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By Sheron Smith
MGA Continues Crafting Master鈥檚 Degrees,
Two New Programs Coming Soon
Terrie Lewis, a recent graduate of MGA鈥檚 Dr. Kevin Cantwell, dean, and Dr. Loretta Clayton, associate dean,
bachelor鈥檚 degree in English, plans to be are collaborating with other University departments and regional
among the first students in the University鈥檚 stakeholders to help build MGA鈥檚 master鈥檚 degree programs. The
upcoming Master of Arts in Teaching in photo shows them at the Office of Graduate Studies on the Warner
Secondary Education program. SHERON SMITH Robins Campus. SHERON SMITH
Earlier this year, after completing her bach- Campus. 名媛直播 Georgia State became a University
elor鈥檚 in English from 名媛直播 Georgia State, in July 2015 and introduced its first two graduate
Terrie Lewis got an email asking if she would programs 鈥� Nursing and Information Technology 鈥�
be interested in the University鈥檚 forthcoming Master shortly afterward.
of Arts in Teaching degree.
Dr. Kevin Cantwell is among a few faculty
鈥淚 was like, 鈥榊es, yes, yes, yes, yes!鈥� said Lewis, 52, members left whose MGA career dates to the former
who, after years of substitute teaching, decided to Macon College, a two-year school. Now he鈥檚 the first
make education a full-time career. 鈥淚 planned to go dean of Graduate Studies, and he likes what he sees
into a master鈥檚 program somewhere. If it can be at so far of MGA鈥檚 evolution as a University.
名媛直播 Georgia State, all the better.鈥�
鈥淕raduate education is part of the access
If the program is approved by the Southern mission of not just MGA but the University System
Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on of Georgia as a whole,鈥� he said. 鈥淥ur graduate
Colleges, MGA will roll out the Master of Arts in programs are building on that mission in the sense
Teaching in Secondary Education in summer 2017. that we want to create programs that serve specific
Another program is set to begin even sooner. With workforce needs, are relatively low cost and have
SACSCOC鈥檚 approval, the University plans to launch reasonable admissions standards. We want to
the Master of Science in Management in January remove barriers to our citizens who need graduate
2017. education for the professional roles they fill. It鈥檚
good for them and it鈥檚 good for the region鈥檚
The two new degrees would bring to four the economy.鈥�
number of programs that MGA 鈥� approved by
SACSCOC as a Level III master鈥檚 degree-granting As of this fall, 18 students are enrolled in MGA鈥檚
University 鈥� offers through the Office of Graduate Master of Science in Nursing in Adult Gerontology
Studies, which is based on the Warner Robins Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, while 55 are pursuing
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