(BUSINESS WIRE)--Two Georgia students, Andrew Mirolli, 18, of Acworth and Tiffani Alexander, 13, of Covington, were honored in the nation’s capital last night for their outstanding volunteer work during the presentation of The 2011 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. The two young people – along with 100 other top youth volunteers from across the country – received $1,000 awards as well as personal congratulations from Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon at the 16th annual award ceremony and gala dinner reception, held at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
Drew and Tiffani were named the top high school and middle level youth volunteers in Georgia last February. In addition to their cash awards, they received engraved silver medallions and an all-expense-paid trip with their parents to Washington, D.C., for this week’s recognition events.
“The Prudential Spirit of Community honorees have seen problems in their communities and around the world and have taken action,” said Ms. Sarandon. “Their compassion to help others should give us all a lot of hope for the future.”
Drew, a senior at North Paulding High School, launched an educational and fund-raising campaign to fight poverty both locally and internationally, built around an annual “challenge week” during which teens in his community voluntarily experience poverty by living on $2 a day. Three years ago, while listening to a presentation about displaced students in Uganda, “I was personally asked, “How far would you go to help children with no voice?” said Drew. He took the question very seriously. Drew and two friends put away their cell phones and car keys, gathered firewood, and lived in the woods for five nights to see what it’s like to survive on $2 a day – the amount that 60 percent of the world lives on. “I experienced five days of headaches, an empty stomach growling, my mind not being able to concentrate, and a sore body from sleeping on the ground,” he said. Nevertheless, Drew and his friends still attended school every day, while collecting donations for a charity serving children in Uganda.
After the experience, Drew researched poverty in Georgia and, disturbed by what he found, was determined to raise money and awareness to fight poverty both at home and abroad. He formed a leadership team to help plan a second week of self-imposed poverty and fund-raising, and challenged all of the students in his school to take part. Drew and his team found homes to host “ChallengeWeek” participants, created registration and permission forms, shopped for food, and set up a nonprofit organization, Operation Poverty, and a website at www.operationpoverty.com. Forty-seven students signed up, and during the week, Drew coordinated an all-school assembly focusing on poverty in Uganda, and held class competitions for donations. Last year, 97 students from area high schools participated in the challenge and all schools throughout Paulding County collected 32,000 canned food items for a food pantry along with 750 articles of teen clothing. In addition, Drew and his team have raised $12,480, with half going to a local food pantry, and the other half helping to rebuild a girls’ dormitory in Uganda.
Tiffani, a member of the Rockdale County 4-H and a homeschooled eighth-grader, created and presided over a “bug club” for children through Prevent Child Abuse Rockdale (PCAR), a family strengthening and abuse prevention program offered at a local church. Tiffani has been volunteering with PCAR in the church’s nursery since sixth grade. “There were 197 substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect in Rockdale County in 2008,” Tiffani said. “I am appalled at the thought of children being abused. I volunteer with PCAR to help combat this vicious abuse.” While she enjoyed being a nursery helper, she wanted to do more. As a teen leader in her local 4-H club, Tiffani has always been interested in entomology. So she decided to share her knowledge and appreciation of bugs with the children at the center in a club she calls “Butterflies, Beetles, and Bees, Oh My!”
After receiving permission for her club, Tiffani had to spend about three hours a week planning and organizing lessons that were age appropriate for children from 6 to 12 years old. She also caught insects in her backyard to share with the children and brought her pet beetles, Jersey and Huron. Some of the club’s activities included designing butterflies to reflect the children’s personalities, creating pictures of insects out of seeds, and learning the process of insect metamorphosis. In addition to learning how bugs affect the world and how to stay safe around them, Tiffani also attempted to teach the children to be more sensitive to one another through their gentle handling of the insects. “It is very rewarding to give back to your community,” said Tiffani. “There is no pay or accolades, just the joy of knowing that you made a difference in someone else’s life.”
“Drew and Tiffani represent young Americans who have a strong sense of community and who are dedicated to improving our neighborhoods, our nation and our world,” said John R. Strangfeld, chairman and CEO of Prudential Financial, Inc. “With great anticipation, we look forward to their future achievements as they continue to spread the spirit of community.”
More than 29,000 young people participated in the 2011 awards program last fall through schools, Girl Scout councils, county 4-H organizations, American Red Cross chapters, YMCAs and affiliates of the Points of Light Institute’s HandsOn Network. The top middle level and high school applicants in each state were selected in February, and were flown to Washington this week with their parents for four days of special recognition events.
Conducted in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards were created 16 years ago by Prudential Financial to encourage youth volunteerism and to identify and reward young role models.
“The young women and men in America’s schools are nothing short of amazing, and nowhere is this more evident than amongst this year’s award recipients,” said NASSP President Jana Frieler. “They possess a keen intellect, servant hearts, capable leadership skills, and are filled with energy and ambition. NASSP and Prudential are honored to recognize them.”
More information about The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards and this year’s honorees can be found at http://spirit.prudential.com or www.nassp.org/spirit.
NASSP is the leading organization of and national voice for middle level and high school principals, assistant principals, and all school leaders from across the United States and more than 45 countries around the world. NASSP provides research-based professional development and resources, networking, and advocacy to build the capacity of middle level and high school leaders to continually improve student performance. Reflecting its longstanding commitment to student leadership development as well, NASSP administers the National Honor Society™, National Junior Honor Society®, National Elementary Honor Society®, and National Association of Student Councils®. For more information about NASSP, located in Reston, VA, visit www.nassp.org.
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UGA announces 2011 Georgia Science and Engineering Fair winners
Six-hundred-fifty Georgia middle and high school students won more than 400 awards at the 63rd Georgia Science and Engineering Fair hosted by the University of Georgia recently at the Classic Center in Athens. Prizes ranged from savings bonds and educational trips to an engraved geologist’s pick.
The highest honor, the Jackson Electric Membership Corporation Pinnacle Award, went to Spencer Wilson of Moultrie for his project “Construction of a Feasible Einstein-Szilard Refrigerated System.”
Four top students were selected to advance to the 2011Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles May 8-13. They are Raja Selvakumar, Alpharetta; Charles Ramey, Newton; Elliott Chung, Duluth; and Uchenna Anunobi, Conyers. Yash Mehta, Roswell, will attend as the Merial Biological ISEF Trip Observer.
Twenty-four other students selected directly from the State Affiliated Regional Fairs also will attend. These Georgia students will compete against winners from more than 1,600 high school students from all 50 states and 60countries, regions and territoriesto display their independent research.
In addition to the grand awards, entrants in the GSEF competed for prizes honoring best achievements in specific scientific areas. There were more than 100 special award donors from government, professional and educational organizations, colleges, universities, corporations and individual sponsors.
