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From the U.S. to South Korea: Reading education student focuses on teacher collaboration
February 24, 2021In 2016, Angie Vernau, a teacher for over 20 years, moved with her family to Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Vernau’s husband was an active-duty soldier in the U.S. Army when they first married and lived in Augusta, Georgia. Vernau is a mother of three children and currently works as an…
TEDxUGA speaker dreams of helping students inside and outside of the classroom
February 16, 2021Darius Phelps began his education at the University of Georgia in fall 2011, completing a bachelor’s of science in human development and family science in 2015 and a master of education in middle grades education in 2019. Phelps is currently working on an Ed.S. in educational psychology with…
Educator pursues M.Ed. to foster passion, expand teaching strategies
January 28, 2021Currently, Chris Evans spends his time teaching life science to 7th grade students in Cumming, Georgia. Evans will complete a Master’s of Education in Middle Grades Education from the University of Georgia’s Mary Frances Early College of Education this fall. Fresh into his first year of teaching, Evans hopes…
UGA’s Master of Education in Reading Education ranked among Best Master’s Programs
January 22, 2021Best Value Schools has ranked the University of Georgia’s Mary Frances Early College of Education 12th in their Best Master’s in Education Degree Programs for its Master of Education in Reading Education for 2020. The Master of Education in Reading Education has a focus on new and…
With UGA online graduate certificate, professor seeks to better promote literacy and proficiency in his community
January 19, 2021Dustin Michael, an associate professor of English at Savannah State University, returned to school in 2019 to obtain an online Graduate Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at the University of Georgia. With this degree, he hopes to better serve and support international students…
New approach to anatomy class proves beneficial for students
January 12, 2021Puliyur S. MohanKumar, an anatomy professor at the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine also teaches in the online MS Comparative Biomedical Science program. In the wake of COVID-19, he knew that it would take a little creativity to maintain social distancing for students in his…
UGA Online professor leads study on the most reliable measures for pecan production
January 6, 2021Dr. Fanbin Kong, a professor for the Master of Food Technology, led a review conducted by the University of Georgia with doctoral candidates for the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Department of Food Science and Technology, Himanshu Prabhakar and Shruti Sharma, to identify scientific principles…
Online Science Education program steers alumna toward further degree
December 17, 2020DeJanna Pressley graduated from UGA’s Mary Frances Early College of Education with a Master’s of Education in Science Education in summer 2019. Currently, Pressley works as a 7th-grade middle school teacher in the Newton County School District. Because of her full-time employment status, the online…
Online Certificate helps a student confirm career aspiration
December 8, 2020Jessica Wolf earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia in geography with a minor in Spanish in 2016. After graduating, Wolf moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina to teach English and work for a technology company. To further her education, Wolf is currently pursuing the online Graduate…
Graduate Certificate of Gerontology teaches student about disaster management and more
December 3, 2020Christopher Russo worked as a Clinical Researcher studying Alzheimer’s and dementia in older adults. With the goal of protecting the health of the general public and focusing on emergency preparedness, Russo decided to pursue a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology online at the University of Georgia. In his decision…