Thoughts racing, pulse pounding, Brandon Arant (BS ’13) watched the credits of a movie flurry by like flakes of snow in a blizzard. The year was 2015, and the film was Everest—a biopic adapted from the memoirs of Beck Weathers, survivor of the 1996...
On August 13, 2016, Augusta University ushered in a new era by welcoming the first class of undergraduates to the 412-bed Oak Hall, the university’s first true undergraduate residence hall.
These are unexpected words from a woman diagnosed with Stage III ovarian cancer four years ago who is still in active battle against the disease. But in the face of the physical and emotional challenges inherent in her struggle, Jane Flanders is...
We’re guessing you are doing a lot of double takes these days. If you were among the hundreds of alumni who visited us in April for Alumni Weekend (and we sure hope you were), you saw firsthand how dramatically the DCG landscape is changing. Our...
For years, students in DCG dental programs have had the opportunity to obtain a wealth of clinical experience through rotations in clinical sites around the state, experiences that have significantly enhanced the scope of their dental education and...
When Dr. Karyn Stockwell (’82) helped launch the state of Georgia’s Mission of Mercy in 2011 – a huge undertaking requiring the coordination of hundreds of volunteers – she relished the opportunity to improve access to dentistry for society’s most...
The last week of April was already going to be a good one. As so many of you know, that meant Alumni Weekend was here and just a great opportunity for you, our graduates, to come home. It’s also just a great time for those of us already here to...
The federal government recently dropped the recommendation of dental flossing from their dietary guidelines. Dr. Christopher W. Cutler, chairman of The Dental College of Georgia Department of Periodontics and the college’s associate dean for...
Every time Dr. Neal L. Weintraub glances up from his Augusta University desk, his eyes fall on the bicycle propped up in the corner. “I bike to work every day, and I love it,” says Weintraub, interim chief of the Medical College of Georgia Division...
Gov. Nathan Deal was moved by stories of children in Georgia who suffered daily with intractable epilepsy, or epilepsy not controllable with medication. Children like then-7-year-old Preston Weaver of Augusta, who at the time was experiencing up to...
For nearly 200 years, Augusta University and its legacy institutions have been centers of learning and drivers of discovery and innovation in Augusta, the state of Georgia and beyond. Our community of alumni, students, faculty and friends are amazing people living incredible lives and making invaluable contributions to our world.
We are pleased to publish four magazines in which we get to tell their stories:
