
Georgia Southern’s Department of History continues the R. Frank Saunders, Jr. Lecture Series this week with a presentation titled, “Centennial Voices: Using Oral History to Preserve the Past and Prepare for the Future of the National Park Service.”

February is National Library Lovers Month, so instead of binging your favorite Netflix shows, put the remote down and pick up a binge-worthy book at Zach S. Henderson Library. To help you out, University faculty have recommended some of their favorite books that will rival even your favorite series.

“The Soul Within,” an exhibition of the works of Georgia Southern alumnus Abner Cope (‘74), is on display for its final week in the Roxie Remley Gallery as part of the Averitt Center for the Arts’ African-American Series.


Jody Langdon, Ph.D., associate professor of kinesiology in the School of Health and Kinesiology, has been awarded the Georgia Southern University Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Award for her research focused on autonomy-supportive teaching.

The Georgia Science Teachers Association (GSTA) selected Georgia Southern alumna Tamra Lamb (‘14,’16) as its 2017 Georgia Science Teacher of Promise at the elementary school level.

The Center for Sustainability (CfS), Division of Facilities Services and the campus community celebrated the fifth annual Arbor Day tree planting at the Shooting Sports Education Center on Wednesday, Feb. 15.

The student cast of the Georgia Southern Opera (GSO) and student members of the Georgia Southern Symphony will offer a free public performance of Robert Ward’s Pulitzer Prize-winning American opera “The Crucible” on Friday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center, 847 Plant Drive.

RecycleMania, the premier collegiate recycling competition managed by Keep America Beautiful, is currently underway at Georgia Southern University, and is encouraging students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost the most on campuses across the country.

The U.S. Army Cadet Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky, has announced Georgia Southern University’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program is one of eight schools to receive the prestigious MacArthur Award for the 2015-2016 school year. This is the second consecutive MacArthur Award for the Eagle Battalion and is the fourth overall since 2009. The Eagle Battalion previously received the award in 2009, 2010 and 2015.