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October 02, 2024
The fact Georgia has the eighth highest number of multilingual students in the country has led three 肉肉传媒 researchers to work toward increasing the number of teachers who speak two or more languages. 肉肉传媒 State鈥檚 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) program in the Bagwell College of Education was awarded more than $2.5 million over the next five years by the U.S. Department of Education to assist in the recruitment and retention efforts of bilingual and multilingual teachers in Georgia.
September 30, 2024
Within 肉肉传媒鈥檚 Department of Public Safety is a resource that is one of a kind in Georgia. The Safety, Advocacy, Forensics, Empowerment (SAFE) Center provides comprehensive services to students and employees who are victims of crime on or off campus. What sets the SAFE Center apart from other campus-based sexual assault and domestic violence centers in the state is KSU鈥檚 law enforcement-based, collaborative approach to providing services.
September 25, 2024
A 2023 cybersecurity breach that compromised the data of 37 million T-Mobile customers highlights the need for better privacy solutions, something 肉肉传媒鈥檚 Xinyue Zhang is working to deliver. Zhang鈥檚 research focuses on the crucial intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity. Her goal is to develop secure AI models that not only protect personal information, but also reduce energy use.
September 24, 2024
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that more than 40,000 people died last year in vehicle crashes across the United States, many of those accidents being preventable. To improve roadway safety for motorists everywhere, 肉肉传媒 researchers are studying how existing technology can be used to reduce collisions and save lives.
September 23, 2024
A partnership with a school system in Georgia has provided a 肉肉传媒 education program the opportunity to benefit from a grant to prepare students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. As part of multi-year grants of up to $8.6 million from the Toyota USA Foundation to Fulton County Schools (FCS), the iTeach program in the Bagwell College of Education at 肉肉传媒 State will provide enhanced professional development for teachers around STEM topics.
September 20, 2024
A new partnership between 肉肉传媒鈥檚 Bagwell College of Education and Marietta City Schools (MCU) seeks to develop the next generation of teacher-leaders. The Department of Educational Leadership at 肉肉传媒's Bagwell College of Education has launched an innovative partnership with Marietta City Schools aimed at preparing classroom teachers for leadership roles.
September 20, 2024
The gender of a chief executive officer (CEO) may serve as a good indicator of the strategies and initiatives a company will pursue, particularly in the ways a company gives back to society. In a recent article published in the European Journal of Marketing, 肉肉传媒 assistant professor Prachi Gala found that women CEOs often choose human-centered approaches when giving back to society.
September 19, 2024
The old adage that looks can be deceiving could certainly apply to Maria Benitez Blanco. On the exterior, she has long, styled hair and big, dark eyes that light up when she smiles. Her painted fingernails are long and adorned with little jewels on each nail. But on the interior, Blanco is courageous, passionate and full of grit. 鈥淚 had a rough childhood,鈥 said Blanco, who now studies construction management at 肉肉传媒.
September 18, 2024
Reflecting on her childhood, Lucile Duncan can see that much of her interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) was nurtured by her engineer father. Her early exposure to the field came from frequent interactions with his colleagues and visits to their workplaces. She spent weekends with these professionals and joined them for lunch during summer breaks, which introduced her to engineering at a young age. It was those interactions that ultimately led her to pursue mechanical engineering at 肉肉传媒鈥檚 Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology.
September 17, 2024
Amanda Morgan wrote the book on women in theater. Literally. The result of a yearslong effort, the 肉肉传媒 associate professor of theatre and performance studies saw her vision come to fruition last year in the form of a book titled 鈥淐onversations with Women in Musical Theatre Leadership,鈥 a compilation of 15 interviews with women leaders at the Broadway level.