TIFTON – Georgia Southwestern State University student Cassidy Tawzer of Tifton was named the outstanding elementary education teacher candidate for the GSW at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College program at GSW’s 2021 student recognition ceremony.

The award is presented to a teacher candidate from the GSW at ABAC program who has set a high standard of character, personality and promise to the teaching profession whether in the college classroom or the pre-K through fifth-grade school setting, college officials said in a statement.

Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus is a public, four-year unit of the University System of Georgia with more than 3,000 students.

Georgia Southwestern offers “outstanding professional programs of study as well as degrees in the arts, humanities, sciences and graduate programs in business, computer science, education, English and nursing,” college officials said.

Founded in 1906, Georgia Southwestern is recognized as one of the best value colleges in the nation. Visit www.gsw.edu for more information.