COSMWEEKLY
THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
UPDATES FROM THE DEAN
OnAug1,2024,IcelebratedtheoneyearanniversaryofstartingthepositionasDeanoftheCollege of Science and Mathematics at Georgia Southern. Over the summer, I spent some time reflecting on this first year. I am as humbled and honored today at serving as your dean as I was when I startedayearago. ThisisagreatCollegewithwonderfulfaculty,staff,andstudents. Thankyoufor allowingmetobepartofyourteam.
As I review your accomplishments and the data showing COSM’s productivity, I am confident that we have passed an inflection point on our trajectory. Our enrollment data for the Fall, 2024 semester looks very strong. The incoming freshman class numbers are extremely impressive and exciting - we are up by 116 new freshman students for Fall 2024 as compared to fall 2025. This is more than 25% growth in new freshman students!! This is just one data point of many that shows growth and expansion of our impact and operations Now, we have to tell our story loudly and broadlysothatothersseeyourgreataccomplishmentsandhowstrongCOSMreallyis
Withthegrowthinfreshmanstudents,itwillbecriticalthatwefocusonretentionofourstudents.To help with these efforts, I am planning to add an administrative fellow position dedicated to teaching excellence and innovation, more on this coming soon. This position will compliment our adminfellowsforundergraduateresearchaswellasstudentsuccess.
Unfortunately, one of our student success initiatives fell victim to Hurricane Debby. We had to cancel the STEM Basecamp this year. I want to thank everyone associated with developing Basecamp. Everything was ready to go. We intend to offer this program next year and have alreadybegundiscussionswithothercollegesaboutoptionstoexpandtheprograminfall2025.
Finally,Ihopeeveryonehasagreatsemesterandacademicyear. WithHurricaneDebby,weareoff toachallengingstart. ProgressisbeingmadeinCOSMthankstoouroutstandingfacultyandstaff -THANKYOU!!
Sincerely, Mike
INNOVATIVE TEACHING
The College of Science and Mathematics seeks proposals for innovative and collaborative approachesforofferinglectureand/orlaboratorycoursesacrossmultiplecampusesandmultiple modes of delivery. With a particular focus on developing approaches that provide engaged, active learning student learning strategies, COSM will provide financial support for faculty teams to develop new strategies (new to the department or course). Of particular interest are approaches that improve upon the site-sync model of teaching courses across multiple campuses.Examplescouldinclude:
Team teaching a course on two campuses where the lecture is shared between multiple faculty members, but the labs are taught by a single faculty member on a specific campus. Forexample,BIOLBiomedicalSciencewouldbeofferedwithasinglelecturecourseviahybrid orsite-sync,butlabsectionsareofferedF2Foneachcampus
Redesign of an existing course(s) where the newly designed course can be taught more efficiently across campuses Such as, a team works to create a new course that will replace CHEM XXXX Synthetic Organic Chemistry taught on the Statesboro campus and CHEM XXXX SyntheticMedicinalChemistrythatistaughtontheArmstrongcampuswithanewcoursethat willbeofferedonbothcampuses.
An example of a newly designed course includes an online synchronous lecture with F2F laboratorycoursesoneachcampus.
Tosupporttheseprojects,facultyshouldproposeacourseandprovidejustificationforassociated costs, such as necessary equipment and supply purchases required for delivery of the revised or new course. For team-taught lecture/lab courses, faculty should outline how lecture material will be co-delivered and coordination of lab material and activities. Incentives may include stipends of up to $1,000. Additionally, team taught courses may be allowed to double count load for a limitedtime(eachpersoncountingthecourseasafullload)
Applicationdetails:
Duedate:September6,2025
Sendcompleteapplicationtocosm@georgiasouthernedu
ProjectDescription:3pagemaximum
NEW FACULTY AND STAFF
COSMhas13newfacultyandstaffjoiningourteam.InthecomingissuesoftheCOSMWeekly,we willintroduceafewofthethesenewteammembersatatime.Inaddition,theywillbeannounced via the COSM Facebook page starting in August. Please join us in welcoming the newest COSM teammembers!
UPCOMING EVENTS
2024 COSM AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Eachyear,theCollegeofScienceandMathematics AwardCommitteewillrecognizeandreward outstandingcontributionsofCOSMFaculty MembersinareasofTeaching,Researchand Service.OneAwardofExcellencewillbemade annually Viewpastawardrecipients.
