A grant from Georgia State University’s Women’s Philanthropy Network will fund a new year-long initiative aimed at empowering the next generation of community fundraisers through training and a new grant-writing course. It will launch fall 2022.
Atlanta Magazine recently named 8 AYSPS alumni and faculty to its 500 Most Powerful Leaders list for 2022, with Amb. Andrew Young recognized a “legend.”
John List, the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and a best-selling author, will present the 2022 Economics Distinguished Public Lecture on “The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale,” at the Student Center East Auditorium on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 1 p.m.
Georgia State alumna Delores A. Varner (B.S.W. ’96, M.S.W. ‘01) and friends of Mindy Wertheimer recently endowed two scholarships for social work students.
Plans for a new Alumni Council have come to fruition this year in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies (AYS). The inaugural council boasts 20 members from various areas of the country.
Georgia State University freshman Seojin “Sam” Kim (B.S. in Economics) received the first Zeinah Danielle Aouani scholarship earlier this year.
The Andrew Young School has awarded more than 150 students scholarships, fellowships and awards including 3 new honors during the 2019/2020 academic year.
The new RISE Award is awarded to AYS undergraduates for academic merit, commitment to community service and financial need.
Alumnus Chris Ferguson is helping Atlanta’s homeless population in his role as the development manager for the Midtown Assistance Center (MAC) in Atlanta.
The Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology received a $30,000 grant from Affordable Learning Georgia to reduce textbook costs.