In other major prizes, Andy Kim, Athens, and Spencer Wilson, Colquitt County, were selected to represent Georgia at the 2011 National Youth Science Camp June 30-July 24 in West Virginia.
The Junior Division Student Choice Awards were new this year. Winners were selected by their sixth through eighth-grade peers.
The awards included Students’ Choice, received by Kyanna Simone Simpson, Chapel Hill Middle School. The I Never Would Have Thought of That Award was received by Austin Hyder and Trevor Ruhl, Carver Road Middle School, for “Electromagnetism of Nonmagnetic Metals Prove Lenz’s Law.” The Grossest Project Award was received by Akira Stobaeus, St. Francis Xavier School, for his project “Effectiveness of Two Different Dewormers in a Goat Population.”
Exhibits in the fair included projects in 17 categories, including animal behavior, biochemistry, engineering, physics and astronomy. Participants earned the opportunity to compete in the state fair by winning first or second place in their category in one of the 21 affiliated regional fairs.
More than 200 volunteer judges from the University System of Georgia, other institutions, contributing organizations and industry judged the projects on scientific merit and process, engineering goals, and presentation. Joe Hughes of Georgia Institute of Technology served as judging chairperson, supervising three tiers of judges.
Donors who presented awards included Christopher Hovorka with the Applied Prosthetics and Orthotics Award, Kay Parks of Jackson EMC, and Antonio Figueras with the National Aeronautics and Space Awards.
UGA has coordinated the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair since 1948. It is made possible by the support of the Jackson Electric Membership Corporation, Merial Inc., the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Georgia Institute of Technology and dozens of other Georgia corporations and businesses.
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The highest honor, the Jackson Electric Membership Corporation Pinnacle Award, went to Spencer Wilson of Moultrie for his project “Construction of a Feasible Einstein-Szilard Refrigerated System.”
Four top students were selected to advance to the 2011Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles May 8-13. They are Raja Selvakumar, Alpharetta; Charles Ramey, Newton; Elliott Chung, Duluth; and Uchenna Anunobi, Conyers. Yash Mehta, Roswell, will attend as the Merial Biological ISEF Trip Observer.
Twenty-four other students selected directly from the State Affiliated Regional Fairs also will attend. These Georgia students will compete against winners from more than 1,600 high school students from all 50 states and 60countries, regions and territoriesto display their independent research.
In addition to the grand awards, entrants in the GSEF competed for prizes honoring best achievements in specific scientific areas. There were more than 100 special award donors from government, professional and educational organizations, colleges, universities, corporations and individual sponsors.
In other major prizes, Andy Kim, Athens, and Spencer Wilson, Colquitt County, were selected to represent Georgia at the 2011 National Youth Science Camp June 30-July 24 in West Virginia.
The Junior Division Student Choice Awards were new this year. Winners were selected by their sixth through eighth-grade peers.
The awards included Students’ Choice, received by Kyanna Simone Simpson, Chapel Hill Middle School. The I Never Would Have Thought of That Award was received by Austin Hyder and Trevor Ruhl, Carver Road Middle School, for “Electromagnetism of Nonmagnetic Metals Prove Lenz’s Law.” The Grossest Project Award was received by Akira Stobaeus, St. Francis Xavier School, for his project “Effectiveness of Two Different Dewormers in a Goat Population.”
Exhibits in the fair included projects in 17 categories, including animal behavior, biochemistry, engineering, physics and astronomy. Participants earned the opportunity to compete in the state fair by winning first or second place in their category in one of the 21 affiliated regional fairs.
More than 200 volunteer judges from the University System of Georgia, other institutions, contributing organizations and industry judged the projects on scientific merit and process, engineering goals, and presentation. Joe Hughes of Georgia Institute of Technology served as judging chairperson, supervising three tiers of judges.
Donors who presented awards included Christopher Hovorka with the Applied Prosthetics and Orthotics Award, Kay Parks of Jackson EMC, and Antonio Figueras with the National Aeronautics and Space Awards.
UGA has coordinated the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair since 1948. It is made possible by the support of the Jackson Electric Membership Corporation, Merial Inc., the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Georgia Institute of Technology and dozens of other Georgia corporations and businesses.
| Award | County | Student |
| Outstanding Sustainability Project Award | Baldwin | Kenneth Mcgill |
| Stockholm Junior Water Prize Regional Award - 1st Place Senior Div. | Baldwin | Kenneth Mcgill |
| Inspiring Excellence Award - Student | Baldwin | Geovic Jadol |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Barrow | Brooke Oxley |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Barrow | Charley Denmark |
| H. O. Lund Entomology Club Award 1st Place Senior | Bibb | Carolyn Krauss |
| American Association For Clinical Chemistry Se Region Award Junior Div. | Bibb | Kyrie Hugdahl |
| Ga. Academy of Aviation, Math, Engineering & Science Student of Promise, Junior Div. | Bibb | Kyrie Hugdahl |
| Regional Fair Director Honors Award Senior Div. | Brooks | Sunnie Dee Wynn |
| Merial Biotechnology Award 2nd Place Senior | Bulloch | Supriya Immaneni |
| National Association Of Biology Teachers Award Senior Div. | Bulloch | Supriya Immaneni |
| UGA Microbiology Department Award Junior Div. | Butts | Brianna Deraney |
| Ga. Microscopical Society Lucy B Mccrone Student Science Award Junior Div. | Camden | Irina Rochon |
| UGA Microbiology Department Award Senior Div. | Carroll | Jonathan Zot |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Chatham | Allen Charles Williams |
| National Aeronautics And Space Administration Award Junior Div. | Chatham | Allen Charles Williams |
| UGA Geology Department Award | Chatham | Grace Darling |
| American Meteorological Society Award | Chatham | Eric Lau |
| U.S. Air Force Achievement Award | Chatham | Eric Lau |
| U.S. Navy And U.S. Marine Corps Award - Senior Div. | Chatham | Eric Lau |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Chatham | Eric Lau |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Chatham | Eric Lau |
| U.S. Metric Association Award | Chatham | Grant Shillington |
| American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Award 2nd Place Junior | Cherokee | Cameron Buice |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Junior Div. | Cherokee | Cameron Buice |
| Georgia Veterinary Medical Auxiliary Award | Cherokee | Kate Haruch |
| National Association Of Biology Teachers Award Junior Div. | Cherokee | Kate Haruch |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Cherokee | Yash Mehta |
| Merial Biological Isef Trip Observer Award | Cherokee | Yash Mehta |
| UGA Crop & Soil Sciences Department Agronomics Award Senior Div. | Cherokee | Mary Margaret Penniman |
| National Youth Science Camp Award | Clarke | Andrew Kim |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Clarke | Andrew Kim |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Clarke | Andrew Kim |
| American Water Works Association Georgia Section Award 1st Place Junior | Clarke | Evan Newman Marco Newman |
| UGA Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources Award Junior Div. | Clarke | Evan Newman Marco Newman |
| UGA Biomedical Health And Sciences Institute Award Junior Div. | Clarke | Angelina Choi |
| U.S. Navy And U.S. Marine Corps Award - Junior Div. | Clarke | Serena Mon |
| Inspiring Excellence Award - Student | Clayton | Quang Phuc Kieu N. |
| UGA Mathematics Department Award Junior Div. | Clayton | Quang Phuc Kieu N. |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Clayton | Emmanuel Ojo-Osagie |
