Article By: Denise Ray
University of North Georgia (UNG) President Bonita Jacobs disbursed more than $117,000 among 15 Presidential Incentive Awards to provide institutional support for faculty and staff to pursue new and innovative ideas in the 2022-23 academic year.
"This year's recipients represent outstanding scholarship and innovative projects that were selected from an impressive pool of proposals," Jacobs said. "This program enriches the student experience at UNG by encouraging scholarly and creative work that supports faculty and staff excellence."
In 2013, Jacobs initiated a program to incentivize faculty and staff scholarship in its many forms, ranging from research to creative innovations. Since then more than $2.3 million has been invested in research and scholarly work.
This year's recipients represent outstanding scholarship and innovative projects that were selected from an impressive pool of proposals.
Dr. Bonita Jacobs
UNG president
The four Presidential Semester Incentive Award winners include:
"I am ecstatic to have received a Semester Presidential Incentive Award,” Segura-Totten said. “Being able to focus solely on research during the fall semester will allow me to collect data through student and faculty interviews at two institutions: Florida International University and North Carolina A&T. Hopefully, analysis of these data will expand current knowledge on how undergraduates read and analyze scientific research articles in ways that make this practice more inclusive.”
This year's Presidential Summer Incentive Award recipients include:
"I am so grateful that UNG makes this funding available and has kept it going through difficult financial times," Morgan-Ellis said. "This is the best faculty support program that we have, and it is one of the reasons I have chosen to make my career at UNG."
Presidential Incentive Awards for Innovation were awarded to:
See more details on the projects.