Georgia Southern film professor takes rural health documentary to SCAD Film Festival
Hashiguchi and his wife were expecting their first child, and he wanted to learn more about what to anticipate. Along the way, he learned the statistics regarding maternal health in Georgia, which piqued his interest.
Georgia Southern graduates building the booming Savannah sports market
Savannah is a booming sports market. With locals teams becoming world-famous and new arenas being built for new professional teams, there is a growing need for sports broadcasters.
Two Eagle graduates are part of the crews which transmit the games.
Chasing the Hoodie: How a Joke Led a Richmond Hill Mom to Academic Stardom
April Trepagnier had no idea that her fascination with a graduation hood would lead her to pursue her first college degree at 43 years old.
From a ‘whim’ to a scholarship; Eagle student’s path to Harvard
Amunet Berry of Jonesboro, Georgia, was just a freshman at Georgia Southern University when she first began taking classes in German studies. Now, she’s a senior who recently attended a conference at the Harvard Kennedy School on international affairs.
160 years later: Remembering the Battle of Antietam and the ‘preliminary’ Emancipation Proclamation that reshaped American history
160 years after the Battle of Antietam and the ‘preliminary’ Emancipation Proclamation, Georgia Southern’s Ben Parten, Ph.D., explains their historical significance. The events were only days apart, but gave the war an entirely different trajectory.
UPDATED SHOW TIMES: Alumnus returns to direct fall mainstage show
When Travis Spangenburg (‘13) stepped on the Jenkins Hall Mainstage to direct theater students on Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus, he was immediately taken back to his days as a student performer.
Georgia Southern expands accessibility with new online Professional Communication and Leadership master’s program
Previously, the program was a hybrid consisting of online and in-person courses. The addition of a fully online curriculum opens the door to an expanded student population.
Ending on a high note: Georgia Southern Chorale from Gretsch School of Music triumphant in international competition
The Georgia Southern Chorale, a choir of 30 students from Georgia Southern University’s Fred and Dinah Gretsch School of Music, earned top spots in an international choir competition this week in Germany. The group’s scores were nearly perfect, and the highest scores in the Chorale’s history in this particular competition.
Georgia Southern graduate student is using oysters to dig for Lowcountry history
Public history graduate student Sadie Ingram is studying a Gullah Geechee oystermen and how they developed the Lowcountry economically and culturally. She is working with History Department professors Julie de Chantal, Ph.D., Lisa Denmark, Ph.D., Michael Van Wagenen, Ph.D., and Georgia Southern University Museum Director Brent Tharp, Ph.D. Her fieldwork is guided by Kurt Knoerl, Ph.D., who has a national reputation for taking students to the shorelines to find artifacts.