COSMAWARDFOREXCELLENCEINTEACHING AMYPOTTER,PROFESSOR(SEES)
COSMAWARDFOREXCELLENCEINRESEARCH LISABROWN,ASSOCIATEPROFESSOR(BIOLOGY)
COSMAWARDFOREXCELLENCEINSERVICE JOSHGIBSON,ASSISTANTPROFESSOR(BIOLOGY)
COSMAWARDFORCOLLABORATION VERTICALLYINTEGRATEDPROGRAMS SHAINAZLANDGE,ASSOCIATEPROFESSOR(BCP)
COSMAWARDFORINCLUSIVEEXCELLENCE BRIGETTEBRINTON,LECTURER(BIOLOGY)
COSMAWARDFORSTAFFEXCELLENCE KATHLEENHUTCHESON,LABCOORDINATOR(MATHEMATICS)
UPCOMING EVENTS
SMART CENTER ON ARMSTRONG
TheSMARTCenterisofferingfreetutoringthisfallforthefollowingcourses:
Biology
Chemistry
Mathematics
Physics
Statistics
Pleasepassthisinformationontoyourstudentsormaybeprovidealink/announcement infolio,itwouldbegreatlyappreciated.
Herearethestep-by-stepinstructionsforstudentstocreateappointments.
TheScience&MathematicsAcademicResource&Tutorial(SMART)Centeroffersfree tutoringtotheArmstrongcampusbystudenttutorsinAnatomyandPhysiology,Biology, GeneralandOrganicChemistry,Physics,Statistics,andMathematics
In-Persontutoringsessionswillworkonadrop-inbasisanddonotrequirean appointment(ScienceCenterroom132)
VirtualappointmentscanbescheduledthroughtheEABNavigatesystem
Individualcoursetutoringschedulesandstep-by-stepinstructionstocreateavirtual appointmentcanbefoundattheSMARTCenterwebsite.
TUTORING COURSES
AnatomyandPhysiology
Biology
GeneralandOrganicChemistry
Physics
Statistics
Mathematics
Formoreinformation,please contact,MattBrown.
mbrown@georgiasouthern.edu ScienceCenter,Room132-134 11935AbercornStreet,Savannah, GA31419
Office:912-344-3165
Cell:912-306-4637
UPCOMING EVENTS 2024 STONE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
WearepleasedtoannouncethatDr.RobertSantos,DirectoroftheUnitedStatesCensusBureau willbevisitingthecampusesofGeorgiaSouthernUniversityonSeptember5&6andwewelcome andencourageyourattendance! HostedthroughtheStoneDistinguishedLectureSeries,the DirectorwillprovideaKeynoteonThursdayinStatesboroandholdCommunitySessionsonFriday inSavannah. IntheCommunitySessions,theDirectorencouragesquestionsanddiscussion relatedtothetopicsofeconomicdevelopment,environmentalsustainability,andhealth We wouldliketohavealargeaudienceforDr Santossowewouldappreciateyouoryour representativespresenceatanyoftheseevents Ihaveattachedafullscheduleofeventswith descriptionsforfurtherinformation
PleasereachouttomeortoDivineWanduku,DirectoroftheStatisticalConsultingUnit,with questionsat(912)478-4728ordwanduku@georgiasouthern.edu.
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Thursday,September5,2024 10:00am
StatesboroCampus
RussellUnionBallroom
COMMUNITY SESSIONS
Friday,September6,2024
9:00-12:30PM
ArmstrongCampus UniversityHall,Room121
Hosted by the Statistical Consulting Unit and the College of Science and Mathematics
UPCOMING EVENTS
RESEARCH & GRANTS LEARNING SESSION
Finding Funding/Communicati ngwithPOs/Building CompetitiveProposals
SubmissionProcess andFacultySupport
Thiscourseorientsresearchersto thestartingprocessforfunding searches Topicsincludelocating fundingsources,creatingofletters ofintent,communicatingwithPOs, andconstructingresearchbriefs
Thiscourseintroducesresearchers tothe"QuickStart"approachto beginningfundingproposals throughtheOfficeofResearch.In additiontoawalk-throughofthe QuickStartsurvey,researcherswill exploretheOfficeofResearch preparationandsubmission resourcesthatarelocatedonour website.
Wednesday,August 21st,12:00pm https://georgiasouthern zoomus/s/84039311783
Budgets
Post-AwardProcesses atGeorgiaSouthern
Thiscourseprovidesadetailed interactiveguidetotheprocessesof generatingbudgetcategoryitems, writingaformalbudgetforthe proposal,andcraftingabudget justification.
