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Georgia Southern career readiness goes on full display for state leaders

Presenting at a state conference, leaders from Georgia Southern University showcased a transformative model for career readiness, emphasizing the essential link between academic foundations and professional success.

Student-led media organization at Georgia Southern brings home national Pacemaker Award for Innovation

The George-Anne Media Group, a student-led media organization at Georgia Southern University, won a Pacemaker Award for Innovation at the College Media Association conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Georgia Southern Q2 2024 Economic Monitor: Regional economic expansion continues

The Savannah metro economy’s growth continued, but slowed modestly during the second quarter of 2024, as reported in Georgia Southern University’s recently released Q2 2024 Economic Monitor. 

The Smithsonian’s ‘Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World’ exhibition at Georgia Southern; public invited to attend Nov. 13 opening reception in Statesboro

Georgia Southern University’s Institute for Health Logistics & Analytics (IHLA), University Libraries and the Georgia Southern Museum will host The Smithsonian Institution exhibition, “Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World,” on the Statesboro and Armstrong campuses. The exhibit will run through March 8, 2025, on the Statesboro Campus, and from March 10, 2025 through July 30, 2025 on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah. 

The public is invited to an opening reception at the Henderson Library on Nov. 13 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., with remarks at 6 p.m. from featured speaker Dr. Amanda Feldpausch, deputy state epidemiologist at the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Georgia Southern’s National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Research Center awarded a $126,000 federal grant to assist community and law enforcement with health challenges 

The National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Research Center (NYARRC) at Georgia Southern University has received a federal grant totaling $126,000 through the Community Services Board of Middle Georgia (CSBMG). 

Georgia Southern’s Institute for Health Logistics & Analytics maps vital health resources for underserved Southeast Georgia counties

Georgia Southern University’s Institute for Health Logistics & Analytics (IHLA) recently completed mapping vital health resources for four Georgia counties through its new program Community Health Resource Project (CHRP). Similar initiatives in more than a dozen underserved Southeast Georgia counties will be in motion in 2025.

Georgia Southern takes home two notable Georgia history awards

Georgia Southern faculty are making significant contributions to preserving Georgia’s rich history, which are being recognized by the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council (GHRAC). Amy Potter, Ph.D., geography professor at Georgia Southern University, and Lisa Denmark, Ph.D., history professor also at Georgia Southern, were honored with awards from GHRAC for their work on separate historical projects.

Norman Fries Distinguished Lecture Series: Don L. Waters presents ‘A Native Son’s Vision for Southeast Georgia’

Georgia Southern University’s Waters College of Health Professions (WCHP) will host the Norman Fries Distinguished Lecture Series with keynote speaker Don L. Waters on Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture, titled “A Native Son’s Vision for Southeast Georgia,” will be held at the Statesboro Campus Performing Arts Center.