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Georgia State Outpaces Ambitious Graduation Goals As Part Of National Coalition Of Innovative Universities

Georgia State Outpaces Ambitious Graduation Goals As Part Of National Coalition Of Innovative Universities

The University Innovation Alliance (UIA), a national consortium of innovative public research universities working to improve student success, announced that they have exceeded graduation targets set during President Barack Obama’s College Opportunity Summit. Georgia State is a founding member of the UIA, which launched in 2014.

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Student Success: Georgia State University Receives $15 Million Grant From Robert W. Woodruff Foundation for Student Success Center

Student Success: Georgia State University Receives $15 Million Grant From Robert W. Woodruff Foundation for Student Success Center

Georgia State University has received a $15 million grant from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation to renovate the historic Southern Bell Telephone Company buildings at 25-27 Auburn Ave. to house an innovative Student Success Center.

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Georgia State Near Top in Innovation, Teaching, and Social Mobility in U.S. News & World Report 2021 Survey

Georgia State Near Top in Innovation, Teaching, and Social Mobility in U.S. News & World Report 2021 Survey

Georgia State University is ranked the third most innovative university in the nation and third for its commitment to undergraduate teaching in the 2021 Best Colleges edition of U.S. News & World Report magazine.

Georgia State ranked first among public universities in the Commitment to Undergraduate Teaching category. It’s the third year in a row the university has been ranked in the top three among national universities for its “unusually strong commitment to undergraduate teaching.”

The innovation and undergraduate teaching rankings are based on a survey of presidents, provosts and admissions deans at colleges and universities across the country. Georgia State also ranked highly in the Social Mobility and Academic Programs to Look For categories.

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Student Success: Georgia State Sets Record For Largest, Most Diverse Freshman Class In University History

Student Success: Georgia State Sets Record For Largest, Most Diverse Freshman Class In University History

Georgia State University has set records for the largest enrollment and largest freshman class in its history.

Enrollments topped 54,000, with more than 5,200 freshmen entering the Atlanta Campus as the largest, most qualified and most diverse freshman class in the institution’s history. The previous records were set last year with more than 53,000 students and 4,600 freshmen.

More than 2,500 freshmen are starting at Georgia State’s Perimeter College campuses.

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Georgia State’s Perimeter College Ranks Among Nation’s Best for Student Success

Georgia State’s Perimeter College Ranks Among Nation’s Best for Student Success

Students attending Georgia State University’s Perimeter College successfully transfer to four-year degree programs at dramatically higher rates than students at other two-year colleges around the nation, according to a new ranking by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Perimeter College ranks 20th in the nation for student success among 838 two-year colleges in the ranking, which tracked students who entered college in 2015.

Nearly 83 percent of Perimeter College students who began classes were still enrolled, had transferred to other programs or completed their programs by 2018, according to the ranking.

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Georgia State Ranks No. 2 in Nation in Innovation, No. 3 in Commitment To Teaching in Rankings by U.S. News & World Report

Georgia State Ranks No. 2 in Nation in Innovation, No. 3 in Commitment To Teaching in Rankings by U.S. News & World Report

Georgia State University is ranked the second most innovative university and third for its commitment to undergraduate teaching in the 2020 Best Colleges edition of U.S. News & World Report magazine.

It’s the second year in a row Georgia State is ranked the second most innovative institution. It’s also the second year in a row the university has been ranked in the top three among national universities for its “unusually strong commitment to undergraduate teaching.” Georgia State ranked first among public universities in the category.

The innovation and undergraduate teaching rankings are based on a survey of presidents, provosts and admissions deans at colleges and universities across the country.

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Student Success: Georgia State Sets Degree Conferral Record, Welcomes Large & Diverse Freshman Class

Student Success: Georgia State Sets Degree Conferral Record, Welcomes Large & Diverse Freshman Class

Georgia State University will set a record for overall enrollment this fall semester, with more than 53,000 students enrolled and with the largest, most qualified and most diverse freshman class in the institution’s history.

Students will come from 49 states and more than 160 nations and territories, also a record. More than 4,600 freshmen will enter the university with a record average high school grade point average (GPA) of 3.53.

Of the freshman class, 36 percent is Black, and the university will set records for the number of Hispanic and Asian students enrolled as freshmen. More than 3,300 freshmen will start this fall at Georgia State’s Perimeter College campuses.

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Study Abroad for All: Studying Sign Language in France

Study Abroad for All: Studying Sign Language in France

Ca’Shawn Brown, a rising junior in the Honors College at Georgia State University, spent most of May studying French, sign language and deaf culture in Montpellier and Paris, France.

Brown, who is majoring in applied linguistics, received the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for the summer semester. The scholarship allows students of limited financial means to study abroad, which Brown said is an integral part of her education.

“The world is so much bigger than the United States,” Brown said. “I want to explore outside of America and gain a better understanding of various cultures, languages and perspectives.”

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Student Success & Inclusion: Perimeter College Students Participate In NASA Aerospace Scholars Program

Student Success & Inclusion: Perimeter College Students Participate In NASA Aerospace Scholars Program

Hector Enciso, Joel Goodrum, Dinah Johnson, Mariyaah Muttalib and Fkreyesus Mesfn of Georgia State University’s Perimeter College were among 403 students selected from across the U.S. to attend the four-day NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) onsite experience.

To compete for a seat with NCAS, students must complete a five-week online research program, which requires them to pass a series of tests and write a research paper on Mars. If selected, they are assigned to one of NASA’s 10 field centers across the country for an opportunity to meet engineers, tour facilities and collaborate on team projects.

NCAS is funded in part by NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Program (MUREP), which focuses on connecting underrepresented and underserved students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines with practical learning experiences outside the classroom.