Wednesday,August 21st,1:00pm
https://georgiasouthern. zoom.us/s/84039311783
BroaderImpacts
Thiscourseorientsresearchersto theworkthattakesplaceonce fundinghasbeenawarded.Itis taughtbyamember(s)ofthepostawarddepartmentandcovers researchaccounting,administration, andotherpost-award considerations
Thiscourseprovidesanoverviewof theBIconceptaswellassharing someexamplesofsuccessfully craftedBIstatementsfromvarious fields.
Thursday,August22nd, 9:00am
https://georgiasouthern. zoom.us/s/84039311783
Thursday,August22nd, 10:00am
https://georgiasouthern zoomus/s/84039311783
Thursday,August22nd, 11:00am
https://georgiasouthern zoomus/s/84039311783
UPCOMING EVENTS
WehaveupdatedtheinformationforFY25FacultyCompetitiveTravelsupplements.Ihave attachedthecallforapplications,whichhasembeddedlinksforthePDFversionofthe applicationandthegoogleformforsubmission Facultycanalsofindthiscallandother informationthroughtheOfficeofresearch'swebpage (https://wwwgeorgiasouthernedu/research/faculty-support//funding-opportunities/) Thesesupplementsarecappedat$1,500tooffsetthecostsofpresentingatNationaland Internationalconferences.However,likealwaysthefundingislimitedandtheseare competitive.Belowarethedeadlines.
FY25SubmissionDeadlines(dueby5PMET)
•Friday,September20,2024(fortravelthroughJune1,2025)
•Friday,January17,2025(fortravelthroughJune1,2025)
•FridayMarch7,2025(primarilyfortravelthroughJune1,2025,withlimitedsummertravel funds)
PleasesharetheCallforapplicationswiththefacultywithinyourrespectivecollegesand programs.
Ifyouhaveanyquestions,feelfreetoreachouttoStephenGreiman.
UPCOMING EVENTS LIBRARY UPDATES AND INFORMATION
NIKKICANNON-RECH
WHAT’S NEW?
SciValandScopusareNowAvailable!
GreetingsfromyourLibraryLiaison!
AsweenteranewFallSemester,Iwantto updateyouonnewlibraryservicesandremind youofexistinglibraryservices.Pleasereach outifyouhaveanyquestions,concerns,orif youwouldliketoscheduleresearchinstruction foryourstudents.
CabellsJournalyticswillbeaddedtoourdatabasessoon.Journalyticsisaplatform integratingverifiedandpredatoryjournals,withtoolsforjournalcomparisonandevaluationto enhanceresearchimpact.
Newsinglesign-onforInterlibraryLoan(ILLiad)access
REVISED SERVICES
Discover@GShasanewinterfaceandNewsearchtechniques
ElsevierhassunsettedSelectedWorks.SelectedWorksprofilesarenolongeravailable.GS Scholarsisnowavailable
Alltenure-trackfacultyatGShaveascholarlyprofileinGSScholars
AllFacultyareencouragedtoupdateandenhancetheirprofiles.FollowtheGettingStarted instructionsontheGSScholarsGuide
DigitalCommonshasbeenrenamedtoGeorgiaSouthernCommons (https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/)andemailaddress (digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu)willnotbechangingaspartofthisnamechange,so patronswillnotneedtoupdateanysavedlinksorchangehowtheycommunicatewiththe DigitalCommonsTeam.
CONTINUED SERVICES
LiaisonServices:
InformationLiteracy/ResearchInstruction*pleasecontactNikkiCannon-Rech (dcannonrech@georgiasouthernedu) Thegoalofinformationliteracyinstructionisdesigned toteachlibraryusershowtolocatetheinformationtheyneedquicklyandeffectively It typicallycoversthelibrary'sdisciplinespecificdatabases,howtoeffectivelyusethem,howto evaluatewhattheyfind,andhowtoproperlyciteandutilizethoseresourcesinanethicalway Instructioncanalsocoverdatamanagement,citationmanagementsystems,andavarietyof othertopics.Pleasereachoutandlet'sdiscusswhatyourstudentsneed! generalorcateredtoaspecificassignment
F2ForVirtual
LibGuidescanbecreatedforanycourse(includingonlineasynchronous)
GEOG5231EconomicGeography
BIOL5400BarrierIslandEcology
OneonOneConsultationsforUndergraduateorGraduateStudents
HelpwithLiteratureReviewsforpublicationsorgrants
AFFORDABLE EDUCATION RESOURCES
OpenEducationResources
Supportinlocating,using,adapting,creating
SupportinapplyingforAffordableLearningGeorgiaGrants
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