Community to bid for student-designed sculptures; metal eagle up for grabs
In November, the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art (BFSDoArt) will display this series of steel sculptures along the Willie McTell Trail in downtown Statesboro. One student’s design shows just how strong her True Blue blood runs. After growing up doing origami with her siblings, she applied those practices to turning a metal sheet into a metal eagle.
Georgia Southern students combine past and present works for new art exhibition in November
In an upcoming Georgia Southern exhibition, “Figure It Out,” the audience will traverse a variety of mediums that include charcoal drawings, fibers, sculpture, digital and acrylic paintings. The show will run from Nov. 2 through Nov. 30, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus Fine Arts Gallery.
Georgia Southern interior design professor wins grant from international education foundation
Christine Wacta, Ph.D., assistant professor of interior design in Georgia Southern University’s College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, recently earned an Irma Dobkin Universal Design Grant from the International Furnishings and Design Association.
Eagles gather for ‘Celebrate Together’ on the Armstrong Campus
On Oct. 20, nearly 2,000 people showed up for Celebrate Together, a festival celebrating the Georgia Southern University community on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah.
Georgia Southern develops new online portal to assist transfer students
Georgia Southern University has developed a new, personalized online portal that will make it much easier for students at other universities to transfer to Georgia Southern.
Georgia Southern University named recipient of Economic Development Administration ‘Build to Scale’ Grant
The United States Economic Development Administration (EDA) has named Georgia Southern University as one of 51 nationwide grant recipients of the 2022 Build to Scale program, which means the University will receive $600,000 in grant funding along with $600,000 in local match funds.
Georgia Southern receives $1.3M federal TRIO grant, supports first-generation students in pursuit of doctoral degrees
Georgia Southern University has received $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Education to continue the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program through 2027.
New MPA executive track launches this spring at Georgia Southern University
Georgia Southern University now offers a fully online executive track for the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program, with the first cohort scheduled for spring 2023.
State health leader to discuss past, present and future of Georgia’s public health at Georgia Southern University
As deputy commissioner for the Georgia Department of Public Health, Chris Rustin, DrPH, has helped Georgia respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and the current monkeypox outbreak. These issues are a part of the past, present and future of public health in Georgia, which he will discuss on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m., in the Performing Arts Center on Georgia Southern University’s Statesboro Campus.