| National Aeronautics And Space Administration Award Senior Div. | Cobb | Samantha Daigle |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Cobb | Caroline Poston |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Cobb | Praveen Doluweera |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Cobb | Connor Barre |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Cobb | Charles Sexton |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Cobb | James Sexton |
| UGA Crop & Soil Sciences Department Agronomics Award Junior Div. | Cobb | James Sexton |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Junior Div. | Cobb | James Sexton |
| Georgia Engineering Foundation Award Senior Div. | Colquitt | Spencer Wilson |
| National Youth Science Camp Award | Colquitt | Spencer Wilson |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Colquitt | Spencer Wilson |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Colquitt | Spencer Wilson |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair/Jackson Emc Pinnacle Award | Colquitt | Spencer Wilson |
| Stockholm Junior Water Prize Regional Award - 2nd Place Senior Div. | Colquitt | Stephen Bozeman |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Colquitt | Jacob Lynch |
| Inspiring Excellence Award - Student | Colquitt | Jacob Lynch |
| Inspiring Excellence Award - Student | Coweta | Charles Ramey |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Senior Div. | Coweta | Charles Ramey |
| U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Award - Senior Div. | Coweta | Charles Ramey |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Senior Div. | Coweta | Charles Ramey |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair/Jackson Emc Isef Trip | Coweta | Charles Ramey |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Coweta | Charles Ramey |
| Inspiring Excellence Award - Teacher | Coweta | Warren Bernard |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Senior Div. | DeKalb | Jessica Simon |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Senior Div. | DeKalb | Stephen Woolfitt |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | DeKalb | Aomeng Cui |
| U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Award - Junior Div. | DeKalb | Kyanna Simone Simpson |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | DeKalb | Kyanna Simone Simpson |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Student Choice Award | DeKalb | Kyanna Simone Simpson |
| Georgia Biogeneius Challenge Award Alternate | DeKalb | Kathleen Dinapoli |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service Award of Excellence Senior Div. | DeKalb | Kathleen Dinapoli |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Senior Div. | DeKalb | Kathleen Dinapoli |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | DeKalb | Brian Song |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | DeKalb | Conner Reinhardt |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | DeKalb | Conner Reinhardt |
| Advanced Academy of Georgia - Science/Creativity Award Junior Div. | DeKalb | Jonathan Yaeger |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | DeKalb | Jonathan Yaeger |
| U.S. Navy And U.S. Marine Corps Award - Junior Div. | DeKalb | Jonathan Yaeger |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | DeKalb | Jonathan Yaeger |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | DeKalb | Sang-Chan Kim |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | DeKalb | Sang-Chan Kim |
| Advanced Academy of Georgia - Science/Creativity Award Senior Div. | DeKalb | Joshua Traynelis |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Senior Div. | DeKalb | Joshua Traynelis |
| Association of Women Geoscientists Award | DeKalb | Mallory Larson |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | DeKalb | William Moise |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Junior Div. | DeKalb | Alix Valcin Iii |
| UGA Artificial Intelligence Institute Award Junior Div. | Dougherty | Steven Feng |
| UGA Computer Science Department Award Junior Div. | Dougherty | Steven Feng |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | Dougherty | Steven Feng |
| Sapps Award For Excellence in Botany 1st Place Senior | Fayette | Omar Martinez-Uribe |
| UGA Physics & Astronomy Department Award Junior Div. | Fayette | Matthew Harmon |
| U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Award - Junior Div. | Fayette | Matthew Harmon |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Fayette | Nicholas Powell |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | Fayette | Jonathan Ciecka |
| Inspiring Excellence Award - Student | Fayette | Tommy Erbe Drew Halbert |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service Award of Excellence Junior Div. | Forsyth | Gabriel Shook |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Forsyth | Samantha Hudock |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | Forsyth | Samantha Hudock |
| Regional Fair Director Honors Award Junior Div. | Forsyth | Trent Wagner Zachary Williams |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Ananth Punyala |
| Georgia Microscopical Society Walter C Mccrone Student Science Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Keith Jones |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Jason Lathbury |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Zoe Schneider |
| Georgia Biogeneius Challenge Award | Fulton | Jessica Allison |
| Sapps Award For Excellence in Botany 2nd Place Senior | Fulton | Jessica Allison |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Anirudh Tadanki |
| Spie - International Soceity for Optical Engineering Award 3rd Place | Fulton | Anirudh Tadanki |
| Agricultural Research Service Award for Excellence in Ag Science Senior Div. | Fulton | Raja Selvakumar |
| Georgia Biogeneius Challenge Award | Fulton | Raja Selvakumar |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Raja Selvakumar |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair/Jackson Emc Isef Trip | Fulton | Raja Selvakumar |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Fulton | Raja Selvakumar |
| Spie - International Society For Optical Engineering Award 2nd Place | Fulton | Samuel Eppstein |
| American Meteorological Society Award | Fulton | Ja’sharee Bush |
| American Water Works Association Georgia Section Award 1st Place Senior | Fulton | Julia Abelsky |
| Broad River Watershed Association Award | Fulton | Julia Abelsky |
| UGA Eco-Reach Environmental Achievement Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Julia Abelsky |
| American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Award 1st Place Senior | Fulton | Anthony Chen Siva Movva |
| Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Atlanta Chapter Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Anand Srinivasan |
| Prosthetics and Orthotics Wearable Technology Award | Fulton | Anand Srinivasan |
| UGA Artificial Intelligence Institute Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Anand Srinivasan |
| U.S. Air Force Achievement Award | Fulton | Anand Srinivasan |
| Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Atlanta Chapter Award Faculty Sponsored | Fulton | Megan Nettuno |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Junior Div. | Fulton | Nicole Izmaylov |
| American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Award 2nd Place Senior | Fulton Gwinnett | Kirill Psarev Brandon Whitlatch |
| American Chemical Society Georgia Section Award 2nd Place Senior | Futon | Raja Selvakumar |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Glynn | Jason Michael Bennett Jr. |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair “Grossest Project” Award | Glynn | Akira Stobaeus |
| UGA Foundation Scholarship Award | Gordon | Hunter Pruitt |
| UGA Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources Award Senior Div. | Gordon | Hunter Pruitt |
| American Association for Clinical Chemistry Se Region Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Vivek Patel |
| UGA Cellular Biology Department Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Vivek Patel |
| U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Award - Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Vivek Patel |
| UGA Cellular Biology Department Award Junior Div. | Gwinnett | Andrew Ford |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Gwinnett | Elliott Chung |
| UGA Foundation Scholarship Award | Gwinnett | Shawn Albert |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Shawn Albert |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Gwinnett | Amanda Mayo |
| H. O. Lund Entomology Club Award 1st Place Junior | Gwinnett | Amanda Mayo |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | Gwinnett | Amanda Mayo |
| Ga. Academy of Aviation, Math, Engineering & Science Student of Promise Award Sr. Div. | Gwinnett | Sitan Chen |
| UGA Mathematics Department Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Sitan Chen |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Sitan Chen |
| American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Award 1st Place Junior | Gwinnett | Marian Metzger |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Gwinnett | Marian Metzger |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Junior Div. | Gwinnett | Marian Metzger |
| American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Award 3rd Place Senior | Gwinnett | Samuel Gauspohl; Daniel Ting |
| U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Award - Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Samuel Gauspohl; Daniel Ting |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Gwinnett | Vikram Varadarajan |
| U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Award - Junior Div. | Gwinnett | Vikram Varadarajan |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | Gwinnett | Andrew Ford |
| Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Gwinnett | Elliott Chung |
| UGA Computer Science Department Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Elliott Chung |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Elliott Chung |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair/Jackson Emc Isef Trip | Gwinnett | Elliott Chung |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Gwinnett | Sitan Chen |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | Gwinnett | D. Ryan Bhowmik |
| Stockholm Junior Water Prize Regional Award - Junior Div. | Gwinnett | Emma Carlson |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Gwinnett | Evann Brantley |
| UGA Physics & Astronomy Department Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett Jackson Gwinnett | Guillermo Bautista; He Sun Kim; Sunyoung Wang |
| American Chemical Society Georgia Section Award 2nd Place Junior | Harris | Robert "Kyle" Newman |
| American Chemical Society Georgia Section Award 2nd Place Junior | Henry | Darius Cleary |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Junior Div. | Houston | Jacob Elliott |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Houston | Kenny Higginbotham |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Junior Div. | Houston | Kenny Higginbotham |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Houston | Cullen Shope |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Houston | Justin Saetina |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Houston | Sabina Banit |
| Agricultural Research Service Award for Excellence in Ag Science Junior Div. | Houston | Shivani Dhir |
| Georgia Health Sciences University Award | Paulding | Jamie Bingham |
| Merial Biotechnology Award 1st Place Senior | Paulding | Jamie Bingham |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair/Jackson Emc Isef Trip Alternate | Paulding | Jamie Bingham |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Paulding | Jamie Bingham |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Pin Design Award | Rabun | Sarah Barr |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Rockdale | Alexis Mack |
| Spie - International Society For Optical Engineering Award 1st Place | Rockdale | Ana Sofia Tuttle |
| U.S. Air Force Achievement Award | Rockdale | Ana Sofia Tuttle |
| Outstanding Sustainability Project Award | Rockdale | Faustine Li |
| UGA Biomedical Health And Sciences Institute Award Senior Div. | Rockdale | Lauren Reagin |
| American Chemical Society Georgia Section Award 1st Place Senior | Rockdale | Uchenna Anunobi |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Rockdale | Uchenna Anunobi |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair/Jackson Emc Isef Trip | Rockdale | Uchenna Anunobi |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Rockdale | Uchenna Anunobi |
| Georgia Biogeneius Challenge Award Alternate | Rockdale | Vander Harris |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Rockdale | Vander Harris |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Rockdale | Vander Harris |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | Rockdale | Carlan Ivey |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Rockdale | Mai Nguyen |
| Georgia Engineering Foundation Award Junior Div. | Rockdale | Mai Nguyen |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Junior Div. | Rockdale | Mai Nguyen |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair “I Never Would Have Thought of That” Award | Spalding Pike | Austin Hyder; Trevor Michael Ruhl |
| Merial Biotechnology Award 2nd Place Junior | Thomas | Jacob Rieber |
| Iota Sigma Pi Promethium Chapter Award - Women in Chemistry Junior Div. | Walton | Christina To |
| American Chemical Society Georgia Section Award 1st Place Junior | Walton | Christina To |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Walton | Christina To |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Junior Div. | Walton | Christina To |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Walton | Claudia Gaither |
| Merial Biotechnology Award 1st Place Junior | Walton | Annie Miller |
| American Chemical Society Georgia Section Award 3rd Place Senior | Washington | Elizabeth Layton |
| Iota Sigma Pi Promethium Chapter Award - Women in Chemistry Junior Div. | Washington | Elizabeth Layton |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Washington | Meghan Toler |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Washington | Stariel Oberry |
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
GeoVax Labs CSO Dr. Harriet L. Robinson to be Honored at 2011 Georgia Bio (GaBio) Community Awards Ceremony
/PRNewswire/ -- Harriet L. Robinson, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer at GeoVax Labs, Inc. (OTCQB/OTC Bulletin Board: GOVX), a biotechnology company that creates, develops and tests innovative HIV/AIDS vaccines, is one of three recipients of the 2011 Georgia Bio (GaBio) Community Awards. Dr. Robinson will be honored at the GaBio Annual Awards Dinner to be held Thursday, January 20 at Atlanta's Fox Theater.
Dr. Robinson is the developer of GeoVax's HIV-1 AIDS vaccine technology. One of the world's leaders in AIDS vaccine research, she was Chief of the Division of Microbiology and Immunology at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Emory University before joining GeoVax, of which she is a co-founder.
Dr. Robinson's early work with HIV vaccines demonstrated that DNA alone would likely not be sufficient to raise protective immunity for HIV. She combined DNA with protein boosters or live viral-vectored boosters to show that effective control might be achieved through a combination of DNA prime and viral-vectored boosters. It is these vaccines that GeoVax licensed for commercial development and now has in Phase 2 clinical trials. Dr. Robinson received her B.A. from Swarthmore College and her PhD in Microbiology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Commenting on the award, Robert T. McNally, Ph.D., President and CEO of GeoVax, said, "We are delighted that Georgia Bio has seen fit to honor Harriet this year. We at GeoVax have long been aware of her extraordinary talents, and we are lucky to have her on staff as we continue to pursue the development of our preventative and therapeutic HIV vaccines."
Each year, Georgia Bio recognizes individuals, companies or institutions for significant contributions to Georgia's life sciences industry with its GaBio Community Awards. Georgia Bio (www.gabio.org) is a private, non-profit association representing nearly 300 pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies, medical centers, universities, research institutes, medical centers, government groups and other business organizations involved in the development of products that improve health and well-being of people animals and the environment.
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Dr. Robinson is the developer of GeoVax's HIV-1 AIDS vaccine technology. One of the world's leaders in AIDS vaccine research, she was Chief of the Division of Microbiology and Immunology at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Emory University before joining GeoVax, of which she is a co-founder.
Dr. Robinson's early work with HIV vaccines demonstrated that DNA alone would likely not be sufficient to raise protective immunity for HIV. She combined DNA with protein boosters or live viral-vectored boosters to show that effective control might be achieved through a combination of DNA prime and viral-vectored boosters. It is these vaccines that GeoVax licensed for commercial development and now has in Phase 2 clinical trials. Dr. Robinson received her B.A. from Swarthmore College and her PhD in Microbiology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Commenting on the award, Robert T. McNally, Ph.D., President and CEO of GeoVax, said, "We are delighted that Georgia Bio has seen fit to honor Harriet this year. We at GeoVax have long been aware of her extraordinary talents, and we are lucky to have her on staff as we continue to pursue the development of our preventative and therapeutic HIV vaccines."
Each year, Georgia Bio recognizes individuals, companies or institutions for significant contributions to Georgia's life sciences industry with its GaBio Community Awards. Georgia Bio (www.gabio.org) is a private, non-profit association representing nearly 300 pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies, medical centers, universities, research institutes, medical centers, government groups and other business organizations involved in the development of products that improve health and well-being of people animals and the environment.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
MCG students receive medical illustration awards
Medical College of Georgia medical illustration students and alumni collected 14 awards recently at the 65th annual meeting of the Association of Medical Illustrators in Portland, Ore.
“I am very appreciative of the support our program and students receive from the MCG administration and the deans, faculty and staff of all five schools,” said Dr. Steve Harrison, chairman of the Department of Medical Illustration. “Over the years, our students have collaborated with faculty to develop communication projects for varying audiences: medical specialists, students, patients and the lay public. It is through these collaborations that our students prosper in the profession and receive recognition and awards.”
The Lifetime Achievement Award, the organization’s highest award, was given to MCG alumnus William B. Westwood, Class of 1972, of Westwood Medical Communications in Albany, N.Y.
Student Salon winners include:
· Paul Kim (’11), Orville Parkes Award for Student Best of Show and Award of Excellence for “Superficial Parotidectomy,” Instructional Line category
· Douglas Walp (’10), Award of Merit for “Kidney Physiology: Reabsorption in the Proximal Tubule,” Animation
Professional Salon winners include:
· Patrick Eckhold (’08), Award of Merit for “FDL Transfer for Drop Foot Using the Bio-Tenodesis System,” Instructional Color
· Glen Hintz (’85), Award of Merit for “Pressure Ulcer Stages,” Instructional Color
· Andy Rekito (’02), Max Brödel Award of Excellence for “Optimal Management of Malignant Epidural Spinal Cord Compression,” Instructional Tone, and Award of Merit for “Medical and Surgical Treatment of Movement Disorders,” Marketing/Promotion
· Hardy Fowler (’07), Award of Excellence for “Severe Facial Laceration with Repair,” Medical-Legal, and Award of Merit for “Tension on Anastomosis Leading to Leakage,” Medical-Legal
· Paul Gross (’86), Award of Merit for “Weakened Cough Allows Aspiration,” Medical-Legal
· Nobles Green II (’05), Awards of Merit for “Colon Resection” and “Ovulation,” Animation
· Birck Cox (’80), Award of Merit for “Spine Surgery Tricks of the Trade,” Illustrated Medical Book - Atlas
In addition, three corporate awards included MCG alumni on the production team.
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“I am very appreciative of the support our program and students receive from the MCG administration and the deans, faculty and staff of all five schools,” said Dr. Steve Harrison, chairman of the Department of Medical Illustration. “Over the years, our students have collaborated with faculty to develop communication projects for varying audiences: medical specialists, students, patients and the lay public. It is through these collaborations that our students prosper in the profession and receive recognition and awards.”
The Lifetime Achievement Award, the organization’s highest award, was given to MCG alumnus William B. Westwood, Class of 1972, of Westwood Medical Communications in Albany, N.Y.
Student Salon winners include:
· Paul Kim (’11), Orville Parkes Award for Student Best of Show and Award of Excellence for “Superficial Parotidectomy,” Instructional Line category
· Douglas Walp (’10), Award of Merit for “Kidney Physiology: Reabsorption in the Proximal Tubule,” Animation
Professional Salon winners include:
· Patrick Eckhold (’08), Award of Merit for “FDL Transfer for Drop Foot Using the Bio-Tenodesis System,” Instructional Color
· Glen Hintz (’85), Award of Merit for “Pressure Ulcer Stages,” Instructional Color
· Andy Rekito (’02), Max Brödel Award of Excellence for “Optimal Management of Malignant Epidural Spinal Cord Compression,” Instructional Tone, and Award of Merit for “Medical and Surgical Treatment of Movement Disorders,” Marketing/Promotion
· Hardy Fowler (’07), Award of Excellence for “Severe Facial Laceration with Repair,” Medical-Legal, and Award of Merit for “Tension on Anastomosis Leading to Leakage,” Medical-Legal
· Paul Gross (’86), Award of Merit for “Weakened Cough Allows Aspiration,” Medical-Legal
· Nobles Green II (’05), Awards of Merit for “Colon Resection” and “Ovulation,” Animation
· Birck Cox (’80), Award of Merit for “Spine Surgery Tricks of the Trade,” Illustrated Medical Book - Atlas
In addition, three corporate awards included MCG alumni on the production team.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Georgia State undergraduates excel at Model U.N. regional conference
Representing the interests of Sudan and Iran, two countries often criticized on world stage, is no easy task.
But Georgia State University students excelled at foreign diplomacy for these and other countries at the Southern Regional Model United Nations conference, held Nov. 19 -22 in Atlanta.
A team of 45 GSU undergraduates represented four counties, including India, Iran, Sudan and Morocco, and competed for their interests against roughly 700 college students from across the country.
In keeping with the university's track record, the GSU teams won a series of awards. Five of the Georgia State delegates were recognized as the "outstanding delegate" in their committee. Two of the Georgia State teams, Iran and Morocco, won the "Distinguished Delegation Award," ranking among the top five percent of teams overall. GSU's team from India also received the "Honorary Delegation Award."
"The students worked very hard to participate as some of the most difficult countries to represent," said Rashid Naim, senior lecturer in GSU's Department of Political Science and program director. "It's quite an exercise, requiring diplomatic skills. It gets young people to think about the world's problems and become problem solvers."
The conference provides participants the opportunity to learn about the U.N. system and important global issues facing the international community today, such as poverty, terrorism and HIV/AIDS. Students learn to conduct in-depth research, express ideas in formal writing and debate such issues within a diplomatic framework. As delegates, Georgia State students were assigned to countries and committees by the event organizers.
