GC Journeys wins Regents’ Momentum Year Award for excellence

GC Journeys wins Regents’ Momentum Year Award for excellence
T he University System of Georgia (USG) awarded its “2021 Regents’ Momentum Year Award for Excellence in Teaching and Curricular Innovation” to GC Journeys—a program where every Georgia College student participates in at least five transformative experiences in their college years.
“We strongly value the success of our students and realize the impact of the intentional and supportive opportunities a program like GC Journeys offers to their college experience,” said Dr. Costas Spirou, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs.
In a congratulatory letter announcing the award, Dr. Tristan Denley, executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer for USG, wrote: “We received many outstanding nomination portfolios this year and each was thoroughly reviewed by a panel of faculty and administrators from across the University System. When the review committee met to discuss the nominations and finalize their recommendations, they voted unanimously to recommend GC Journeys program as this year’s winner.”
GC Journeys is “comprehensive” and “ambitious,” Cofer said, and that’s what helped propel it to award-winning success.
“It’s not a department initiative, rather it’s a university-wide initiative,” he said. “While it was conceived and driven by faculty, it’s taken the entire university working together to focus on student success, which is at the heart of a liberal arts education. Its this type of collaboration that really helped set us apart.”
The award will be formally presented at a future Board of Regents meeting.
“I’m so excited about the award,” Cofer said, “because it’s external recognition of the great work our faculty and staff are doing. It helps confirm that quality education that GC students receive.”