In fall 2017, as 33 early childhood education majors walked across the stage of the College of Education’s (COE) auditorium to collect their Eagle Educator pins, they were surprised with a special gift – a classroom starter kit.
Georgia Southern University and the Statesboro community will soon be able to access campus and the Blue Mile, Statesboro’s downtown revitalization project, via a new walking trail scheduled for completion in early February.


January 22, 2018 – Georgia Southern University’s Department of Political Science and Division of Continuing Education will host the 47th annual High School Model United Nations (UN) Conference in the Nessmith-Lane Center in Statesboro on Feb. 1-3.
The community is encouraged to attend the 10th annual Francophone Film Festival Feb. 22-23 on the Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus in Savannah. The Armstrong French Club started this event in the spring of 2008 thanks to a grant provided by the French Embassy and the Tournées Festival, which aims to bring French cinema to American institutions.
Georgia Southern and the Armstrong Alumni Association will celebrate and honor 126 faculty and staff members during the Always Strong: Armstrong State College series set for 4 p.m. on Jan. 20.
Two Georgia Southern University projects have been included in Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s recent budget recommendations to the General Assembly for the upcoming fiscal year. Gov. Deal’s budget priorities include building an educated workforce capable of meeting future job demands.
Georgia Southern Waters College of Health Professions Assistant Professor Tamerah Hunt, Ph.D., and researchers from the Seattle Pediatric Concussion Research Collaborative and Seattle Children’s Center for Childhood Health, Behavior and Development, have been awarded a $1.6 million grant to develop the program, One Team, to address safety and concussion awareness in youth sports.

Georgia Southern University will host the 31st Annual Southern Conference on Children from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 20, in the Nessmith-Lane Center at 847 Plant Drive in Statesboro.

This semester, Georgia Southern’s College of Arts and Humanities will continue the Robert I. Strozier Lecture Series on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah in honor of the former Professor Emeritus of English who was a beloved figure for more than four decades. The annual event features Armstrong Campus faculty members who present their research on a variety of topics.