Georgia Southern University Double Eagle Warren Brandon Wright (’16,’18), a professional counselor who authored the book, A Dose of Motivation: Taking Ownership of Your Life, Tapping into Your Potential, and Stepping into Your Purpose, long felt called to be a writer, yet completing a book on his own seemed intimidating at first.
Biology professor Ed Mondor, Ph.D., and his brother Eugene Mondor, who is a registered nurse, recently gave a talk at the American Association of Critical Care Nurses — National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition in Orlando. Their talk, entitled “Got the Travel Bug? When Tropical Diseases Aren’t Just Tropical,” focused on the insect-vectored tropical diseases Typhus, Chagas, Zika, Dengue and Malaria, which are showing up in critical care patients with increasing frequency in North America as international travel increases. The presentation featured insects of medical importance, the diseases they transmit and the effects of insect transmission on human health,…
While most people tend to avoid ticks, Jackson Tomlinson, a graduate student in the Department of Biology finds them fascinating and beautiful. His interest in the parasites was recently rewarded with the discovery of two species of ticks that are entirely new to science.
Georgia Southern alumna Rebekah Faulk Lingenfelser will release her debut memoir, Some Kinda Good: Good Food and Good Company, That’s What It’s All About, this summer.
The Biodynamics and Human Performance Center on Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus has been awarded a $9,965 internal grant from the Faculty Research Committee for a research project titled “Heart Rate Variability: A Versatile Health Biomarker.” The project will be led by Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology faculty members Bryan Riemann, Ph.D., Greg Grosicki, Ph.D., and Andrew Flatt, Ph.D. They will aim to optimize heart rate variability (HRV) assessment protocol and explore associations between HRV and a variety of health- and fitness-related measures. Located in the Waters College of Health Professions, the Biodynamics and Human Performance Center is dedicated…
On July 1, John Lester, DPA, assumed the role of Vice President for University Communications and Marketing at Georgia Southern University.
The Armstrong Foundation of Georgia Southern University, Inc. has merged with, and into, the Georgia Southern University Foundation, Inc., effective July 1. This strategic consolidation of foundation resources will streamline fundraising systems while honoring the integrity of donor requests.
Effective July 1, the Parker College of Business’ Department of Information Systems will change its name to the Department of Enterprise Systems and Analytics.
When 19-year-old Georgia Southern student and archer Adam Heidt arrives in Naples, Italy, this July, he’ll be competing against some of the top collegiate athletes in the world as he works toward his goal of one day competing at the Olympics.