"You have to be in the mindset of your country," said James Dutton, president of the Georgia State U.N. Association. "You have to do a lot of research to know that country's point of view and you have to discuss the best way to do things. Sometimes it is a consensus and sometimes it is a battle."
GSU has been participating in the regional conference since 2003 and will head to the National Model U.N. Conference in March, held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, N.Y. Georgia State has taken home the top prize from nationals, "Outstanding Delegation," for the past four years.
"We're hoping to accomplish it for a fifth time," Dutton said. "Nationals is the show. It's not just a weekend; it's an entire week of debate. That's what the entire year is focused on."
Students in Georgia State's Model U.N. Association are enrolled in an elective course that helps them prepare for competition. The undergraduates also help host a Model U.N. conference on campus for high school students, which was held earlier this month and attended by more than 450 Georgia teens.
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But Georgia State University students excelled at foreign diplomacy for these and other countries at the Southern Regional Model United Nations conference, held Nov. 19 -22 in Atlanta.
A team of 45 GSU undergraduates represented four counties, including India, Iran, Sudan and Morocco, and competed for their interests against roughly 700 college students from across the country.
In keeping with the university's track record, the GSU teams won a series of awards. Five of the Georgia State delegates were recognized as the "outstanding delegate" in their committee. Two of the Georgia State teams, Iran and Morocco, won the "Distinguished Delegation Award," ranking among the top five percent of teams overall. GSU's team from India also received the "Honorary Delegation Award."
"The students worked very hard to participate as some of the most difficult countries to represent," said Rashid Naim, senior lecturer in GSU's Department of Political Science and program director. "It's quite an exercise, requiring diplomatic skills. It gets young people to think about the world's problems and become problem solvers."
The conference provides participants the opportunity to learn about the U.N. system and important global issues facing the international community today, such as poverty, terrorism and HIV/AIDS. Students learn to conduct in-depth research, express ideas in formal writing and debate such issues within a diplomatic framework. As delegates, Georgia State students were assigned to countries and committees by the event organizers.
"You have to be in the mindset of your country," said James Dutton, president of the Georgia State U.N. Association. "You have to do a lot of research to know that country's point of view and you have to discuss the best way to do things. Sometimes it is a consensus and sometimes it is a battle."
GSU has been participating in the regional conference since 2003 and will head to the National Model U.N. Conference in March, held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, N.Y. Georgia State has taken home the top prize from nationals, "Outstanding Delegation," for the past four years.
"We're hoping to accomplish it for a fifth time," Dutton said. "Nationals is the show. It's not just a weekend; it's an entire week of debate. That's what the entire year is focused on."
Students in Georgia State's Model U.N. Association are enrolled in an elective course that helps them prepare for competition. The undergraduates also help host a Model U.N. conference on campus for high school students, which was held earlier this month and attended by more than 450 Georgia teens.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Georgia Named as Motorcycle Safety Foundation Announces 2008 Award Winners
Each year, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation acknowledges outstanding achievement and excellence in rider education and training, honoring agencies, organizations, programs, dealers, the media and individuals who enhance motorcycle safety.
“The awards are our way of providing recognition and a thank you to those dedicated, hard-working and often unsung champions of rider education and training,” said Tim Buche, MSF president. “Whether the award recognizes an individual or an organization, behind it all you’ll find people devoted to the common goal of motorcyclist safety.”
The Motorcycle Safety Foundation Awards for 2008 in Georgia are:
Outstanding RiderCoaches:
Donn A. Johnson, GA
Outstanding State Licensing Program:
Georgia Motorcycle Safety Program -
Department of Driver Services, GA
A multi-disciplinary evaluation committee composed of experienced professionals in the motorcycle safety field selected the award winners from nominations received from the training community. The committee of nine included the collective experience of four MSF staff members, three state administrators, and two RiderCoach Trainers.
“The MSF is honored to provide a forum for peer review when it comes time to acknowledge those in the training community who give of their time and energy to enhance safety for riders,” said Buche.
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“The awards are our way of providing recognition and a thank you to those dedicated, hard-working and often unsung champions of rider education and training,” said Tim Buche, MSF president. “Whether the award recognizes an individual or an organization, behind it all you’ll find people devoted to the common goal of motorcyclist safety.”
The Motorcycle Safety Foundation Awards for 2008 in Georgia are:
Outstanding RiderCoaches:
Donn A. Johnson, GA
Outstanding State Licensing Program:
Georgia Motorcycle Safety Program -
Department of Driver Services, GA
A multi-disciplinary evaluation committee composed of experienced professionals in the motorcycle safety field selected the award winners from nominations received from the training community. The committee of nine included the collective experience of four MSF staff members, three state administrators, and two RiderCoach Trainers.
“The MSF is honored to provide a forum for peer review when it comes time to acknowledge those in the training community who give of their time and energy to enhance safety for riders,” said Buche.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
88-Year-Old Chick-fil-A Founder Reaches $25 Million Scholarship Milestone; Honored at Aug. 24 Downtown Atlanta Ceremony
/PRNewswire/ -- In the midst of companies looking for ways to trim costs and reduce budgets, Chick-fil-A continues its 36-year commitment to education with founder S. Truett Cathy reaching his $25 million Leadership Scholarship milestone during a year when the restaurant chain has allocated $1.4 million in scholarships to be awarded to its restaurant team members.
Cathy was joined Monday morning by Ambassador Andrew Young and other local political and community leaders at a ceremony celebrating his milestone and acknowledgement of the 25,000th Leadership Scholarship to Chick-fil-A team member Jamie Dyche of Bossier City, La. The ceremony was held at Atlanta's downtown 23-foot Chick-fil-A "Climb with Care and Confidence" statue that was commissioned in 1995 by Georgia State University art students to celebrate Cathy's 10,000th scholarship milestone.
Commemorating the event was the unveiling of a plaque with the image of a mayonnaise jar. The plaque is symbolic of the story that occurred 54-years-ago when Cathy encouraged and helped one of his earliest restaurant team members, Eddie White, to attend college.
Cathy placed a collection jar in his first restaurant, the Dwarf Grill from which the chain was founded, to raise funds for White -- who was present at today's celebration. At the end of the summer, Cathy wrote a personal check to make up the lacking funds for White, who became the first in his family to attend and graduate from college.
The celebration will culminated Monday evening at the Gwinnett Braves' game in Lawrenceville, Ga., where Cathy and Dyche threw out the first pitch.
The venue was an appropriate ending to the day as it reflected other educational programs the chain supports. Chick-fil-A and the Atlanta Braves are partners in the All-Star Student Achievers program which awards Braves tickets and Chick-fil-A coupons to Georgia's high-achieving K-12 students.
