MyNews: January 2, 2018
Professor earns top award at 2017 National Communication Association Convention
In November, Associate Professor of Communications and Africana Studies Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas, received the National Communication Association’s 2017 Black Caucus Rex Crawley Outstanding Service Award.
The award recognizes the contributions made by an active member of the National Communication Association who does extraordinary works of service through social advocacy, community service or mentoring.
Cited within the African-American Communication and Culture Division, Desnoyers-Colas was recognized for an array of work on the Armstrong Campus, including her role as the faculty coordinator for the Men of Vision and Excellence (MOVE) African-American male retention initiative.
Student Government Association presidents build ties across campuses
When students Dylan John and Nipuna Ambanpola met, they never imagined they would form a partnership as Student Government Association (SGA) presidents of the same university in the United States a few years later.
Bakari Sellers named 2018 annual MLK Celebration speaker
Civil rights activist, attorney and political commentator Bakari Sellers has been named the Georgia Southern University annual MLK Celebration speaker and will present on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at 847 Plant Drive in Statesboro. The live presentation will be simulcast at the Georgia Southern Armstrong Campus in Savannah.
April 2018 will mark 50 years since King’s assassination, and as such, will be an important theme in Sellers’s presentation. Sellers will present on activism in reflection of King’s legacy.
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On-Campus News
- New inclusive post-secondary education program at Georgia Southern takes flight
- Georgia Southern Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health professor Karl E. Peace, Ph.D., publishes books
- Graduate art students swap artwork in international exchange
- ‘Inspired Georgia’ photography exhibition coming to Georgia Southern
In the Media
- Savannah’s Landings Military Family Relief Fund donates $20K for scholarships for military spouses — Savannah Morning News
- Ga. Southern Police’s K-9 gets protective vest — WJCL
- Community Corner: Georgia Southern president talks merger, new era in education — WSAV
- 2018 Georgian of the Year: Russell McMurry — Georgia Trend
Last updated: 1/12/2018