MyNews: May 21, 2018
Operation Empower Health – Greater Savannah impacts community, Georgia Southern students
Operation Empower Health – Greater Savannah provided no-cost healthcare to 7,942 people and 1,382 pets in need in our region May 10-18. The event not only provided 419 military members with more than 20,047 hours of valuable training, but gave important services, including dental, vision, medical and veterinary care, to those in southeast Georgia who might not otherwise have access. St. Joseph’s/Candler and Georgia Southern University supported the U.S. Military to administer services at four sites in Savannah.
Georgia Southern Museum closed Summer 2018 for renovations
This summer Georgia Southern University’s Museum will be temporarily closed to the public due to structural repairs that need to be made and essential exhibit maintenance. The administrative offices will remain open for business throughout the summer during the renovation process.
Georgia Southern nursing students receive 2018 Abbie Lorene DeLoach Memorial Scholarships
Georgia Southern University nursing students Jayda Anderson, Kelli Shiver, Taylor Wallace received 2018 Abbie Lorene DeLoach Memorial Nursing/Kappa Delta Scholarships during the second annual Abbie DeLoach Foundation Scholarship Luncheon held in April.
A total of nine students were awarded scholarships totaling more than $175,000 in memory of Abbie DeLoach, one of five Georgia Southern nursing students tragically killed in a car accident in April 2015.
Georgia Southern offers various education camps for children this summer
This summer Georgia Southern University is offering a variety of hands-on educational camps for children of all ages. With more than 20 different camps to choose from, ranging from athletics and archery to designing video games and mobile apps, these summer camps offer many benefits to children.
Biology graduate student wins 2018 Averitt Award for Research Excellence
Jose A. Sanchez-Ruiz, a graduate student in Georgia Southern University’s Department of Biology, is the 2018 winner of the Averitt Award for Research Excellence. The Averitt Award is the highest honor bestowed upon graduate students within the Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies.
Sanchez-Ruiz is a native of Puerto Rico. After deciding to “try science,” he switched his major from art to biology and graduated from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras in 2016. That same year he joined the graduate program in biology at Georgia Southern where he works as a graduate assistant under the direction of Checo Colon-Gaud, Ph.D.
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On-Campus News
- Georgia Southern duo spark conversation at TEDx Savannah 2018
- Georgia CEO Q1 2018 survey shows business leaders’ confidence remains optimistic
- Georgia Southern online Master of Economics degree recognized as one of nation’s best
- Georgia Southern College of Education professor receives national award
- Georgia Southern professor invited by former Nigerian president to serve in Africa Progress Group
- Registration for Georgia Southern’s Summer Reading Institute open
- Georgia Southern health and physical education major wins national award
- First-year students win at statewide competition
- Residential Learning Community faculty member receives inaugural award
- Georgia Southern Student Media selects 2018-2019 staff
- Savannah family loans reproduction of iconic William Trego painting to Georgia Southern University
In the Media
- Operation Empower Health helping thousands from near and far — FOX 28
- Operation Empower Health – Greater Savannah continues through Friday — Savannah Morning News
- Operation Empower Health a success — WJCL
- Slaying sand gnats — WTOC
- Georgia Southern economics professor examines impact of pulling out of Iran Nuclear Deal — WJCL
- Encounters with sharks on the rise in South Carolina — WJCL
- Schools.com lists the best four-year colleges in Georgia — 11Alive Atlanta
- U.S. Department of Education 2018 Green Ribbon Schools announced — U.S. Department of Education
- Georgia Southern president plans to step down, interim president named — Albany Herald
- Georgia Southern University students receive four Emmy nominations — Savannah CEO
- Boost Childcare initiative aims To Help College Student-Parents Graduate — GPB
- Grads ready to take on the world — Statesboro Herald
- Georgia CEO Q1 2018 survey shows business leaders’ confidence remains optimistic — Augusta CEO
- Editorial by WJCL President: Operation Empower Health — WJCL
- No issue too small: Operation Empower Health — WTOC
Last updated: 6/1/2018