Leadership award named in doctoral student's honor

The Georgia First Generation Foundation recently named their leadership award in honor of Bobby Gueh, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Counseling and Human Development services in the College of Education.

Bobby Gueh, who was born in Liberia, West Africa, has been a school counselor for 17 years in the New Jersey School System and then the Gwinnett County School System. His research at UGA focuses on the experiences of black male school counselors.

“We plant seeds in young people and we never know how those seeds will grow. For them to reach back out and honor me, that was a blessing,” Gueh said.

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