ATLANTA (University System of Georgia) – The Board of Regents today named Dr. Kyle Marrero president of Georgia Southern University. Marrero will begin his new position effective April 1.

Pianist Daniel Schene has long been known as a consummate artist and a superlative teacher. Schene will perform “Baroque, Romantic, Contemporary” as a part of Georgia Southern University’s Piano in the Arts concert series at the Fine Arts Hall on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m.

Members of Georgia Southern University Housing took home several awards at the annual Georgia College Personnel Association and Georgia Housing Officers conference, held at Georgia State University in Atlanta.

Georgia Southern University College of Education will host an open house for the EAGLE Academy Inclusive Post-Secondary Education program on Tuesday, Jan. 22 from 4 to 7 p.m., room 3156 of the College of Education classroom building on the Statesboro Campus. EAGLE Academy, named for its commitment to Equal Access to Gainful Learning and Employment, is a comprehensive transitional program for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The non-degree program offers courses and internships that enhance students with life skills and assist with career aspirations. Upon completion, students earn a certificate. The open house will be a drop-in event…
Georgia Southern Anthropology Professor Jennifer Sweeney Tookes, along with University of Georgia (UGA) Associate Director of Marine Extension Bryan Fluech, will help to preserve the oral history and culture of commercial fishing in Georgia for current and future generations by presenting research at three outreach events on Jan. 31 in Statesboro, Feb. 1 in Darien and Feb. 2 in Brunswick.

This installment of Faculty Spotlight features Michael Toma, Ph.D.,Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Economics and director of the Center for Business Analytics and Economic Research.

On Thursday, Jan. 17, Georgia Southern University College of Education will host a screening of “Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age,” an award-winning film about the impact of technology on children’s development. The screening, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 6 p.m. in the Ogeechee Theatre, located in the Student Union on the Armstrong Campus.

Two Georgia Southern University professors have been selected to work at the National Science Foundation (NSF) at the same time this year. Laura B. Regassa, professor of biology, Ph.D., is currently serving as director of the Innovations in Graduate Education program at the foundation. She will stay for a fourth year in 2019, which is unusual at the NSF, as faculty typically rotate in for three years.


Julie Reagan, Ph.D., J.D., M.P.H., assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Community Health at Georgia Southern University, was recently honored with the prestigious Jennifer Robbins Award for Practice of Public Health Law at the American Public Health Association national meeting.