Georgia Southern graduate has 60 family members, friends coming to watch ‘biggest accomplishment’
Family is at the forefront of Georgia Southern computer science major Tracy Bridges’ life, and his upcoming commencement is no different. Bridges’ family, all 60 of them, can’t wait to see their graduate walk across the stage.
Georgia Southern’s Lane Library and College of Education selected for Great Stories Club grant, supports underserved teens
Georgia Southern University’s Lane Library has been selected to take part in the Great Stories Club, a national reading and discussion program for underserved teens. Lane Library was awarded a competitive grant offered by the American Library Association, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to participate in the program.
Georgia Southern researchers receive major grant, aim to improve water quality monitoring on Georgia beaches
Georgia Southern University researchers Asli Aslan, Ph.D., and Haresh Rochani, DrPH, of the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, and Risa Cohen, Ph.D., of the College of Science and Mathematics, received a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for a new research project at the Georgia Coast.
Georgia Southern only university named 2019 Project Play Champion
Georgia Southern is the only university and one of 20 organizations nationwide to be selected as a 2019 Project Play Champion by the Aspen Institute’s Sports and Society Program. Launched in 2013, Project Play focuses on developing, applying and sharing knowledge that helps build healthy communities through sports.
Georgia Southern professors named Governor’s Teaching Fellows
Professor of Geography Wei Tu, Ph.D., and Writing and Linguistics Lecturer Amanda Hedrick have been selected as Governor’s Teaching Fellows for the 2019-2020 academic year. Tu, from the College of Science and Mathematics, and Hedrick, from the College of the Arts and Humanities, are two of 17 fellows selected this year.
Georgia Southern student team achieves first place win for first time at national IANA Expo Competition
A team of undergraduate logistics students from the Parker College of Business won the Intermodal Association of North America’s (IANA) ninth Intermodal EXPO Academic Challenge in Long Beach, California.
Georgia Southern students performed more than 46,000 hours of community service last year
From Aug. 1, 2018 to July 31, 2019, Georgia Southern University students performed 46,415 community service hours. The hours had an estimated monetary impact of $932,104.
Georgia Southern’s i2STEMe receives 2019 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity
Georgia Southern University’s Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education (i2STEMe) received the 2019 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity, a diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. The Inspiring Programs in STEM Award honors colleges and universities that encourage and assist students from underrepresented groups to enter the fields of STEM.
Georgia Southern BUILD program wraps up 13th year of community service
Recently, 82 incoming freshmen at Georgia Southern University participated in the 2019 Building Undergraduate Involvement in Leadership Development (BUILD) program, coordinated by the Office of Leadership and Community Engagement (OLCE). The students performed 2,480 hours of community service throughout the program.
Georgia Southern students go ‘bananas’ for local baseball team, create new merchandise concepts
Fans at home games of the Savannah Bananas baseball team have a new, appealing way to stay cool on sweltering Savannah days thanks to the creativity of several Georgia Southern University Parker College of Business students.