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Economic Monitor Q3 reports regional economy continued to grow at more sustainable pace, will avoid notable downturn in 2023
Georgia Southern University’s latest Economic Monitor, which reflects Q3 2022, reports Savannah metro economy continued to grow, albeit at a slower and more sustainable pace.
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December graduate finds support through Georgia Southern community
Graduating senior Taylor Pledger moved four hours from home with her best friend to start college as a first-generation college student at Georgia Southern University. Inspired by her mom, Pledger originally planned to go into health care management, but realized that she could have a more significant impact by playing to her strengths and completed her degree in information systems.
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Nontraditional student returns to Georgia Southern University to chart new career path
For years, Khristine Clark Hammond believed she had a solid professional career. She was an exercise physiologist, a health coach and a manager of wellness and fitness programs. But she found herself at a crossroads during the COVID-19 pandemic. After working in Savannah hospitals for more than two decades, she lost her job. The hospital fitness facility she managed closed during the pandemic.
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Educator turned soldier: Georgia Southern ROTC graduate commissions as officer in National Guard after returning for MBA degree
Bulloch County native William Collins (‘17, ‘22) has dreamed of becoming a soldier for as long as he can remember.
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Graduating student had ‘wild’ time at Georgia Southern
Carson Moore never wanted to go to college. Moore, a graduating senior with a keen interest in animals, will receive a BS in biology from Georgia Southern at Paulson Stadium on Dec. 13. Growing up, Moore worked in a horse barn for twelve years and volunteered for a mini-zoo in her hometown of Macon, Georgia. She did not want to leave her work with animals behind to go to college.
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Approximately 2,100 degrees conferred during Georgia Southern’s 2022 Fall Commencement ceremonies
This week, approximately 2,100 undergraduate and graduate students from Georgia Southern University’s Statesboro, Armstrong and Liberty campuses received associate, baccalaureate, master’s, specialist and doctoral degrees in two Fall 2022 Commencement ceremonies.
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‘It’s like something from a movie’ for a pair of graduating Eagle singers
Despite having vastly different starting points for their musical development, they will walk off campus with the type of curtain call only two friends can share. During Tuesday’s commencement ceremony in Statesboro, Georgia, the duo’s decade-long friendship will be center stage. Selected for an ultimate honor, they will have their final Georgia Southern performance of the national anthem at their graduation together.
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Aspiring lawyer becomes Georgia Southern graduate at 17
Adriana Proctor not only has big dreams, but has already put in work toward achieving them as she prepares to graduate at 17 years old with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and criminology from Georgia Southern University’s College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
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Georgia Southern graduate finds career at top cybersecurity consulting firm
Before even having her diploma in hand, graduating senior Grace “Gracie” McMillan had secured a position with one of the top cybersecurity consulting firms in the world, Deloitte. On Tuesday, Dec. 13, she will cross the stage at Allen E. Paulson Stadium with a bachelor’s degree in information technology, a minor in criminal justice and criminology, and a specialization in cybersecurity.
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From Georgia Southern to Aerojet Rocketdyne: December graduate finds her wings
Graduating senior Lydia Poole began her college career as a first-generation student on Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus in Savannah. Originally seeking a mathematics degree, Poole changed her major to mechanical engineering right before classes started.