MyNews: January 31, 2020
Georgia Southern selects new director of Equal Opportunity & Title IX, Title IX coordinator
Amber Johns Culpepper, J.D., has been selected to be director of Equal Opportunity & Title IX and Title IX coordinator for Georgia Southern University. Culpepper will lead the Office of Equal Opportunity & Title IX, which is responsible for ensuring that all Georgia Southern University campuses comply with applicable equal opportunity and affirmative action laws and policies regarding discrimination.
The office administers the university’s sexual harassment and sexual misconduct policies on the Statesboro, Armstrong and Liberty campuses. Offices are located on the Statesboro Campus in the Rosenwald Building, room 1066, and on the Armstrong Campus in Victor Hall, room 243.
Georgia Southern University celebrates Black Heritage Month
Georgia Southern University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs announces the schedule for the 2020 Black Heritage Month celebration, featuring a series of lectures, panel discussions, performances and more throughout February.
Armstrong Campus’ Southern Café, aquaponics farm-to-table partnership offers sustainable, healthy food options
The newest restaurant on the Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus offers diners comfort in knowing that some of the ingredients were grown just a few hundred yards away in the campus’ aquaponics farm in the Sustainable Aquaponics Research Center.
20th annual Patti Pace Performance Festival to be held on Armstrong Campus
The 20th annual Patti Pace Performance Festival, a non-competitive performance festival that allows students and professionals from different schools to work together to create and workshop a performance, will be held on Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus in Jenkins Hall Jan. 31- Feb. 1.
Georgia Southern University recognized for 28 top degree programs in the U.S.
Georgia Southern University has been awarded top-ranking status for multiple degree programs by Intelligent.com. Georgia Southern was listed among hundreds of other competing institutions across the nation. The student-focused comprehensive research guide is based on an assessment of 1,604 accredited colleges and universities. Each program is evaluated based on curriculum quality, graduation rate, reputation and post-graduate employment.
Men’s tennis, basketball to host home games
Men’s tennis opens up their home season against in-state opponent Mercer University in an afternoon match. Stop by the Wallis Tennis Center to catch them in action.
Men’s basketball continues their Sun Belt home stand against Troy University and the University of South Alabama. Come out and honor military members with Military Appreciation and Faith and Family Night on Saturday. All active and veteran military members will receive free admission with a valid military ID. More information on Faith and Family Night can be found here.
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On-Campus News
- Georgia Southern announces Spring 2020 commencement ceremonies in Savannah and Statesboro
- Learn about sustainable practices at the Campus Community Garden Workshop
- Discover the interrelationship between Savannah’s African American history and the Armstrong Campus on Jan. 30
- Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Eta Sigma Gamma chapter receives national award
- Armstrong Campus to host “National 2D Competition and Exhibition”
In the Media
- Georgia Southern’s recycling efforts highlighted in statewide environmental report – WSAV
- GSU planning to close an on-campus apartment complex – WTOC
- GS associate dean named to mental health council – Statesboro Herald
- Georgia universities offer lessons in clean energy – AJC
- How STEM is educating students in four specific disciplines for better approach towards future generation – DevDiscourse
- It’s All About the Data: The card office’s role in student retention – CR80 News
- Doctors talk about Coronavirus’ impact on the Coastal Empire – WTOC
- LISTEN: Difference Makers, Don Waters – Savannah Morning News
- Georgia Southern University recognized for 14 top degree programs in the U.S. – Savannah CEO
- Georgia Southern expanding Business Innovation Group in downtown Statesboro – WTOC
- Coastal Health District hosts several free HIV Testing Day events in February – WSAV
- Survey finds gaps in Americans’ Holocaust knowledge – Courthouse News Service
- Statesboro community comes together for Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade – WTOC
- 2020 General Assembly session kicks off – Effingham Herald
- Alliance to present monastery, Freedman School dig findings – Savannah Morning News
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Last updated: 2/3/2020