.
Dr. Bagie George, associate professor of biology and assistant dean in the GGC School of Science and Technology, has been named a recipient of the Felton Jenkins, Jr. Hall of Fame Faculty Award, the University System of Georgia’s highest faculty honor (see related story, page 8).
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