
Following more than a year of preparation for an interactive artwork display based on Georgia Southern University’s bald eagle mascot, “Birds of a Feather” is now on display in the College of Education’s classroom building on the Statesboro Campus.

Collaboration among the Waters College of Health Professions, Campus Recreation and Intramurals (CRI) and University Health Services has garnered Georgia Southern University a fourth Gold Level Campus by Exercise is Medicine® on Campus (EIM®-OC) designation. The designation honors college campuses for their participation and engagement in the EIM®-OC program. Schools earn gold, silver or bronze status based on their activities related to physical activity promotion, education and EIM®-OC integration into campus health services. Recognition provides an opportunity for campuses to enhance their image as a healthy academic environment and highlight their commitment to creating a culture of wellness. “This is…

Four graduate students at Georgia Southern University earned the highest award in the Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies for their research or instruction in various disciplines during the 2020-21 academic year.

On July 1, Sharon Subreenduth, Ph.D., took the reins as the new Dean of the College of Education at Georgia Southern University.

John Banter, Ed.D., associate director of the Office of Leadership and Community Engagement, recently won the Robin Orr Outstanding Practitioner Award from the Association of Leadership Educators (ALE). Given annually during the ALE national conference, this award recognizes a distinguished practitioner for their significant accomplishments and contributions to leadership education and related fields. The award is named in memory of Robin Orr, a longtime member and past president of the ALE.

Officers in the Georgia Southern University Police Department (UPD) now have more options for improving police interactions with individuals impacted by communication disorders thanks to graduate students in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program in the Waters College of Health Professions.
The Center for STEM Education (i2STEMed) is the new moniker for the College of Education’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education outreach unit. Previously known as the Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education (i2STEMe), the Center has expanded partnerships over the last nine years to include local, state and international organizations.
A new agreement between Georgia Southern University and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, located in Tifton, Georgia, will help students earn graduate degrees in public health and strengthen the state’s health care workforce.

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Southeast Chapter has recognized Georgia Southern University’s Multimedia Development Center (MDC) with an Emmy® Award at their annual awards event in Atlanta.

Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Ph.D., has been awarded a $250,000 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute grant for her project, “Capacity Building to Create a Patient-Centered Research Dissemination Model.” Mayo-Gamble will use the grant to work with sickle cell patients to increase knowledge and awareness of useful interventions on chronic disease management; increase their recognition of their role in the translation of research to practice; train partners to become patient activists in the process of research dissemination; and engage stakeholders as partners in the design and development of a patient-centered, scalable dissemination model. Mayo-Gamble is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy…