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Longtime Georgia Southern faculty member, Brent Feske, Ph.D., named Associate Vice President for Research

Brent Feske, Ph.D., has been named associate vice president for Research in the Office of Research and Economic Development, effective March 1.  

Georgia Southern psychology majors win nationally competitive awards for consecutive years

Students from Georgia Southern’s College of Behavioral and Social Sciences’ psychology program have won nationally competitive travel awards for their research two years in a row.

Heaven Divinity (’24) and Carmen Ford (’24) won the Council on Undergraduate Research’s (CUR) Social Science and Psychology Conference Travel Awards in 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Georgia Southern’s Institute for Health Logistics & Analytics opens new exhibit, ‘Interconnected: A One Health Exploration,’ at Georgia Southern Museum

A new exhibit, “Interconnected: A One Health Exploration,” from Georgia Southern University’s Institute for Health Logistics & Analytics (IHLA) opens at the Georgia Southern Museum today, March 25, and runs through January 2026. The public is invited to join the opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight, with remarks at 5:30 p.m. by featured speaker Bruce Conn, Ph.D., from the One Health Center at Berry College.

Georgia Southern’s Shainaz Landge receives Regents’ Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award

For Shainaz Landge, Ph.D., pushing boundaries in the classroom and the laboratory isn’t just a professional pursuit, it’s a passion. As an associate professor of organic chemistry at Georgia Southern University, Landge has spent more than a decade inspiring students to soar beyond traditional learning by blending research, mentorship and hands-on experiences that extend far beyond textbooks.

New exhibit at Henderson Library memorializes local African American veterans of World War I

Georgia Southern history professor Brian K. Feltman, Ph.D., is creating an exhibit honoring the African Americans from Bulloch County who made the ultimate sacrifice during the First World War.

“More than a Name: Commemorating Bulloch County’s African American Fallen Soldiers of the First World War” will debut at Georgia Southern’s Henderson Library in March 2025 and run until July.

Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern University expands access with new Saturday hours

For the first time in its history, the Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern University will be open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. beginning March 22.

Georgia Southern expands REACH Georgia Scholarship Program to advance academic success and positive social development

Georgia Southern University recently introduced the REACH for Southern program, a co-curricular program that complements the REACH Georgia need-based scholarship and mentoring program, which offers high school students support to achieve postsecondary success.

Georgia Southern biologist predicts delayed but strong allergy season

Spring allergy sufferers in Georgia may experience a delayed, but still potent pollen season in 2025, according to Alan Harvey, Ph.D., biology professor at Georgia Southern University.

This year, according to Harvey, Georgia’s allergy season is expected to start later than usual due to the cold snap and snowfall.