
This summer Georgia Southern University’s Museum will be temporarily closed to the public due to unforeseen structural repairs that need to be made and essential exhibit maintenance.
Jose A. Sanchez-Ruiz, a graduate student in Georgia Southern University’s Department of Biology, is the 2018 winner of the Averitt Award for Research Excellence.

The Georgia Southern University College of Business will host a Last Chance Open House for fall 2018 admission on Tuesday, May 22, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., to provide more information on the accelerated Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree offered in Savannah.
Georgia Southern University’s Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is a bronze star sponsor for the fifth annual 5K/10K Run for the Wounded at 6 p.m. on May 19 at historic Grayson Stadium at Daffin Park in Savannah, Georgia.
Georgia Southern University has again been named a top online school by TheBestSchools.org. Recently, the College of Business’ online Master of Economics program was selected as one of the nation’s best by the well-known college research website.
Georgia Southern University nursing students Jayda Anderson, Kelli Shiver, Taylor Wallace received 2018 Abbie Lorene DeLoach Memorial Nursing/Kappa Delta Scholarships during the second annual Abbie DeLoach Foundation Scholarship Luncheon held in April.
The results of the 2018 first quarter (Q1) survey by Georgia CEO, a news source that shares the state’s most important features, videos and newswires with Georgia’s top business leaders, suggest that Georgia business leaders’ confidence levels remain optimistic.

Georgia Southern University health and physical education major Carson Hollingsworth recently received the Major of the Year Award at the 2018 Society of Health and Physical Educators’ national convention and expo in Nashville, Tennessee.
Registration for Georgia Southern University’s annual Summer Reading Institute, which will take place June 25-29 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah, is open. Hosted by the College of Education’s (COE) Coastal Savannah Writing Project (CSWP), the Institute will offer 30 hours of professional development for a maximum of 15 participants.
At the invitation of former Nigerian president General Olusegun Obasanjo, Georgia Southern University College of Education (COE) Professor and Goizueta Distinguished Chair of Education Alejandro Gallard, Ph.D., will serve on the new, six-member Africa Progress Group (APG) to advocate for equitable and sustainable development for Africa.