Several Georgia Perimeter College economics faculty members have been elected to officer positions in the Georgia Association of Economics and Finance. They include James Kahiga, Online, president; Mark Flowers, Newton, director of communications; Robert Hopkins, Dunwoody, vice president of membership and Richard Kirk, Alpharetta, secretary. Other GPC faculty attending GAEF’s recent meeting were Tina Philpot, Corey Pihera, Fred Bounds, Betty LaDuke, Bill Moon and Mark Zagara.

GPC staff members Debbie Henderson and Cole Thomas and faculty member Marissa McNamara received recognition recently as three of 12 Outstanding GPC Women honorees. Other honorees include students Ann Marie Hormeku, Maria Annunziata, Nicole King, Suzanne Bentz, Diana Prada, Susan Hughes Isley, Ysamara Sosa, Aghogho Ekoko and Joo Yeon Yoo. The Dunwoody Campus Student Life and Student Government associations presented the honors in recognition of the women's exemplary involvement in campus activities and volunteerism. Faculty, staff and students nominated the finalists.

ESL professors Tim Brotherton, Clarkston, and Caroline Anderson, Dunwoody, have been awarded a Rotary International grant to travel to Germany May 11-26. As part of the grant, they also hosted three German educators from the Frankfurt/Wiesbaden area on April 17. The German group visited the Clarkston Community Center to meet Georgia Perimeter ESL students and immigrant refugees participating in an English tutoring session called Students Helping in Naturalization and English, otherwise known as Project SHINE.

Dunwoody professors Dr. Nancy Gup, Psychology; Heather Lucas, History, and Katherine Perrotta, History and Education, presented “What’s Empathy Got to Do With It? Active Learning Strategies that Promote Engagement and Empathy in the Social Sciences” at the Gordon College Teaching Matters Conference April 5. The three professors plus Dr. Dana Wiggins, History, also presented “Empathy in the Social Sciences” at the University System of Georgia Teaching and Learning Conference in Athens April 17.

Saxophonist Derwin Daniels, Homeland Security/Emergency Management, performed at a jazz concert March 15 in Conyers with acclaimed flautist and composter Claudia Hayden. He played cuts from his latest album, “Stand,” which he says includes a collage of styles ranging from cool jazz to hip hop.

 Dr. Eric Kendrick, ESL, Dunwoody, discussed the role of minorities in Laos, Vietnam and Burma at the Teaching Southeast Asia conference April 11-12 at GPC’s Clarkston Campus. The conference was sponsored by the Asia Council of the University System of Georgia and was open to USG faculty members. The sessions offered ways to incorporate a variety of aspects about Southeast Asia into existing curriculum. Dr. Paul Rodell from Georgia Southern University headed the program.

The Georgia Perimeter College Office of Marketing and Communications won a silver award from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations for a print advertisement featuring a student who was serving in the military overseas.

Armida Gilbert, English, Decatur, gave two presentations at regional conferences in March: “Connections Between Emerson and the Women's Rights Movements” at the Georgia and Carolina College English Association conference and “Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research and Its Implications for the Study of Literature” at the Two-Year College Association Southeast conference.

Erica Hart, Institutional Advancement, has begun a three-year term on the Georgia Educational Advancement Council Board.

Katherine Perrotta, History and Education, Dunwoody and Alpharetta, presented “Oral Histories: Bringing Civil Rights to Life” with GPC students Destiny Alston and Stephanie Anderson at the GPC Women’s Conference March 21 at Clarkston Campus. Professor Marc Zayac moderated the panel discussion.

Dr. Ca Trice Glenn, Counseling, published an article, “A Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Spirituality and Resilience with Emerging Adult Childhood Trauma Survivors,” in the Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, Volume 16, Issue 1, 2014.