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Valdosta State University

Students step outside to assist farmworkers

Mackenzie Waters of Newnan, Georgia, recently joined an 18-person Valdosta State University team to support Emory University School of Medicine’s 2024 South Georgia Farmworker Health Project in Lowndes County. It was one of her final hands-on learning experiences before she officially earned her Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy in late July.

While medical teams from Emory University, as well as Mercer University, cared for the patients’ bodies, dealing with everything from diseases of the skin and eyes to musculoskeletal issues and high blood pressure, the student-therapists from VSU cared for their minds.

Georgia College & State University
Students earn spots in State Department program

Junior nursing major Ama Kpoyizoun and sophomore management major Matthew Malena were two students of 500 from across the country to land a spot in the U.S. Department of States’s Critical Language Scholarship.

University of Georgia
McPhaul Center provides path to academic success

As a group of Athens students prepared to head off to different colleges across the Southeast, they paused to reflect on how their education began on the University of Georgia’s campus.

College of Coastal Georgia
Why Coastal Georgia’s X-ray program stands out

The College of Coastal Georgia has had a Radiological Technology Program for decades. However, in recent years, it is becoming known for its collaborative approach to hands-on learning and state-of-the-art technology.