
Beulah Narendrapurapu, Ph.D., lecturer in Georgia Southern University’s Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Physics in the College of Science and Mathematics, received the 2023 Felton Jenkins, Jr. Hall of Fame Faculty Award presented by the University System of Georgia (USG).

Mohammad Towhidul Islam Rimon, a mechanical engineering master’s student in the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing, recently won first place in the best student paper competition at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2023 Power Applied R&D Conference.

The Georgia Southern University Alumni Association “40 Under 40” Class of 2023 was recognized at a ceremony on Sept. 29 at the Statesboro Convention & Visitors Bureau. The annual honor recognizes young alumni who have made significant strides in business, leadership, community, educational or philanthropic endeavors.

Georgia Southern University has partnered with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Yamaha Rightwaters to rejuvenate a section of the Savannah waterways for oyster beds. As part of these efforts, Eagle faculty and students recently installed bags of oyster shells along the coastline to build shelters for budding populations.

On Oct. 2, the University will host candidates for mayor and city council districts 5 and 6 at 6 p.m. On Oct. 4, the same auditorium will host candidates for city council districts 2, 3 and 4 and the city council at-large seats at 6 p.m.

Celebrate: Together, a festival that celebrates the Georgia Southern University community on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah, will return this year on Oct. 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Residential Plaza. The event is free and open to the public.

An interdisciplinary team from Georgia Southern University was awarded more than $465,000 from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to foster the development of scientific and environmental skills that are critical to solving complex issues in the Gulf of Mexico region now and into the future. The award is part of an initiative with the Gulf Research Program that awarded $2 million to eight projects that engage children and youth in place-based educational activities.

A Georgia Southern graduate engineering student from Brunswick, Georgia, won first place in the master’s degree students’ category at the recent Georgia Environmental Conference (GEC)

Georgia Southern University President Kyle Marrero delivered a State of the University Fall 2023 address to faculty and staff in the Fine Arts Auditorium on the Armstrong Campus on Sept. 5 and in the Performing Arts Center on the Statesboro Campus on Sept. 7.

The Georgia Southern University Retiree Association, which includes nearly 2,000 retirees from Georgia Southern and Armstrong State University, now offers a website to honor former employees from the Statesboro, Savannah and Liberty campuses.