Big Night at UWG

Please join us for the 14th annual Big Night: A Celebration of Undergraduate Research next Wednesday, April 18th at 7pm in the Campus Center Ballroom. Immediately following the 6 student presentations there will be an awards ceremony, reception and poster display.

There will be a judged "competition" of the research posters this year with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place monetary awards given.

All students are encouraged to attend this celebration of student achievement and scholarship at Big Night on Wednesday, April 18, 2012.  "Exit Tickets" will be given to the attendees to be given to professors offering extra credit opportunities. 

Presentations

Determinants of County-Level DUIs in Georgia: A Multi-Year Analysis

            Mr. Clinton Baxter- Business

            Professor William J. Smith, Faculty Advisor

The Soil is Beautiful!

            Ms. Kiesha Carroll- Education

            Professor Judy Cox, Faculty Advisor

Power Line Series

            Ms. Virginia Gramling- Fine Arts

            Professor Eilis Crean, Faculty Advisor

Socrates and Law as One’s Own

            Mr. Kevin King- Humanities

            Professor Walter Riker, Faculty Advisor

On the Optimization of Electrolysis of Water

            Mr. Roger Lascorz- Sciences

            Professor J.E. Hasbun, Faculty Advisor

  Becoming American?: International Student Perspectives on Identity and Culture  

            Ms. Dalila Ozier- Social Sciences

            Professor Lisa Gezon, Faculty Advisor

Did You Know?

Did You Know? Undergraduate Class Section and Size at UWG: The number of unduplicated, undergraduate class sections offered (including online but excluding independent study courses) at UWG has grown by 21 percent from 1,317 in fall 2007 to 1,599 in fall 2011. The pace of growth in the number of class sections is responsive to the increasing student enrollment. The number of class sections with 30 or more enrolled students increased from 407 in fall 2007 (i.e. 31 percent of all class sections) to 466 in fall 2011 (i.e. 29 percent of all class sections). In relative terms, this indicates that the enrolled students’ growth has not resulted in a proportional increase in larger class sections. On the other hand, the average class size varies by the course level, with more students enrolled in lower-level courses than in higher-level courses. The 5-year average class sizes for the lower-level and upper-level courses are 34 and 22, respectively.

Learn more about student enrollment at UWG by visiting the Department of Institutional Research and Planning website. For more information, please call 678-839-6449.

UWG Now Offering Classes in Douglasville

The University of West Georgia has started offering classes at its new location in Douglasville, bringing educational opportunities to one of the fastest-growing areas in metro Atlanta.

The Saturday graduate level and doctoral classes began in the Fall 2011 semester, with nearly 70 students. The graduate classes are: Leadership Residency II and Language-Minority Education and Culture. The doctoral class is Program Evaluation. In the spring, UWG will offer more classes at the Stewart Parkway location. Richards College of Business will offer Marketing Strategy during the first half of the Spring 2012 semester and Managerial Accounting during the final half.

UWG and Georgia Highlands College share the 30,000-square-foot space. In a partnership with Douglas County and the city of Douglasville, a former shopping center was converted into a state-of-the-art facility. It opened in June 2010. Georgia Highlands, a two-year school, started offering core classes in the fall of 2010.

For more information contact Rebecca Smith at 770-254-7345 or rsmith@westga.edu.