ATHENS, Ga., March 27 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news release:

Four University of Georgia faculty members have been recognized by the Office of Service-Learning with 2025's Service-Learning Excellence Awards. These awards recognize faculty for outstanding service-learning instruction and advancing service-learning scholarship. Since 2011, more than 35 UGA faculty have received these awards.

Emily Sahakian, associate professor with the Department of Theatre and Film and the Department of Romance Languages in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, conducts research on the role theatre can play in connecting with communities, addressing complex history and solving present-day problems. Sahakian and her students dra...