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    Elfenbein wins national mentorship award

    June 28, 2021
    Dr. Pamela Elfenbein, who has worked at UNG since 2006, has earned the Hiram J. Friedsam Mentorship Award from the Gerontological Society of America. Elfenbein is the director of UNG's Insitute for Healthy Aging.

    Article By: Clark Leonard

    Dr. Pamela Elfenbein, director of the University of North Georgia's (UNG) Institute for Healthy Aging, has been named the winner of the 2021 Hiram J. Friedsam Mentorship Award from the Gerontological Society of America (GSA).

    The award is presented annually to an individual who emulates Friedsam's mentorship. He was a professor, co-founder, and director of the Center for Studies in Aging and dean of the School of Community Service at the University of North Texas.

    Elfenbein has worked at UNG since 2006. In 2018, she helped open UNG's Center for Healthy Aging, which became an institute in 2020.

    "Receiving a mentorship award really validates the kind of work I have always done. I enjoy spreading my passion for gerontology with students and faculty," Elfenbein said. "It brought to mind all of my mentors who shaped me as the director of the Institute for Healthy Aging."

    The awardee receives an engraved plaque and delivers a lecture on mentoring at the GSA Annual Scientific Meeting, as well as recognition in GSA's Gerontology News and AGHExchange publications. The annual meeting is Nov. 10-14 in Phoenix, Arizona.

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    PEAKS events go in person in Blue Ridge

    PEAKS events go in person in Blue Ridge

    Personal Enrichment, Action, and Knowledge Series (PEAKS) geared toward older adults in Fannin County and the surrounding region will launch an in-person set of events this summer on UNG's Blue Ridge Campus.
    State funds expansions in Blue Ridge, Cumming

    State funds expansions in Blue Ridge, Cumming

    The Fiscal Year 2023 state budget includes more than $24 million to expand UNG's facilities to enhance degree offerings on its Blue Ridge and Cumming campuses.
    Gerontology minor earns national recognition

    Gerontology minor earns national recognition

    UNG's gerontology minor recently earned designation as an Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education Program of Merit.
    UNG helps Gainesville earn AARP designation

    UNG helps Gainesville earn AARP designation

    UNG's Pamela Elfenbein has helped Gainesville, Georgia, become part of the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities. It is one of 597 communities nationally to join the group.

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