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Fall Grantees: ALG Awards $493K to Open and Affordable Education

Posted: December 17, 2025

Congratulations to the recipients of Affordable Learning Georgia's most recent grant cycle! ALG awarded a little more than $493,000 in Affordable Materials Grants to projects across the University System of Georgia. 

Transformation Grant projects will save students an estimated $1.6 million per year. 

Grant #	Project Lead	Institution	1st Course Number	Award Amount
785	George Nakos	Clayton State University	MKTG 3420	$10,000.00
786	Abdullah Al Hafiz Khan	Kennesaw State University	CS 7357	$15,000.00
790	Susie Jonassen	University of West Georgia	NURS 3010	$30,000.00
791	Shelby Frost	Georgia State University	ECON 1101	$29,000.00
792	Sarah Hubbel	University of North Georgia	SPAN 1002	$16,200.00
796	Nicolette Rickert	Georgia Southern University	PSYC 3141	$30,000.00
799	Kawther Hamash	Kennesaw State University	NURS 4402	$17,500.00
800	Victor Williams	Albany State University	MIST 4205	$22,000.00
801	Yan Yang	University of West Georgia	CEPD 8102	$15,000.00
803	Tomeika Williams	Albany State University	ACCT 2101	$22,000.00
805	Trent M. Kays	Augusta University	ENGL 1101	$29,114.00
812	Jeremy Watts	Augusta University	EDLR 6400	$30,000.00
813	Joshua Miller	Georgia State University	MATH 1001	$30,000.00
814	Nandana Weliweriya Liyanage	University of Georgia	PHYS 1251L	$30,000.00
M336	Liqiu Zheng	Albany State University	PHSC 1011	$10,000.00
M338	Claire Ezekiel	University of West Georgia	FREN 1001	$4,000.00
M339	Bradley Barnes	University of Georgia	CSCI 1302	$4,000.00
M340	Michael Cotterell	University of Georgia	CS 1302	$6,820.00
M341	Taha Mzoughi	Georgia State University	PHYS 2211	$10,000.00
M342	Taha Mzoughi	Georgia State University	PHYS 1111	$10,000.00
M343.a	Maxim Durach	Georgia Southern University	PHYS 5331	$4,050.00
M343.b	Viacheslav Sadykov	Georgia State University	PHYS 5331	$5,950.00
M344	Montana Smithey	Georgia Southern University	ELEM 6733	$9,928.83
M345	Joseph Comeau	Georgia Southwestern State University	SOCI 1101	$6,000.00
M347	Shirley Tian	Kennesaw State University	IT 7703	$10,000.00
M348	Donald Privitera	Kennesaw State University	IT 3423	$10,000.00
M349	Eryn Maher	Georgia Southern University	MATH 3135	$10,000.00
M350	Rebecca Flynn	Georgia Gwinnett College	ENGL 1101	$8,000.00
M351	Corey Maggiano	University of West Georgia	ANTH 1105	$4,000.00
M353	Dmitriy Beznosko	Clayton State University	PHYS 1112	$7,000.00
M354	Heidi Eisenreich	Georgia Southern University	VIP 3000	$10,000.00
M356	Ariel Cornett	Georgia Southern University	ELEM 6430	$9,994.00
M357	Jonathan Arnett	Kennesaw State University	TCOM 2010	$10,000.00
M359	Misael Romero-Reyes	Georgia Gwinnett College	CHEM 1211	$8,215.00
RG030	Devi Akella	Albany State University	Research Project	$10,000.00