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Dr. Tina Harris, a professor in the communication studies department in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is this year’s recipient of the Engaged Scholar Award. This annual award recognizes a full-time, tenured faculty member for significant contributions in public service, outreach and community engagement. This honor recognizes Dr. Harris’s significant engaged scholarship endeavors such as: engaged research and scholarship that is…
Lee Pierce, former doctoral student and lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Georgia, recently received the National Communication Association’s 2016 Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. Given annually, the award recognizes new Communication scholars who completed outstanding dissertations during the previous academic year. Pierce was recognized for her dissertation, “Syntaxing the Nation…
Congratulations to Tim Curran, Mengfei Guan, Hillary Palmer, and Abbey Miner for receiving university-wide awards during the University of Georgia’s Honors week! Tim, Mengfei, and Hillary have received the 2016 Outstanding Teaching Award. Tim and Mengfei are PhD students in interpersonal and health communication, while Hillary is a PhD student in rhetoric. Abbey has received a UGA Presidential Award of Excellence awarded to less than 1…
I’m happy to congratulated Dr. Ed Panetta, Director of Debate, for being a winner of one of this year’s Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Awards. The award is given annually to faculty members who demonstrate excellence in teaching, a sustained commitment to high-quality instruction, and who are particularly engaged in undergraduate teaching. The award is prestigious (only five are awarded in the Franklin College) and comes with a…
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In 2006-2007 Intercollegiate Debate Season the University of Georgia debate team won the prestigious Copeland Award, given to the best team in the U.S. during the course of the season. Read the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences news article about the team's unprecedented success.

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