Awards and Recognition

Georgia Southern child and family development major named student of the year by Georgia Association for the Education of Young Children

Georgia Southern University senior child and family development major Julissa Ortiz is building her resume as she prepares to begin her career. Being named student of the year by the Georgia Association for the Education of Young Children (GAEYC) will certainly help.

Georgia Southern School of Nursing recognized for online masters program

The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree program in the School of Nursing at Georgia Southern University has been selected as one of the best for 2018 by OnlineMasters.com.

Georgia Southern University Senior Companion Program awarded three more years of funding through grant

Center for Social Gerontology Director Adrienne Cohen, Ph.D., and Senior Companion Program Coordinator Deb Blackburn received three more years of funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) in support of the Georgia Southern University Senior Companion Program (GSUASCP).

Georgia Southern alumna nominated for Country Music Association award

Department of Communication Arts alumna Kelley Bradshaw Brock and her co-hosts from the Ken, Kelley and Daniel radio show on WUSY in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are nominated for the 2018 Country Music Association (CMA) Broadcast Personality of the Year Award in a Medium Market.

Georgia Southern’s Master of Health Administration named one of most affordable degrees

Georgia Southern University’s Master of Health Administration (MHA) program has been named one of the most affordable healthcare administration master’s degree programs for 2018-2019 by HealthcareAdministrationEDU.org.

Georgia Southern biology professor receives National Science Foundation grant to study hormones, growth

Georgia Southern University Department of Biology Professor Christian L. Cox, Ph.D., has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study a long-standing question in evolutionary biology about hormones and growth.

Republic of Moldova presents Georgia Southern foreign languages faculty member with medal

Hard work translates across all languages and cultures. Georgia Southern Foreign Languages Professor Olga Amarie, Ph.D., discovered this after being awarded the Alexie Mateevici Commemorative Medal in July from her home country, the Republic of Moldova, a landlocked country located between Romania and Ukraine.

Georgia Southern art students exhibit work at Savannah’s Blick Gallery

“Ovation,” an exhibition showcasing the work of Georgia Southern University students from the Statesboro Campus who have received the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art (BFSDoArt) Visual Art Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year, will be on view at Savannah’s Blick Gallery Sept. 3-28.

Georgia Southern chapter of Kappa Delta Pi recognized for literacy project

A University chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), an international honor society in education, Nu Zeta was recently recognized for their 2017-18 literacy project, “Read to Lead: Celebrating our Community! Empowering Readers!.”

Georgia Southern alumna, principal applies doctoral research to prepare others for administration jobs

After 10 years as a middle school educator, April Hodges, Ed.D., originally thought she would work with curriculum once she left the classroom. However, her first position as an assistant principal changed the direction of her future, guiding her to administration.