Image: John Knox, professor of geography and Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor was named the recipient of the University System of Georgia’s (USG) 2024 Felton Jenkins Jr. Hall of Fame Faculty Award. According to the USG website, “These system-wide awards will recognize individual faculty and staff for a strong commitment to teaching and student success”. Significantly, only three such awards are given across the entire state of Georgia each year, one for the research and comprehensive universities sector, one for the state university sector, and one for the state college sector . UGA has had only seven previous winners since this award was created in 1997, the last one in 2015. Dr. Knox is the first recipient in the UGA Department of Geography He will be officially recognized at the annual Board of Regents' Scholarship Gala on Thursday, September 12, 2024 at Town Stage at Trilith Studios in Fayetteville, GA, where he and other award winners will be recognized by the Chancellor, the Regents, and the Presidents of the USG universities. The Felton Jenkins Jr. Hall of Fame Award is named after the late USG Board of Regents member, Dr. Felton Jenkins “in honor of his dedication to the mission of the University System of Georgia and his life of exemplary service to others”. Learn more about the award here!
