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Departments, organizations, and other campus entities can provide the Office of University Relations with a brief description of what they would like to recognize students for and a list of the students they would like to recognize.
University Relations will then create personalized stories about these student accomplishments and award a badge, which will be published on each student’s Merit profile. Stories may also be sent to each student’s hometown newspaper for publication. The Athletics Department also creates achievements based on student-athlete accomplishment.
When students receive badges for achievement, they are notified through their GSW email accounts. Emails will come from studentachievements@gsw.edu, which is a legitimate Georgia Southwestern email address.
Students wishing to claim their Merit Page can complete the following:
What GSW adds to each student’s Merit Page is verified by the university. Essentially, GSW is building a resume centered on each student’s college career. This is useful for potential employers, internships, and others to view since the accuracy of the achievements listed on each student’s Merit Page is confirmed by the university.
Merit achievements are also linked within each email notification.
*Though scholarship "achievements" are sent using Merit, they do NOT constitute official GSW scholarship notices.
Department of University Relations
Wheatley Administration Building
229-928-4116
univrel@gsw.edu
Students can choose to share their accomplishments with family and friends on their social media accounts.
Receive Badges for Academic Achievements
