COSM Weekly - Issue 25

THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

UPDATES FROM THE DEAN

UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS 2024 VIP CONSORTIUM

Last week the VIP Teams of Georgia Southern attendedthe2024Consortium Meeting The VIP Consortium highlights the achievements of every participant. Additionally, it offers training and guidance to faculty, mentors, and students to ensure their success and preparedness.

In VIP programs, teams of undergraduate students – from various academic years and disciplines – work with faculty and their graduate students on ambitious, long-term projects. Undergraduates are directly involved in the research and innovation process, applying their own knowledge and insightstounsolvedproblems

In VIP consortium Ga Tech we got the “Outstanding new site development” award.

This semester we had 12 teams FYE-VIP course. We are the only institution in Georgiawhowonthisaward!

UPCOMING EVENTS

MINI-GRANT OPPORTUNNITY & WEBINAR

The COSM HHMI IE3 Initiative team is excited to announce that the applications are now open for the Inclusive Excellent Mini-Grant. This award will fund projects that address inclusion and broadening participation in STEM. Proposals may seek up to $5,000 in funding; a portion of those funds can be usedtowardstipends.

Thegrantannouncementcanbefoundhere

Proposalsdue:May31,2024,11:59pmEST

Contact:TriciaBrown(tmbrown@georgiasouthernedu)

Thursday,May23rd

12-12:45pmET/9-9:45amPT

Contributionsfrompartners,stakeholders,andcollaboratorsareoftencentraltothesuccessofa grantapplicationbecausetheycanprovidethevitalexpertise,buy-in,andresourcesneededto effectivelyexecuteyourproject.

Inthissessionwewillreviewprofilesofdifferentkeycollaboratorsinthegrantdevelopment process,lookingatwhattheybringtothetableandhowyoucanbestdrawthemintoyourorbit. Webinar:

Date:Thursday,May23rd

Time:12pmET/9amPT

Presenters:

PaulTuttle GrantsConsultant,HanoverResearch

ClintonDoggett—SeniorGrantsAdvisor,HanoverResearch

Unabletoattend?Registerandwewillsendacopyoftherecordingandslidesafterthewebinar.

UPCOMING EVENTS

TRACI NESS, BIOLOGY PROFESSOR

Unfortunatelythereissadnewstoshare.OurcolleagueTraciNesspassedawaySundaymorningwith hermotherandsisterbyherside.Sheleavestwodaughtersbehind,Mikayla(11)andOlivia(9).

Traci was a passionate and dedicated mother, teacher, mentor, and friend. She built an impressive legacy that significantly impacted our university and its students. She regularly taught Medical Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Foundations of Microbiology, and Principles of Biology I. Traci received university-level recognition for her outstanding teaching: the Armstrong Kristina Brockmeier Faculty Teaching and Service Award (2011) and the GSU Award for Excellence in Contributions to Instruction (2019) She served as the Director of the Armstrong Science and Technology Expansion Program (STEP), an NSF-funded program (Co-PI, $1 million) that supported incoming high school students to perform research in the college for 2 consecutive summers as rising freshmen and sophomores. She was also the PI for an NSF Transforming Undergraduate Education in the Sciences (TUES) grant ($184,557) which supported the development, implementation, and assessment of the Wolbachia CURE used in the Armstrong BIOL 1107L course, a curriculum that has served thousands of students. Traci also mentored many undergraduate research students, many of whom went on to graduate, MD, and MD/PhD programs. She poured her heart into her students and to her constant growthasamentorandinstructor,allintheinterestofstudentsuccess.Agraciouscolleague,she’dbe thefirsttowelcomeanewfacultymemberbyprovidingallherteachingmaterials,alwayssteppedup whenaskedtoserve,andcouldbereliedupontosignificantlycontribute.Thislastyearwastoughon Traciyet,untilrelativelyrecently,shewasteachingafullloadandcontributingtoservice.Wewillmiss her dry wit, warm heart, and uncanny attention to detail (rivaled by only Brett Larson ). Information regardingupcomingremembranceswillbeforthcoming.