President Mark Becker has led Georgia State during the most transformative time in its history. He will step down after the academic year, in June 2021, after 12 years at the helm. Here are some of the highlights from his distinguished tenure at Georgia State.
The Women’s Philanthropy Network at Georgia State has endowed the first baccalaureate scholarship in the School of Public Health. The $100,000 scholarship is in honor of Dr. Mark Becker, the university’s seventh president.
A scientist at heart, Nitheyaa Shree is a campus standout. The senior neuroscience major is a Presidential Scholar, Barry Goldwater Scholar and Georgia State’s very first Marshall Scholar.
The university earned the honor from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators for its virtual student support services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Honors College at Georgia State University has created a scholarship program to help two-year honors students at Perimeter College successfully transition to being four-year honors students on the university’s Atlanta Campus.
Joshua Fife (B.A. '19) has received the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship and will prepare for a career in the U.S. Foreign Service.
Assistant professor of education Jennifer Darling-Aduana on how online learning can become part of a quality, equitable education system.
Education company EAB has named Georgia State University’s Perimeter College the winner of its Student Success Collaborative Return on Education Award.
Nitheyaa Shree, a neuroscience major from Duluth, Ga. and senior in the Honors College, has been named Georgia State University’s first Marshall Scholar.
Georgia State University assistant professors Claire Donehower and Sarah Hansen have received a five-year, $2.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support social-communication learning for elementary-aged students with intellectual disabilities.
