Georgia Southern University is a Carnegie Doctoral-Research University providing opportunities for student-faculty partnership in applied scholarly activities. Here,
chemistry undergrad Phoebe Pletcher teams with Professor Michele McGibony in pursuit of potential medical uses of compounds found in sea sponges.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching named Georgia Southern to its list of national doctoral research universities in 2006, moving it up from its master’s university status.
President Bruce Grube credits the change in standing not only to the expansion of doctoral programs, but to years of faculty dedication to providing hands-on research opportunities to students at all levels.
Georgia Southern is now the only national research university from south of Atlanta to well into Florida, which opens many new doors to potential research funding that can further address the needs of the Coastal Southeast.
Recognition as a university of national stature: academic distinction is the Georgia Southern Advantage.
