COSMWEEKLY
THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
UPDATES FROM THE DEAN
Thishascertainlybeenatumultuoussemesterwiththedisruptioncausedbytwohurricanes. From aclassperspective,wearenotschedulinganyadditionalmake-updaysforinstruction. Allfaculty areaskedtousealternatemethodsofinstructionasameanstocatchuponlostinstructionaltime This can include posting videos, adding required reading assignments, or a variety of other instructional activities that are appropriate for your classes Please post these alternative instructional activities in Folio If audited, we will pull data from Folio to show how we as an institution made up the lost time to meet the required instructional time as outlined in USG and Universitypolicies. FormyOrganicChemistryIclass,Ishiftedthescheduletoeliminatesomeexam review days and will post a couple of video lectures in Folio. This will allow me to get back on schedulebytheendofsemester.
COSM has selected Drs. Aaron Schrey and John Carroll as the Administrative Fellows for Research. AaronandJohnwillstepintoassistwiththeresearchoperationinBrentFeske’sabsencefromthe AssociateDeanofResearch. PleasejoinmeincongratulatingAaronandJohnonthesepositions. I amlookingforwardtoworkingwiththemintheserolesaswecontinuetolookforwaystosupport andgrowourresearchenterprise.
As you likely saw, we received approval from the Board of Regents last week to begin to offer a Bachelor’sofScienceinBiomedicalSciencesdegreeinFall,2025. Thisprogrambeginsaprocessof building biomedical sciences as an area of emphasis for COSM We are also searching for a director for the Center for Biomedical Research and Innovation as well as have a team that has started preparing a proposal to establish a PhD in Biomedical Sciences These programs and centers allow COSM to establish collaborations with the Medical College of Georgia at Savannah (MCG)aswellastheDentalCollegeofGeorgiaatSavannahthatisintheplanningphase.Bothof theseprogramsareontheArmstrongcampus.
We are working with MCG to establish a guaranteed admissions program for Georgia Southern students into the MCG program. As planned, new freshman students will be accepted into the guaranteed admissions program as they enter Georgia Southern. Upon completion of all the requirements, the students will enter medical school during the summer of the fourth year where this year will satisfy the requirements for the student’s first year of medical school as well as the senior year of study for their bachelor’s degree. This 3+3 B.S./M.D. program shortens the time for studentstoreceivetheirM.D.byoneyear.Hopefully,theMOUfortheprogramwillbeapprovedthis fallallowingustoacceptthefirstfreshmanstudentsintotheprogramforFall2025.
The Faculty Governance Committee and I have been working on some updates and revisions to COSM Manual and Bylaws The current plan is to complete the revisions this fall and begin the process for broad discussions across the college about the changes in the spring semester Assumingeverythingisready,wewillconductavoteforapprovaloftheupdateddocumentsinlate spring semester If you have any questions about the changes, please contact your departmental representativeontheFacultyGovernancecommitteeormedirectly.
Sincerely, Mike
TOP 2% SCIENTISTS
Each year Elsevier and Stanford University recognizes the world’s top scientific researchers by publishing a list of the Top 2% Scientists Worldwide. The list comprises scientists across 22 fields and174subfieldsinthetop100,000worldwideintermsofc-score(compositescore)and/orinthe top2%oftheirchosensubfield
Georgia Southern’s research enterprise has grown tremendously in the last few years This year’s list of Top Scientists includes 13 distinguished faculty members from Georgia Southern! The CollegeofScienceandMathematicshasfourfacultymembersonthelist
COSMFacultyamongtheTop2%Scientists
Dr. Jose Jimenez (Assistant Professor of Materials, Physical Chemistry, College of Science and Mathematics)
Dr.Xiao-junWang(ProfessorofPhysics,CollegeofScienceandMathematics)
Dr. Dmitry Apanaskevich (Professor of Biology, Entomology, College of Science and Mathematics)
Dr. David C. Weindorf (Vice President for Research and Economic Development, College of ScienceandMathematics)
AdditionalGeorgiaSouthernfacultyonthelistinclude:
Dr.ArdaYenipazarli(ProfessorofOperationsManagement,CollegeofBusiness)
Dr AllenAmason(Dean,CollegeofBusiness)
Dr Adam Bossler (Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, College of Behavioral and SocialSciences)
Dr BryanRiemann(ProfessorofSportsMedicine,CollegeofHealthProfessions)
Dr.IssacChun-HaiFung(ProfessorofEpidemiology,CollegeofPublicHealth)
Dr.MeteAkcaoglu(ProfessorofInstructionalTechnology,CollegeofEducation)
Dr. Haijun Gong (Assistant Professor, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, College of EngineeringandComputing)
Dr.MasoudDavari(ProfessorofElectrical&ComputerEngineering,CollegeofEngineeringand Computing)
Dr. Biswanath Samanta (Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing)
The database of top-cited scientists provides standardized information on citations, h-index, coauthorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions and a composite indicator (c-score). For the full list of scientist, please visit website at https://elsevierdigitalcommonsdatacom/datasets/btchxktzyw/7
JoinmeincongratulatingalloftheGeorgiaSouthernfacultyonthisprestigiouslist
NEW STAFF UPCOMING EVENTS
TeachingLargeClasses
JoinourworkshopdesignedforCOSMfaculty,focusingoneffectivestrategiesforteachinglarge classesbothin-personandonline.Learnhowtocreateasenseofengagementthrough interactivetechniquesandtechnology,managegradingefficientlywithinnovativetools,and enhancestudentcommunicationtofosterasupportivelearningenvironment.Thissessionwill providepracticaltipsandresourcestohelpyousucceedinmanaginglargeclasseswhilekeeping studentsmotivatedandconnected
LearningOutcomes:
Createasenseofengagementinlargeclasse Managegradingefficiently Enhancestudentcommunication
Friday,October25,2024,12:00-1:00
Site-Syncwith:
Statesboro: EducationBuilding(COE)1123
Armstrong:SolmsHall207
Pleaseregisterhere.
LunchprovidedbyCOSMDean'sOffice.
RESEARCH COURSES
Finding Funding/Commun icatingwith POs/Building Competitive Proposals
Thiscourseorientsresearchersto thestartingprocessforfunding searches.Topicsincludelocating fundingsources,creatingof lettersofintent,communicating withPOs,andconstructing researchbriefs.
Wednesday,November 13th,12:00pm
https://georgiasouthern .zoom.us/s/84039311783
Submission Processand
FacultySupport
Thiscourseintroduces researcherstothe"QuickStart" approachtobeginningfunding proposalsthroughtheOfficeof Research.InadditiontoawalkthroughoftheQuickStartsurvey, researcherswillexploretheOffice ofResearchpreparationand submissionresourcesthatare locatedonourwebsite.
Budgets
Post-Award Processesat GeorgiaSouthern
Thiscourseprovidesadetailed interactiveguidetothe processesofgeneratingbudget categoryitems,writingaformal budgetfortheproposal,and craftingabudgetjustification.
Thiscourseorientsresearchersto theworkthattakesplaceonce fundinghasbeenawarded.Itis taughtbyamember(s)ofthe post-awarddepartmentand coversresearchaccounting, administration,andotherpostawardconsiderations.
Wednesday,November 13th,1:00pm
https://georgiasouthern .zoom.us/s/84039311783
Thursday,November 14th,10:00am
https://georgiasouthern zoomus/s/84039311783
Thursday,November 14th,11:00am
https://georgiasouthern .zoom.us/s/84039311783
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