Woods receives award for teaching excellence
Dr. Juanita Woods, a University of North Georgia (sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÍøÒ³Èë¿Ú) associate professor in the Mike Cottrell College of Business, was selected as the 2023 recipient of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Linn Stuckenbruck Teaching Excellence Award in October.
The award, which was presented during the PMI Global Summit in Atlanta, Georgia honors faculty members for outstanding contribution in teaching project management, and for their commitment to improving and enhancing project management curricula in higher education.
"I am honored to have been awarded the PMI Linn Stuckenbruck Teaching Excellence Award at the PMI Global Summit," Woods said. "I want to recognize the support of my colleagues and students, because without them, this would not be possible. "
Among her academic achievements is "Delivering Value with Project Management," an open-source textbook on project management, developed by Woods and co-writer Scott Marshall, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÍøÒ³Èë¿Ú associate chief information officer.
Since 1974, PMI has honored organizations and project professionals whose passion, talent and expertise have made the greatest contributions to project management and PMI. The celebration showcased winners of the PMI Professional Awards, Chapter Awards, Academic & Research Awards, and the Kerzner Award in front of their peers and PMI leadership.
Student gains feedback on innovation at USG event
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÍøÒ³Èë¿Ú grad student Aliou Aboubakar Mouhamed competed at the USG Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition held April 6-7 at Kennesaw State's Marietta Campus.
ONEsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÍøÒ³Èë¿Ú supports strategic big bets
Donors have an opportunity to strengthen sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÍøÒ³Èë¿Ú's seven strategic big bets by supporting 20 projects featured in the 'ONEsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÍøÒ³Èë¿Ú — Bold Forward' university-wide giving campaign.
Students earn prizes for innovative ideas
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÍøÒ³Èë¿Ú students took center stage as they shared their business ideas and won prize money to support their entrepreneurial ambitions at the innovatesa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÍøÒ³Èë¿Ú Pitch Challenge held March 2.
Nanzan professor shares culture at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÍøÒ³Èë¿Ú
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÍøÒ³Èë¿Ú is hosting Dr. Nanako Machida, professor emeritus at Nanzan University, through the Fulbright-Scholar-in-Residence Program this spring.