Georgia Southern University offers new tool to match course credits for military experience
Georgia Southern University is making it easier for active-duty military or veterans to find out what courses they can receive credit for based on their previous military experience.
Georgia Southern, Ogeechee Technical College sign agreements to provide more education opportunities for local students
Georgia Southern University (GS) and Ogeechee Technical College (OTC) have signed three new agreements to create seamless transitions for students seeking a bachelor’s degree in information technology, logistics and intermodal transportation, and criminal justice and criminology programs at GS.
Georgia Southern College of Education professor represents Georgia at national summit on special education
College of Education’s Karin Fisher, Ph.D., was one of 10 college professors in the United States to be selected to participate in the Council for Exceptional Children’s Special Education Legislative Summit held in Washington D.C., in July.
Georgia Southern BUILD program wraps up 13th year of community service
Recently, 82 incoming freshmen at Georgia Southern University participated in the 2019 Building Undergraduate Involvement in Leadership Development (BUILD) program, coordinated by the Office of Leadership and Community Engagement (OLCE). The students performed 2,480 hours of community service throughout the program.
Georgia Southern students go ‘bananas’ for local baseball team, create new merchandise concepts
Fans at home games of the Savannah Bananas baseball team have a new, appealing way to stay cool on sweltering Savannah days thanks to the creativity of several Georgia Southern University Parker College of Business students.
Georgia Southern to provide free shuttle service connecting Statesboro and Savannah campuses
Georgia Southern University is starting a new shuttle service for students, faculty and staff between the Statesboro Campus and Armstrong Campus in Savannah. The free service will begin Aug. 12, just before the start of the university’s fall semester.
Health Services recognized for offering excellent health care to students on Statesboro Campus
Following a comprehensive assessment and on-site visit, Georgia Southern University’s Health Services on the Statesboro Campus has again been recognized for offering excellent health care to students.
Georgia Southern University appoints four new leaders to key roles
Georgia Southern University has tapped four new leaders for key academic roles this fall, including Ryan Schroeder, Ph.D., as Dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Lisandra R. Carmichael, Ph.D., as Dean of University Libraries; Amy Heaston, Ed.D., as Interim Dean of the College of Education; and Stuart Tedders, Ph.D. (’87), as Interim Dean of the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health.
Paying it forward: Georgia Southern professor provides STEM opportunities to disadvantaged youth in her home country
When College of Education’s Beverly King Miller, Ph.D., left Pueblo Nuevo, a community in Panama, to live in the United States at the age of six, her grandmother had only one wish for her — that she become the first woman in their family to attend college. Miller exceeded her expectations and now provides STEM opportunities to youth in her home country.
Georgia Southern researchers say 2019 sea turtle season is breaking records
Sea turtle nesting season on St. Catherine’s Island is anything but slow this summer according to researchers at Georgia Southern University.