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HSK Faculty Develop No-Cost HAP Library Guide
In 2021, five Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology faculty members received a $30,000 Affordable Learning Georgia Transformation grant targeting the Human Anatomy and Physiology (HAP) laboratory courses at Georgia Southern University. Team members included Diana Botnaru, M.D., Jody Langdon, Ph.D., Matthew Syno, M.S., Nicholas Siekirk, Ph.D., and Sam Wilson, Ph.D. HAP labs are two-semester […]
Interprofessional collaboration
This past November, Waters College of Health Professions (WCHP) faculty lead an hour-long workshop on how health professions faculty at Georgia Southern University developed and implemented interprofessional learning activities through the years at the International Society for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning conference in Kelowna, Canada. Shaunell McGee, MHA, Debra Hagerty, DNP, Yvonne Dillon, M.Ed., […]
Georgia Southern named a top school by EduMed.org
Georgia Southern University has been ranked one of the nation’s best schools for online healthcare degrees and certificates for 2023 by EduMed.org. Georgia Southern’s online nursing programs as well as the online Coaching Education program have earned top honors for their overall quality, affordability and commitment to student success. The online RN to BSN program ranked […]
New Mental Health and Wellness Room Opens
Faculty and staff in the Waters College of Health Professions (WCHP) now have access to a room specifically designed to create tranquility and peace in the workplace. In 2021, Tamerah Hunt, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology, was named to the inaugural group of Waters Professors and Waters Faculty Fellows […]
WCHP supports pop-up clinic offering free dental care
This past August, Savannah area citizens were provided free dental services at a pop-up clinic courtesy of the Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council. Remote Area Medical (RAM) held a free, two-day dental clinic for adults where services included oral health exams, oral cancer screenings, dental cleanings, dental fillings, dental extractions, dental x-rays and hearing […]