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opportunities to advance through bronze, silver “Knowledge at Work is a roadmap to help us
and gold levels of experiential learning – levels make sure everybody is on the same page, that
that will merit official acknowledgement on one student’s experience is just as robust as the
diplomas and transcripts and earn students the next student's experience,” Tsavatewa said. “It’s
honor of wearing special cords or sashes at going to take time to build the inventory of classes
graduation. and qualifying experiences, but we’re excited
about it. Among the cumulative effects we’re
Students will also be able to demonstrate and going for is increased retention and graduation
discuss their work at an annual undergraduate rates. We plan to generate graduates with
showcase, which will take place over several days distinct, competitive advantages based on
and across multiple campuses to highlight the real-world experiences they can talk about
scope of Middle Georgia State experiential with potential employers.”
learning activities.
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Under the watchful eyes of Dr. Sharon Mozley-Standridge, associate professor of Biology, Josiah Davis, Michaela Etter and
Laryn Lane (left to right) collect samples from the Cochran Campus pond as part of a research project about magnetotactic
bacteria. For another project, Etter sequenced the DNA of fungi samples she collected from all five Middle Georgia State campuses.
Lane is studying pathogenic fungus, which causes disease to blueberry bushes. Davis hopes to become a regenerative scientist,
Etter plans to be a veterinarian and Lane is considering physician’s assistant school or a graduate degree in Genetics. SHERON SMITH

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