Georgia Southern University hosts 2018 Refugee Film Festival on June 19
Georgia Southern University, Mountainfilm on Tour-Savannah and Lutheran Services of Georgia have teamed up to host the Refugee Film Festival on Tuesday, June 19, at 6:30 p.m. in the Ogeechee Theatre on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah. A reception will follow the films. The event is free and open to the public.
Georgia Southern students partner with Wesley Community Center to encourage literacy
Georgia Southern University College of Education students on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah recently created family literacy projects to benefit the local Wesley Community Centers, which offer affordable services for families and children in need in Chatham County.
Georgia Southern research promotes faculty and staff collaboration
Waters College of Health Professions Advising Coordinator Jennifer Syno has witnessed firsthand the successes and failures students encounter in their academic pursuits. Now a candidate in the Ed.D. Educational Leadership program in the College of Education, she is focusing her research on what can be done to help students succeed at Georgia Southern.
Georgia Southern’s online Master of Education Program earns Top 50 national ranking
Georgia Southern University’s online Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Educational Leadership degree was recently ranked No. 48 in the nation by BestColleges.com, a leading source that provides students with higher education research and free college planning resources.
Georgia Southern students win Student Production EMMY® Awards
The Regional Southeast EMMY chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has recognized Georgia Southern University’s Multimedia Development Center (MDC) with two Student Production EMMY Awards.
Georgia Southern awarded National Science Foundation grant; will lead collaboration with state universities to improve STEM education
Georgia Southern University was recently awarded a National Science Foundation grant totaling more than $50,000 to lead a collaborative project that will address science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education concerns at Georgia’s comprehensive universities. The project will be presented at a symposium in spring 2019.
Georgia Southern faculty author child trauma series in national psychology publication
Georgia Southern University school psychology faculty Terry Diamanduros, Ph.D., Dawn Tysinger, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Tysinger, Ph.D., recently published a child trauma series, including two articles and a handout for teachers, in Comminiqué, the official publication of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP).
Michael Kemp and Carlton Hodges appointed chairman and vice chairman of Armstrong Foundation of Georgia Southern University Board of Trustees
The Armstrong Foundation of Georgia Southern University Inc., recently appointed Synovus Senior Vice President Michael F. Kemp and Carlton H. Hodges, partner at Caines, Hodges & Company, as chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the Armstrong Foundation of Georgia Southern University Board of Trustees.
Georgia Southern included on prestigious 2018 Green Ribbon Schools list by U.S. Department of Education
Georgia Southern University has been included on the prestigious 2018 Green Ribbon Schools list by the U.S. Department of Education for its environmental accomplishments. Areas of recognition include sustainability, health, physical education, safety policies, food service and environmental and sustainability curriculum.
Georgia Southern included in Forbes America’s Best Midsize Employers 2018 list
Joining the ranks of company stalwarts like Penguin Random House, Blue Cross Blue Shield, ESPN and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Georgia Southern University has been included in Forbes list of America’s Best Midsize Employers 2018. Of the 500 midsize companies listed the University took the No. 203 spot overall and is one of 11 Georgia-based companies to make the cut.