AI@GS

AI

for People,

with Purpose, in Action.

Georgia Southern provides AI tools, builds AI capability, and puts AI to work in service of our mission — for our students, faculty, and staff members.

Through AI implementation we will open the opportunity to have more mentoring, innovation, relationships, creativity, and impact. By reducing transactional work, we create greater capacity for the work that only people can do.

For People

Enterprise-wide AI tools, provisioned to our students, faculty, and staff members — plus a path to request tools for specific projects.

With Purpose

Training that helps people use those tools well, in academic or professional work, across every role at the university.

In Action

A visible record of how automation and AI reduce operating costs — freeing resources to invest in the mission.

1

Access & Provisioning

for People

Georgia Southern students, faculty, and staff members have access to a set of enterprise AI tools by default. When a project calls for something more, there is a straightforward way to request it.

Information Technology

AI Resources

The central hub for approved AI tools, access levels, and guidance from Information Technology Services.

2

Education & Training

with Purpose

Access means little without capability. This is how we build it — through a shared policy foundation and a training pathway tailored to students, faculty, staff, and the wider community.

AI Policy

The institution’s governing policy on responsible AI use in academic and administrative work.

AI for the Community

Continuing Professional Education courses that extend AI literacy beyond our own students and employees.

AI Foundations

The University’s baseline AI literacy course, offered separately by audience.

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AI Foundations for Staff

fall 2026

AI Foundations for Faculty

spring 2027

Applied AI

The deeper, role-specific layer built on top of AI Foundations — offered separately by audience.

View by audience

3

Operational Impact

in Action

Access and training matter because of what they make possible. This is where we show it — the time and cost that automation and AI return to the institution’s mission.

Illustrative Data — for Demonstration Purposes Only. Not Actual Reported Figures.

14,200

staff hours returned annually through automated workflows.

$1.9M

estimated operating cost avoided in FY26.

37%

reduction in manual processing time, enrollment services.

6

divisions reporting an active automation or AI use case.

Where we stand: this is the pillar most in need of real numbers. Once operational efficiency data is available, it replaces the placeholders above.

Business Process Automation

21

Digitizations

4,568

Processing Hours Saved per Month

66

Live Automations

Automations by Division

39
Enrollment,
Marketing &
Student Success
16
Business &
Finance
10
Academic
Affairs

Partnership with Shared Services

USG
Transfer
Process
USG Practitioner
Payroll
Communication
Process

Digitizations by Division

Academic
Affairs
12
Enrollment,
Marketing &
Student Success
39
Business &
Finance
22

Partnership with Willow

AI-Powered Facilities

Current State and Future State Comparison

Current State
Future State
Reactive maintenance practices
Predictive and leading indicator-based insights to enable proactive maintenance
Maintenance performed at intervals and prioritized based on institutional knowledge
Condition based maintenance using real time performance of assets and systems and insights with impact scores to prioritize most impactful work
Manual processes to communicate across departments and teams
Automation leveraged to realize savings or automate work ticket creation
Issue identification and root cause performed manually
Insights with diagnostics enable speed to troubleshoot and resolve issues (comfort, energy, etc.)

2M+

Reduction in maintenance expenses through intelligent technology.

Through AI literacy, we strive to be fluent with intelligent systems, but distinguished by what those systems cannot do: ask better questions, weigh the tradeoffs, and earn trust. The goal is not fewer people. The goal is to continue growing together. The future belongs to organizations that learn continuously.