Schedule of Events (Subject to Change)

Thursday, February 7, Southeast Georgia Conference Center at the College of Coastal Georgia
Auditorium	Screening and Discussion of the documentary Wanderer from Professor Tyler Bagwell
	Wanderer tells the story of how, in 1858, Savannah-based slave-owner Charlie Lamar schemed to covertly transport enslaved Africans to Jekyll Island in the luxury yacht "Wanderer."
Friday, February 8, Southeast Georgia Conference Center at the College of Coastal Georgia
Room	Time	Presenter	Title	Dept	Co-presenters	Title
Auditorium	40 min talks
	9:00 - 9:40	Stephanie Conner	Lecturer of English	Arts and Humanities	Dr. Maryanne Sandberg, Assistant Professor of Nursing	Building Momentum While Building Bridges: Decompartmentalizing Writing Through Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration in the First-Year Composition Classroom
	9:40 - 10:20	Claire Hughes	Interim Chair, Associate Professor	Education and Teacher Preparation		The iGeneration- Or why the Boomers, Xers, Millennials and Z Generations are So Different: Implications for Schools and Workplace
	15 min BREAK
	10:35 - 11:15	Amy Sneed	Assistant Professor	Education and Teacher Preparation	Carol Geiken	Leveraging School-Partnerships to Support Teacher Candidates’ Development of Equitable and Responsive Teaching Practices
	11:15 - 11:55	Jim Wiley	Assistant Professor of Political Scienc	Social Science		Anthropology and Politics
Altamaha	20 min talks
	9:00 - 9:20	Courtenay Miller	Assistant Professor of Mathematics	Mathematics		Elementary Pre-Service Teachers and Mathematics Anxiety
	9:20 - 9:40	David Mulry	Professor of English	Arts and Humanities		Terrorism in the nineteenth and twentieth century novel
	9:40 - 10:00	Heather Farley				The State of U.S. Sustainability in 2019: Ideological Shifts, Climate Change, and International Efforts
	10:00 - 10:20	Roscoe Scarborough	Assistant Professor of Sociology	Social Sciences		A Culture of Community Service: Suppressing Prejudice in Volunteer Firefighting
	15 min BREAK
	10:35 - 10:55	Stephanie Conner	Lecturer of English	Arts and Humanities		Relevance and Revelations: The Cross-Disciplinary Language of Literature Research in First Year Composition
	10:55 - 11:15	Melissa Trussell	Assistant Prof Economics	Business		Trust and Trustworthiness among former child soldiers: An experimental approach
	11:15 - 11:35	C. Tate Holbrook	Associate Professor of Biology	Department of Natural Sciences		Assessing the threat of predatory fire ants to sea turtles on Jekyll Island
Satilla	Discussions
	9:00 - 9:20	Marci Culley	Dean of Social Sciences	Social Sciences	Tate Holbrook, Heather Farley, James Deemy, Amy Sneed	The group will explore how research interests and activities intersect across disciplines, and in particular, how each has engaged in collaborative work with organizations and public agencies to promote conservation and/or citizen participation in environmental issues.
	9:20 - 9:40	Jennifer P. Gray				Procrastination
	9:40 - 10:00	Kimberly Mannahan		Arts and Sciences - Psychology		Is it too late to publish my dissertation?
	10:00 - 10:20	Mary McGinnis	Assistant Professor of English	Arts and Humanities		Multimodality Across the Curriculum
	15 min BREAK
	10:35 - 10:55	Cody Cocchi	Assoc. Dir S-L			Structured, sustained Service-Learning in nursing education and nursing attitudes
	10:55 - 11:15	Karen Lucas	Assistant Professor of Math Education	Education and Teacher Preparation		Translating from mathematical symbols to words – an often overlooked step in the development of understanding.
	11:15 - 11:35	Don Matthews	Prof of EconBusiness			The Political Economy of George Orwell

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PAST EVENTS

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Dec. 17, 2018: Glynn Academy Alumni Endowed Scholarship Golf Tournament Fundraiser

Thanks to all who came out to support the Glynn Academy Alumni Endowed Scholarship Golf Tournament Fundraiser at Brunswick Country Club. This needs-based scholarship benefits a deserving Glynn Academy alum attending the College of Coastal Georgia. Thanks to all of the event's generous sponsors. Below are a few photos of the event.

Mar. 8, 2018: College of Coastal Georgia Distinguished Speaker Series Welcomes Chantel Dunham

Requests for accommodations for those with disabilities should be made as soon as possible but at least 7 days prior to the scheduled lecture. Please contact the Office of Advancement at 912-279-5702 or advancement@ccga.edu to request accommodations.

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Jan. 30: College of Coastal Georgia Distinguished Speaker Series Inaugural Event

Jan. 25: Reception Celebrating a Gift from the Dr. Jean Hurst Collection of the Works of American Artist Ralph Hurst

Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.

SOUTHEAST GEORGIA CONFERENCE CENTER AT THE COLLEGE OF COASTAL GEORGIA

Nursing and Health Sciences Donor Appreciation Reception

Miriam and Hugh Nunnally Donor Appreciation Reception

November 9, 2017

On November 9, the College of Coastal Georgia Foundation hosted a donor recognition dinner reception in the Miriam and Hugh Nunnally Health and Science Building on the College of Coastal Georgia campus. This event brought together donors, students, faculty, and staff for a celebration of philanthropy directed to nursing and health sciences programs at the College. It was an expression of our thanks for the extraordinary generosity of our donors to these cornerstone programs at the College.

View the individual photos below.