In addition to Dyche, who works for franchised Operator John Roden at the stand-alone Bossier City Chick-fil-A restaurant at I-220 & Airline Drive, Cathy was joined by other milestone scholarship winners for the celebration including first Leadership Scholarship recipient Larry Jackson, who worked at the first Chick-fil-A restaurant at Greenbriar Shopping Center and graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech; and 20,000th recipient Erica Lampkin, who graduated from Atlanta's Spelman College in May and plans to attend medical school.
Also attending the events was recipient Dr. David Vaillancourt, founder of the National Math Bee, who symbolizes the great achievements of many scholarship recipients who have carried out Cathy's vision to have a positive influence on the world.
"I realized very early in my career that our restaurants present an opportunity to do more than just provide great service and food. They enable us to mentor our restaurant team members by teaching them core values and how to achieve excellence, as well as encouraging continued education with scholarships," said Cathy. "In these challenging economic times, we're thrilled to be able to help Jamie and some 1,400 other team members this year reach their academic goals so they will have the necessary tools to secure a bright future for themselves and our nation."
Scholarships have now grown to include 25,000 restaurant team members benefiting from the founder's commitment to education with Chick-fil-A's Leadership Scholarship program formally organized in 1973. Restaurant team members have attended more than 2,400 colleges, universities and other educational institutions across the country with the aid of these scholarships.
Following college graduation, many of these restaurant team members pursue full-time careers at Chick-fil-A, such as Dyche's franchisee Operator John Roden, who also received one of the chain's scholarships while working during high school for Chick-fil-A. Roden has now helped 19 of his restaurant team members benefit from the same scholarship program.
The Leadership Scholarship program provides $1,000 scholarships to its restaurant team members who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of work, education, community and personal leadership development.
Chick-fil-A also awards S. Truett Cathy Scholar Awards, which provide additional $1,000 scholarships to the top 25 Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship recipients each year. Implemented in 1996 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Chick-fil-A's scholarship program, this year's S. Truett Cathy Award recipients brought the total awarded to $325,000.
Additionally, Chick-fil-A's WinShape Foundation provides thousands of dollars in scholarships to qualifying students enrolled in Berry College in Rome, Ga. WinShape's partnership with Berry College offers joint four-year scholarship funding to students of up to $32,000. To date, the foundation has awarded approximately 951 scholarships to students from across the nation to attend Berry, one of the top regional liberal arts schools in the country.
The Council for Aid to Education has indicated that no other company in terms of size does as much in the scholarship area as Chick-fil-A. "Like the name of our foundation, WinShape, it has always been my goal to help shape winners out of young people," added Cathy.
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Cathy was joined Monday morning by Ambassador Andrew Young and other local political and community leaders at a ceremony celebrating his milestone and acknowledgement of the 25,000th Leadership Scholarship to Chick-fil-A team member Jamie Dyche of Bossier City, La. The ceremony was held at Atlanta's downtown 23-foot Chick-fil-A "Climb with Care and Confidence" statue that was commissioned in 1995 by Georgia State University art students to celebrate Cathy's 10,000th scholarship milestone.
Commemorating the event was the unveiling of a plaque with the image of a mayonnaise jar. The plaque is symbolic of the story that occurred 54-years-ago when Cathy encouraged and helped one of his earliest restaurant team members, Eddie White, to attend college.
Cathy placed a collection jar in his first restaurant, the Dwarf Grill from which the chain was founded, to raise funds for White -- who was present at today's celebration. At the end of the summer, Cathy wrote a personal check to make up the lacking funds for White, who became the first in his family to attend and graduate from college.
The celebration will culminated Monday evening at the Gwinnett Braves' game in Lawrenceville, Ga., where Cathy and Dyche threw out the first pitch.
The venue was an appropriate ending to the day as it reflected other educational programs the chain supports. Chick-fil-A and the Atlanta Braves are partners in the All-Star Student Achievers program which awards Braves tickets and Chick-fil-A coupons to Georgia's high-achieving K-12 students.
In addition to Dyche, who works for franchised Operator John Roden at the stand-alone Bossier City Chick-fil-A restaurant at I-220 & Airline Drive, Cathy was joined by other milestone scholarship winners for the celebration including first Leadership Scholarship recipient Larry Jackson, who worked at the first Chick-fil-A restaurant at Greenbriar Shopping Center and graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech; and 20,000th recipient Erica Lampkin, who graduated from Atlanta's Spelman College in May and plans to attend medical school.
Also attending the events was recipient Dr. David Vaillancourt, founder of the National Math Bee, who symbolizes the great achievements of many scholarship recipients who have carried out Cathy's vision to have a positive influence on the world.
"I realized very early in my career that our restaurants present an opportunity to do more than just provide great service and food. They enable us to mentor our restaurant team members by teaching them core values and how to achieve excellence, as well as encouraging continued education with scholarships," said Cathy. "In these challenging economic times, we're thrilled to be able to help Jamie and some 1,400 other team members this year reach their academic goals so they will have the necessary tools to secure a bright future for themselves and our nation."
Scholarships have now grown to include 25,000 restaurant team members benefiting from the founder's commitment to education with Chick-fil-A's Leadership Scholarship program formally organized in 1973. Restaurant team members have attended more than 2,400 colleges, universities and other educational institutions across the country with the aid of these scholarships.
Following college graduation, many of these restaurant team members pursue full-time careers at Chick-fil-A, such as Dyche's franchisee Operator John Roden, who also received one of the chain's scholarships while working during high school for Chick-fil-A. Roden has now helped 19 of his restaurant team members benefit from the same scholarship program.
The Leadership Scholarship program provides $1,000 scholarships to its restaurant team members who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of work, education, community and personal leadership development.
Chick-fil-A also awards S. Truett Cathy Scholar Awards, which provide additional $1,000 scholarships to the top 25 Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship recipients each year. Implemented in 1996 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Chick-fil-A's scholarship program, this year's S. Truett Cathy Award recipients brought the total awarded to $325,000.
Additionally, Chick-fil-A's WinShape Foundation provides thousands of dollars in scholarships to qualifying students enrolled in Berry College in Rome, Ga. WinShape's partnership with Berry College offers joint four-year scholarship funding to students of up to $32,000. To date, the foundation has awarded approximately 951 scholarships to students from across the nation to attend Berry, one of the top regional liberal arts schools in the country.
The Council for Aid to Education has indicated that no other company in terms of size does as much in the scholarship area as Chick-fil-A. "Like the name of our foundation, WinShape, it has always been my goal to help shape winners out of young people," added Cathy.
