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First-year Experience in Savannah

In Savannah, first-year incoming undergraduate students are required to participate in the First-year Experience extended orientation course. They will learn about:

Developing academic skills
Identifying and efficiently using college resources
College requirements
Student responsibilities in the learning process
Skills that will help them become successful students
Life skills
Relationship skills
Academic advisement
Career planning
Technology
Leadership

Recognition

Rabb's novel re-released in a trilogy box set
Writing professor Jonathan Rabb's novel "The Second Son" was re-released as the third in a box set of his trilogy of novels.
Cummins pitches soap line on "Shark Tank"
Megan Cummins (B.F.A., graphic design, 2008) appeared on ABC's "Shark Tank" to pitch her You Smell soap line and launched her company Feb. 3. Read the press release.
Society of Illustrators competition winners
Congratulations to all the winners of the Society of Illustrators Illustration Competition: M.F.A. illustration students Asa Bryan Ayers, Denise Plauche, Thomas Burns, Yina Hyder; B.F.A. illustration students Kari Brooks, DoSung Hwang, Caleb Morris; and Solongo Monkhooroi (M.F.A., illustration, 2011), Obekir Orhan.
Carson wins Best Technical Design award
B.F.A. production design student Andrew Carson won the BroadwayWorld.com Best Technical Design award for his lighting design for the premiere production "Shipwrecked!" in Atlanta.

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