DCG

    Giving Back: Distinguished Alumnus a Pillar of His Community

    Dr. Ben W. Jernigan Jr. has been on the fast track most of his life. “I think I was born to be a dentist,” says Jernigan (’76), who grew up in the Atlanta area. “I’ve been very fulfilled my entire career. I’ve never regretted a single day.” That being the case, he was a prime candidate when DCG...

    Dr. Franklin Tay and Dr. Fucong Tian
    DCG

    Wide Open: Endodontic Research has Countless Applications

    Drs. Franklin Tay and Fucong Tian have cumulatively traveled tens of thousands of miles to get where they are today, but the journey has been well worth the effort. Tay, chair of the Department of Endodontics, left Hong Kong 16 years ago to join the DCG faculty. Prior to that, he spent eight years...

    DCG

    A Heart for Service

    “I believe we are all leaders, if not leaders of people or projects, then of our own lives.” This is Dr. Scott T. Wallace’s summation of one of the most vital lessons he believes educators can impart to students. And he thinks the philosophy should be reinforced both in and out of the classroom. As...

    Latest Articles

    View All
    DCG

    A Lifetime of Service

    Being named The Dental College of Georgia’s 2023 Distinguished Alumnus is a mixed bag for Dr. J. Ben Deal. “I’m very grateful for the honor, but I’m uncomfortable with the attention,” he concedes. Yet Deal is a master...

    Alumni & PhilanthropyMCG

    IN MEMORIAM

    George P. Sessions, MD, ’55, a physician who guided the establishment of the anesthesia departments at three Atlanta hospitals, died March 1. In 2021, he and his wife, Martha, made one of the first gifts to the MCG 3+...

    Secret Lives

    Read Secret Lives
    Michael Jensen. Photo by Phil Jones.
    A.

    Secret Lives: Michael Jensen

    Day job: Associate Professor, Medical Illustration Graduate program Secret life: Illustrator for Curious George books Chances are, you grew up reading the stories of a juvenile monkey who got into big trouble and had to...

    Charlotte, Wes and Bella Kisting role-play with a homemade Dungeons & Dragons game table, as Optimus Prime looks on.
    A.

    Secret Lives: Wes Kisting

    Day job: Associate Dean, Pamplin College Secret life: Transformer builder   Dr. Wes Kisting understands the concept of transformation well. After twice paddling hundreds of miles down the Mississippi River, he has...

    DCG

    Secret Lives: One Step Ahead

    Dr. Robert Kaltenbach is accustomed to moving seamlessly between different worlds. He joined the DCG faculty in 1976 not as a dentist, but as a psychologist, overseeing a program called Dental Practice Dynamics to teach...

    Woman with quilts
    DCG

    Secret Lives: Reaping What She Sews

    While growing up in a working-class neighborhood in Michigan, Dean Carol A. Lefebvre remembers her parents designating a strict budget for school clothes. Once the money was gone, it was gone, so Lefebvre and her sister...

    In the Field

    Read In the Field
    Westabou Gallery
    A.

    In the Field: Curating a Community Vision

    In February, Scott Thorp, chair of the Department of Art (recently renamed the Department of Art and Design) announced a partnership between Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and the Westobou...

    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:

    Back Issues