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Georgia Gwinnett College professor Bagie George receives prestigious USG faculty award
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From Staff Reports
Dr. Bagie George, associate professor of biology and assistant dean in Georgia Gwinnett College’s School of Science and Technology, was announced as the recipient of the 2018 Felton Jenkins Jr. Hall of Fame Faculty Award on Wednesday. The University System of Georgia’s highest faculty honor, the award was presented at the recent 14th annual Regents’ Scholarship Gala. George is the sixth GGC faculty member to receive the award since the college opened in 2006. George wanted to be a doctor since she was a young child, and obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology in preparation for medical school. However, after receiving recognition for her teaching skills during graduate school, she realized that she enjoyed being in the classroom.
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GSW alumna nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
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From Staff Reports
AMERICUS — Georgia Southwestern State University alumna Jaha Dukureh has been nominated for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for her work toward ending female genital mutilation and child marriage in her home country, The Gambia, in West Africa and across the world. Born in a small Gambian village in 1989, Dukureh was a victim of genital mutilation at just one week old. Her arranged marriage to an unknown older man at age 15 brought her to New York City. After two months, Dukureh was able to leave her husband and continue her education in the United States, where she became a naturalized citizen in 2015. Dukureh was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian parliament member Jette Christensen. …Remarkably, Dukureh is not the first GSW alumna to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. President Jimmy Carter won the esteemed award in 2002, donating a large sum of his winnings to the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, a unit of GSW.