2008 Woodie Awards
Four students earn Fellows honors
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Issue date: 4/18/08 Section: News
Four University students enrolled in the Honors Program have been awarded mid-term Foundation Fellowships, the University's premier undergraduate scholarship that offers travel, research and internship opportunities. Mid-term fellowships are awarded to academically outstanding sophomores.
The mid-term Foundation Fellows are David Howcroft, a linguistic and mathematics double major from Longwood, Fla.; Connor McCarthy, an international affairs and economics double major from Mobile, Ala.; Sharon McCoy, an international affairs and Spanish double major from Evans; and Cleveland Piggott, a biology and psychology double major from Suwanee.
"We are so pleased to welcome to the Foundation Fellowship a stellar group of young scholars," David S. Williams, director of the Honors Program and the Foundation Fellowship, said. "Their diverse array of interests and talents will enrich the community of Fellows."
"I am pleased that the Merage Foundation has chosen to recognize Edmond's accomplishments with this distinguished accolade," said University President Michael Adams. "His experiences and hard work have earned him this high recognition, and he stands as another shining example of the quality of the student this university produces."
The fellowship program, established by Paul and Lilly Merage, provides funding for recipients to pursue graduate studies, study abroad or enhance internship opportunities - any educational or professional advancement to achieve their individual American dreams.
Fomunung was one of 12 students chosen from across the U.S. from a pool of candidates who were nominated by partner universities. These 22 institutions, which can submit up to three nominations per year, include the University of Georgia and private universities such as Columbia, Harvard and Stanford.
With the support of Verizon Wireless and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, project organizers hope to create a new production model that allows public service announcement videos to be created by peers and delivered on personal mobile media devices.
The goal of the AIDS Personal Public Service Announcement project is to increase awareness of the importance of HIV testing, encourage young people to get tested and pioneer new ways to reach young adult audiences with vital educational messages.
"Delivering health messages to young people today can be frustrating," Scott Shamp, Institute director and professor of telecommunications at Grady College, said.
"A whole generation isn't using their parents' media, so we have to find new ways to reach them. Mobile media has powerful potential for reaching young people with information to help them stay healthy and protect others."
Coordinated by the New Media Institute, the project will bring teams of university students and faculty from around the Southeast together on April 22-23 in Atlanta. Using wireless phones and data equipment, student teams from Emory University, the University of South Carolina, Clark Atlanta University and Georgia State University will collaborate using wireless communications with producers from around the country to shoot, edit, produce and premiere short video announcements encouraging HIV testing.
The team of second-year law students Matthew A. Josephson, Titus T. Nichols and Robert D. Thomas won the championship trophy and received the Best Brief Award, while second-year students Kawania N. Brown, Audrey M. Seidle and David J. Younker finished the competition as finalists. Additionally, Younker earned the tournament's Best Oralist honor. Both University of Georgia teams were coached by third-year students Catherine D. Runion and Rachel D. Horton.
"I couldn't be more proud of our students," Georgia Law Director of Advocacy Kellie Casey Monk said. "After the final round of the tournament, both teams from the School of Law were tied for first, and the judges had to use the brief scores to determine the top team. It was amazing to have an all-Georgia final and to capture all of the competition's awards."
On the national front, Georgia Law captured third place at the Frederick Douglass National Moot Court Competition, after winning a regional qualifying contest earlier this year.
- University News Service
The mid-term Foundation Fellows are David Howcroft, a linguistic and mathematics double major from Longwood, Fla.; Connor McCarthy, an international affairs and economics double major from Mobile, Ala.; Sharon McCoy, an international affairs and Spanish double major from Evans; and Cleveland Piggott, a biology and psychology double major from Suwanee.
"We are so pleased to welcome to the Foundation Fellowship a stellar group of young scholars," David S. Williams, director of the Honors Program and the Foundation Fellowship, said. "Their diverse array of interests and talents will enrich the community of Fellows."
Student awarded Merage Fellowship
University Honors student Edmond Fomunung has been awarded a Merage American Dream Fellowship. A senior cellular biology major from Katy, Texas, he is the third University recipient of the two-year $20,000 scholarship for academically outstanding undergraduates who are immigrants to the U.S. With his fellowship, Fomunung plans to enter a joint program to obtain his M.D. and master's degree in public health."I am pleased that the Merage Foundation has chosen to recognize Edmond's accomplishments with this distinguished accolade," said University President Michael Adams. "His experiences and hard work have earned him this high recognition, and he stands as another shining example of the quality of the student this university produces."
The fellowship program, established by Paul and Lilly Merage, provides funding for recipients to pursue graduate studies, study abroad or enhance internship opportunities - any educational or professional advancement to achieve their individual American dreams.
Fomunung was one of 12 students chosen from across the U.S. from a pool of candidates who were nominated by partner universities. These 22 institutions, which can submit up to three nominations per year, include the University of Georgia and private universities such as Columbia, Harvard and Stanford.
New Media group urges phone PSAs
A unique project by students of the University's New Media Institute may soon make wireless phones a new vehicle for Public Service Announcements in the fight against HIV/AIDS.With the support of Verizon Wireless and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, project organizers hope to create a new production model that allows public service announcement videos to be created by peers and delivered on personal mobile media devices.
The goal of the AIDS Personal Public Service Announcement project is to increase awareness of the importance of HIV testing, encourage young people to get tested and pioneer new ways to reach young adult audiences with vital educational messages.
"Delivering health messages to young people today can be frustrating," Scott Shamp, Institute director and professor of telecommunications at Grady College, said.
"A whole generation isn't using their parents' media, so we have to find new ways to reach them. Mobile media has powerful potential for reaching young people with information to help them stay healthy and protect others."
Coordinated by the New Media Institute, the project will bring teams of university students and faculty from around the Southeast together on April 22-23 in Atlanta. Using wireless phones and data equipment, student teams from Emory University, the University of South Carolina, Clark Atlanta University and Georgia State University will collaborate using wireless communications with producers from around the country to shoot, edit, produce and premiere short video announcements encouraging HIV testing.
Law students win Best Brief, Oralist
Recently, the University School of Law swept the 2008 Intrastate Moot Court Competition with two teams advancing to the final round of the tournament and capturing both the Best Brief and Best Oralist awards. The University defeated teams from each of the state's law schools - Emory University, Georgia State University, Mercer University and John Marshall - in the annual contest.The team of second-year law students Matthew A. Josephson, Titus T. Nichols and Robert D. Thomas won the championship trophy and received the Best Brief Award, while second-year students Kawania N. Brown, Audrey M. Seidle and David J. Younker finished the competition as finalists. Additionally, Younker earned the tournament's Best Oralist honor. Both University of Georgia teams were coached by third-year students Catherine D. Runion and Rachel D. Horton.
"I couldn't be more proud of our students," Georgia Law Director of Advocacy Kellie Casey Monk said. "After the final round of the tournament, both teams from the School of Law were tied for first, and the judges had to use the brief scores to determine the top team. It was amazing to have an all-Georgia final and to capture all of the competition's awards."
On the national front, Georgia Law captured third place at the Frederick Douglass National Moot Court Competition, after winning a regional qualifying contest earlier this year.
- University News Service
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