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Friday, June 5, 2009
MAXIMUS Recognized for Call Center Excellence in Georgia
(BUSINESS WIRE)--MAXIMUS (NYSE:MMS), a leading government services provider, announced today that its Georgia Families project call center is recognized as a “Certified Center of Excellence” by Purdue University's Center for Customer-Driven Quality (CCDQ).
The award certification followed a rigorous review by BenchmarkPortal, Inc., the custodian of the CCDQ best practices and the repository of the world's largest database of call center operations and management. The CCDQ and BenchmarkPortal provide thought leadership in customer service operations. To earn the Center of Excellence designation, call centers must meet objective, quantitative criteria and pass audits conducted by BenchmarkPortal researchers. Key indicators for successful call center performance in customer service include operational efficiency, service level standards, process management, customer satisfaction, leadership resources and employee training.
MAXIMUS has operated the Georgia Families Program for the Georgia Department of Community Health since 2005, facilitating program enrollment for eligible members of Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids, Georgia’s Children’s Health Insurance Program. As a Certified Center of Excellence, the project’s toll-free customer service line ranks among the top ten percent of the 20,000 call centers evaluated by the CCDQ.
“A contact center that seeks and achieves the Center of Excellence Certification from Purdue University’s Center for Customer-Driven Quality demonstrates a remarkable commitment to service excellence,” commented Dr. Jon Anton of the CCDQ. “The obvious beneficiaries of this commitment are the center’s customers, employees, and shareholders.”
"This certification demonstrates the emphasis that we place on delivering high quality services in an efficient and effective manner to beneficiaries,” commented Bruce Caswell, President and General Manager of the MAXIMUS Health Services Segment. “Georgia Families is the fifth MAXIMUS call center to receive this certification, joining our California Health Care Options, New York Medicaid CHOICE, Massachusetts Health Benefits (MassHealth) Customer Service, and HealthColorado projects.”
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The award certification followed a rigorous review by BenchmarkPortal, Inc., the custodian of the CCDQ best practices and the repository of the world's largest database of call center operations and management. The CCDQ and BenchmarkPortal provide thought leadership in customer service operations. To earn the Center of Excellence designation, call centers must meet objective, quantitative criteria and pass audits conducted by BenchmarkPortal researchers. Key indicators for successful call center performance in customer service include operational efficiency, service level standards, process management, customer satisfaction, leadership resources and employee training.
MAXIMUS has operated the Georgia Families Program for the Georgia Department of Community Health since 2005, facilitating program enrollment for eligible members of Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids, Georgia’s Children’s Health Insurance Program. As a Certified Center of Excellence, the project’s toll-free customer service line ranks among the top ten percent of the 20,000 call centers evaluated by the CCDQ.
“A contact center that seeks and achieves the Center of Excellence Certification from Purdue University’s Center for Customer-Driven Quality demonstrates a remarkable commitment to service excellence,” commented Dr. Jon Anton of the CCDQ. “The obvious beneficiaries of this commitment are the center’s customers, employees, and shareholders.”
"This certification demonstrates the emphasis that we place on delivering high quality services in an efficient and effective manner to beneficiaries,” commented Bruce Caswell, President and General Manager of the MAXIMUS Health Services Segment. “Georgia Families is the fifth MAXIMUS call center to receive this certification, joining our California Health Care Options, New York Medicaid CHOICE, Massachusetts Health Benefits (MassHealth) Customer Service, and HealthColorado projects.”
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Friday, February 13, 2009
Berry College Newspaper Staff Earns Numerous State Awards
The Campus Carrier, Berry College’s student newspaper, earned five staff awards and two individual honors in this year’s Georgia College Press Association (GCPA) Better Newspaper Contest. The winners were announced Feb. 7 at the GCPA Press Institute in Athens, Ga.
The Campus Carrier earned recognition for overall excellence within a variety of categories in Senior B Division, which includes all Georgia colleges and universities with enrollments under 8,000.
Kevin Kleine, lecturer of journalism and student publications adviser, lauded the efforts of his student journalists.
“Berry students are among the best anywhere,” Kleine stated. “I think this newspaper staff does its best to provide the community with content that matters.”
Group awards won by the Carrier staff are as follows:
-Third Place – Best Community Service – News
-Third Place – Best Community Service – Features
-Third Place – Best Community Service – Sports
-Third Place – Best Community Service – Editorial Excellence
-Third Place – Improvement Award
Individual awards (won in competition with four-year schools of all enrollments) include:
-Caleb Bloodworth – Second Place – Best Review. Caleb is the son of William and Lisa Bloodworth of Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
-Jay Zuckerman – Third Place – Best Sports Story
“We feel great to get recognition for our work,” said Ashton Staniszewski, editor of the Campus Carrier. “But the most important thing for us is to serve our fellow students with great coverage of the events and issues that our campus community cares about.
“We intend to improve in the future, and perhaps next year we can win this contest,” Staniszewski continued. “It is important to us to carry on a tradition of excellence in the quality of our student newspaper that has existed here for more than 100 years.” Staniszewski is the son of Roman and Ceres Staniszewski from Sarasota, Fla.
In addition to the contest results announced at the GCPA Press Institute, the organization also elected officers and board members for the coming year. Included in this group was Berry freshman Ashley McIntyre, daughter of Pauline and David McIntyre of Kennesaw, Ga., who will serve as secretary.
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The Campus Carrier earned recognition for overall excellence within a variety of categories in Senior B Division, which includes all Georgia colleges and universities with enrollments under 8,000.
Kevin Kleine, lecturer of journalism and student publications adviser, lauded the efforts of his student journalists.
“Berry students are among the best anywhere,” Kleine stated. “I think this newspaper staff does its best to provide the community with content that matters.”
Group awards won by the Carrier staff are as follows:
-Third Place – Best Community Service – News
-Third Place – Best Community Service – Features
-Third Place – Best Community Service – Sports
-Third Place – Best Community Service – Editorial Excellence
-Third Place – Improvement Award
Individual awards (won in competition with four-year schools of all enrollments) include:
-Caleb Bloodworth – Second Place – Best Review. Caleb is the son of William and Lisa Bloodworth of Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
-Jay Zuckerman – Third Place – Best Sports Story
“We feel great to get recognition for our work,” said Ashton Staniszewski, editor of the Campus Carrier. “But the most important thing for us is to serve our fellow students with great coverage of the events and issues that our campus community cares about.
“We intend to improve in the future, and perhaps next year we can win this contest,” Staniszewski continued. “It is important to us to carry on a tradition of excellence in the quality of our student newspaper that has existed here for more than 100 years.” Staniszewski is the son of Roman and Ceres Staniszewski from Sarasota, Fla.
In addition to the contest results announced at the GCPA Press Institute, the organization also elected officers and board members for the coming year. Included in this group was Berry freshman Ashley McIntyre, daughter of Pauline and David McIntyre of Kennesaw, Ga., who will serve as secretary.
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