Andrew College faculty members recognized

CUTHBERT – Natalyia Apanovich, assistant professor of sustainable agriculture at Andrew College, published an article “Determinants of seasonal food security among smallholder farmers in south-central Uganda” in a peer-reviewed journal of Agriculture and Food Security. The article was written in collaboration with Robert E. Mazur, a professor of Sociology at Iowa State University and can be found at https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-018-0237-60.

Susan Askew, director of the Andrew College nursing program, is now credentialed as a certified nurse educator. Individuals who pass the test for nurse educators show excellence in the field.

Dallarie Jamison, assistant professor of nursing at Andrew, completed her post-masters in psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner from Maryville University in December.

Chris Johnson, director of the Andrew visual art program, painted a Maurice Sendak “Where the Wild Things Are” mural at the Columbus Public Library System’s main branch. This mural will be on permanent exhibition and was created as part of the Sendak 50x50x50 exhibition in April 2019 at the library. Johnson is also currently working on two murals in downtown Cuthbert and has a solo exhibition of woodcarvings and relief prints at Thomas University in Thomasville. The closing reception for that exhibit is Feb. 29 at 6 p.m. at the Thomas University Gallery.

Dan Kolan, Andrew assistant professor of music, played with a Ray Charles legacy group, led by singer/pianist Kenny Brawner, on Jan. 18 and 19 in Carrolton and Columbus. He also played the full run of “Elf the Musical” with the Springer Opera Theater in Columbus Dec. 7-23, performed with the U.S. Army Field Band of Washington’s trombone section during the University of Alabama’s Trombone Day Jan. 11-12, and performed during the Lyric Opera (Birmingham, Ala.) annual masquerade ball and fundraiser on Jan. 26.

Farrah Senn, assistant professor of English at Andrew, received notice that her article entitled “Can’t Buy Me Love: Commodification and Redemption in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Popular Girl’” has been accepted to Interdisciplinary Literary Studies. The publication date has not yet been announced.

Established in 1854, Andrew College is related to The United Methodist Church and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. Situated in the rural southwest Georgia community of Cuthbert, Andrew offers Associate of Art, Associate of Music, Associate of Nursing, Associate of Science and Bachelor of Business degrees.

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