Faculty, staff, students, and community members convened on Saturday, April 11, at the Townsend Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate the 80th anniversary of UWG intercollegiate debate. The event, hosted by the University of West Georgia debate team, was an exhibition debate of UWG alumni debaters versus current UWG debaters on the topic, “Resolved: The United States should legalize marijuana.”
Cary Ichter ’81 and James Thomas ’05 argued the affirmative against UWG senior debaters Vanova Robles and Osayame Gaius. Read more ...
Since 1999, the colleges and disciplines of the University of West Georgia have spotlighted undergraduate research on what is known as Research Day. That celebration of scholarship and creativity culminates on Big Night, when the winners from each college or school are awarded for their stellar work before an audience of students, faculty, family, and community members.
During the 17th annual Research Day, undergraduate students from six colleges and seven divisions presented their faculty-sponsored research. The top three works from each division were then honored at the 2015 edition of Big Night, which took place on April 14 at the Campus Center. Read more ...
Every spring semester since 1964, the University of West Georgia has honored the achievements of students who strive for and achieve scholastic distinction. Known as the Academic Honors Convocation, this 51-year-old tradition takes place on what has come to be designated as Honors Day.
Recently, that tradition was once again upheld as family, friends, and faculty filled the main theater in UWG’s Townsend Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate the stellar academic achievements of the undergraduate students that form the UWG Honors College. Read more ...
What do NASA and NASCAR have in common? Plenty. Just ask Audrey Quartey-Lynch and Martina Smith, two students from the University of West Georgia’s UTeach program who recently led workshops at NASA’s Rockets 2 Racecars (R2R) event at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March. R2R is an event in collaboration with Jimmie Johnson Racing where science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) converge to teach the parallels between aerospace and racing science.
“NASCAR is the most attended sport; think Super Bowl every single weekend,” said Dr. Lester Morales, NASA–Kennedy Space Center education professional development specialist. “It is the only sport where you get to see engineering in action during the competition.” Read more ...
Prior to and throughout my 2 years as an undergraduate student at the University of West Georgia, the importance of student involvement has been heavily stressed. Getting involved on campus is the best way to establish relationships within the collegiate community. After a few test runs at different organizational events, my heart chose the policy debate team.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of UWG debate, and I couldn’t be more excited than to be a part of such a milestone. Becoming a member of the debate team is probably one of the best decisions I have made thus far in my scholastic career. Read more ...
The University of West Georgia’s debate team of Monique Hyman, a senior from Stockbridge, and Saleema Lee, a sophomore from Lawrenceville, became the first UWG team to win the Novice National Debate Championship.
“This is an amazing accomplishment, something our entire university can take great pride in,” said Dr. Michael Hester, director of UWG Debate and dean of the Honors College and Trans-disciplinary Programs. The team of Monique and Saleema achieved this feat with their unanimous decision victory over George Mason University at the 2015 American Debate Association held at the University of Georgia, March 13-15. Read more ...
The University of West Georgia debate team of Saleema Lee and Monique Hyman qualified as finalists in the novice division at the Southeastern Cross Examination Debate Association Regional District 6 Collegiate Policy Debate Tournament. The tournament, held at the University of West Georgia, included 11 universities and over 100 debaters.
The team managed to compile a 5-1 record, defeating teams from the University of Miami, Emory, Vanderbilt, and Florida State. Saleema, a sophomore majoring in pre-nursing, only joined UWG debate in fall 2014, making this her first time ever competing in a debate tournament on any level. Read more ...
Twenty-six University of West Georgia students’ research abstracts were recently accepted by the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Seventeen of the 26 students will travel with the Honors College to present their research at the conference, held on April 15-19 in Cherry, Washington.
“The Office of Undergraduate Research has been the secret ingredient to the success of our best students gaining acceptance into elite graduate programs,” said Michael Hester, dean of UWG Honors College. “By establishing themselves as scholars during their undergraduate years, these students are well-positioned for future greatness.” Read more ...
Three UWG Advanced Academy students were awarded “Best Overall” after creating the game Toast Cat at CodeDay Atlanta, the world’s largest series of educational programming marathons. The competition is a series of student programming events held worldwide that give students 24 hours to build a game or app with their group members.
Students Joseph Duda, Thomas Hightower, and Corey Wieser came up with the game idea based on the buttered cat paradox. “This paradox essentially states that cats always land on their feet and buttered toast always lands buttered side down, so if you strap buttered toast to a cats back in the right position and drop it, it can never touch the ground, creating perpetual motion,” said Joseph. Read more ...
“We are inevitably our brother's keeper because we are our brother's brother.” Those eternal words by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. provided the main question at the University of West Georgia’s sixth annual Dr. Martin Luther King program.
Themed “Are We One Another’s Keeper?,” the event, which was hosted by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion and Honors College and Advanced Academy, was organized to mark the 2015 MLK Day as well as celebrate and reiterate his legacy of equality and justice for all. UWG senior Jeremiah Morton, a member of the African American Male Initiative and Black Men Encouraging Success, emceed the program. Read more ...
Twenty of 38 Advanced Academy students earned a perfect grade point average for the Fall 2014 semester. The semester and cumulative GPA of the 38 students both totaled a 3.8. Another notable accomplishment is that 18 of the 38 students were able to maintain a 4.0 cumulative GPA after last semester’s impressive averages.
“By contributing collectively more than 600 credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 3.8, the Advanced Academy is playing a key role in UWG's accomplishment of its strategic plan and the goals set forth by the USG,” said Dr. Michael Hester, dean of UWG Honors College. “We are extremely proud of our academy students for their amazing academic performance.” Read more ...
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