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Dear IHE graduates and friends,

As we wrap up a busy and exciting semester, I want to thank our community for supporting us. We look forward to 2022 and a New Year's resolution to validate Louise McBee's confidence in us each day!

Happy holidays!

Best wishes to all,
Libby Morris

Director, McBee Institute of Higher Education
Zell Miller Distinguished Professor of Higher Education

Celebrating Louise McBee 

Director Libby Morris, President emeritus Charles Knapp, and President Jere Morehead offered remarks on Louise McBee's legacy at ribbon cutting ceremony.

We hosted a wonderful crowd on November 16. Thank you to everyone who made the day so special!

Our students met with the president of Minnesota Joan T.A. Gabel for a frank Q&A about higher education. Then, an overflowing crowd attended our formal dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony before gathering at the Chapel for the McBee Lecture in Higher Education and a reception on the lawn.

In her lecture, President Gabel took us on an intellectual exploration of higher education's foundation in social contract theory from Athens, Greece to Athens, Georgia to the Twin Cities in Minnesota.

Listen to President Gabel's Lecture ....

Starting new partnerships

Dr. Michelle Cook facilitated a conversation on change initiatives and strategic planning in higher education.

Associate professor Erik Ness led a productive exchange between UGA administrators and a delegation from International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB). The series of meetings was part of grant-funded project, initiated by the Andrew Young Foundation with partners at IUGB, UGA Office of Global Engagement, Mary Frances Early College of Education, and Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education.

Ness is a co-principal investigator, and he traveled to Côte d'Ivoire over the summer.

Read more about the project .... 

Introducing our 2021 graduates

Several members of the Executive EdD cohort gathered at the Arch  (l-r: Casey Geist, Marion Fedrick, Kelley Lips, Marti Brick, Andy Brantley, Margaret Laurence, Amanda Yu-Nguyen, Lynne Mazadoorian & Kallan Williams)

We proudly announce the following students who completed their degrees since spring:

Read more about our graduates ....

Supporting student goals

l-r: Amy Stich, George Spencer, Matt Gregory, Rob Toutkoushian, Julianne O'Connell, Alexa Arndt, Tim Cain, Charles Sanchez, Libby Morris, & Erik Ness (not pictured: Ben Cecil)

The McBee IHE faculty recognized the achievements of five students, as well as the lives and legacies that our awards honor, at special ceremony. 

• Zell and Shirley Miller Fellowship - Matt Gregory has been a peer leader in service, research & coursework for three years.
  
  
• Thomas G. Dyer Outstanding Dissertation Award - Charles Sanchez's dissertation draws on experience with mentor programs to design outreach programs to improve college access.
  
  
• J. Douglas Toma Excellence in Scholarship & Service Award - Julianne O'Connell's many service activities enrich and inform her research on food insecurity in higher education.
  
  
• Libby V. Morris Leadership Award - Alexa Arndt & Ben Cecil
  • Arndt apply critical feminist theory to the study of women in higher education as she researches leadership equity issues in higher education.
    
    
  • Doctoral candidate Cecil works as a graduate research associate for the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C. He researches higher education internationalization. 

More about our students ....

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