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    Smith part of NSF mentoring grant

    July 2, 2021
    Dr. Margaret "Meg" Smith, associate professor of biology at UNG, will receive mentoring through the $1 million National Science Foundation Advancing STEM Careers by Empowering Network Development project.

    Article By: Clark Leonard

    Dr. Margaret "Meg" Smith, a University of North Georgia (UNG) associate professor of biology, is part of a 75-person cohort that will be mentored through a National Science Foundation (NSF) program.

    The $1 million NSF Advancing STEM Careers by Empowering Network Development (ASCEND) project, which is part of the NSF's ADVANCE partnership, seeks "to create peer mentoring networks of mid-career STEM women faculty and administrator allies across institutions and regions," according to an NSF press release.

    Participants receive the title of NSF ASCEND Faculty Fellow. They attend monthly online meetings with their discipline-specific alliance and annual face-to-face meetings with their regional network.

    "This program aims for retention through building networks," Smith said. "Those networks will persist long after the money is gone."

    Smith considers the NSF program a great extension of what she receives at UNG.

    "I can't say enough about the supportive nature of the UNG biology department," she said.

    Sixty faculty and 15 administrators from across the country are part of the cohort that runs through summer 2024.

    "Faculty and administrators will work together to address the institutional and systemic barriers that prevent women at the mid-career level from being promoted to full professor or obtaining positions in academic administration," according to the release.

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    Biology professor,  student win awards

    Biology professor, student win awards

    Dr. Cathy Whiting, a UNG professor of biology, won the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society's Gail Jenkins Teaching and Mentoring Award, and her student Juliza Abrego also won an award from the group.
    DETI teaching staff  win Best Paper Award

    DETI teaching staff win Best Paper Award

    UNG DETI teaching staff members David Babb and Ervin Howard have been awarded the Best Paper Award by the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration.
    Velazquez named First Gen Under 40 honoree

    Velazquez named First Gen Under 40 honoree

    Assistant professor Dr. Efren Velazquez has been named a Georgia FirstGen Under 40 honoree as part of the Class of 2023
    Preston honored with pair of state awards

    Preston honored with pair of state awards

    UNG professor Dr. Tom Preston won two service awards for his work with UNG's Speech and Debate Club.

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