Student Engagement
Introduction
Engagement through organization involvement and event participation helps shape the Mary Frances Early College of Education experience. Our student engagement initiatives offer a break from the classroom and opportunities to interact with peers who could become lifelong friends.
With over 20 official student organizations and an ongoing event calendar, there are endless ways for you to get involved.
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Latest News
- Assistant professor receives 2026 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award honorable mention
Katie Sciurba recently received a 2026 Outstanding Book Award honorable mention from the Society of Professors of Education for her book, “Reading and Relevance, Reimagined.”
- Student engagement coordinator awarded 2026 Advisor of the Year
Kayla McKinney, coordinator of student engagement in the College, received the award from the University of Georgia’s Department of Engagement, Leadership, and Service.
- College graduate students receive 2026 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards
Thirteen graduate students in the College were recently recognized for their significant contributions to the instructional mission of the University of Georgia.
- Amazing Student: Olivia Lempner
Olivia Lempner (B.S.Ed. ’26) pursues her interest in exercise and sport science through her involvement with the Integrative Cardiovascular Physiology Lab and Exercise is Medicine at UGA.
- UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic receives Bobbi Meeler Sahm Service and Outreach Award
Funding will support a collaboration with Love.Craft Athens to provide on-site speech-language services and staff training to help 20 adults with disabilities.
- Professor elected to chair education section of AAAS
Julie A. Luft was recently elected to chair of Section Q of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.