CHHS student takes fashion designs from classroom to runway
Senior fashion merchandising and apparel design major, Heidi Viterbo, packed her bags and headed to New York to promote her fashion line, The Heidi Becca, last month.
Online Masters of Accounting program ranked No. 13 by Masters in Accounting
The University’s online masters of accounting program (WebMAcc) was recently recognized in the top 15 of the “Top Ranked Online Master’s in Accounting Programs” by MastersInAccounting.info.
Georgia Southern receives award for excellence in transfer student practices
Georgia Southern University has been named to the Phi Theta Kappa’s 2017 Transfer Honor Roll. One of only 65 recipients nationwide selected to receive this honor, Georgia Southern is recognized as one of the top four-year colleges and universities for creating dynamic pathways to support community college transfer.
Georgia Southern hosts first and only history film festival of its kind in the US
The Ogeechee International History Film Festival — the first and only film festival of its kind in the nation — is set to open on March 24 at the Averitt Center for the Arts’ historic Emma Kelly Theater, and continue on March 25 at the Russell Union Theater on campus.
Student artists storymap Statesboro in ‘Gown to Town’ multimedia exhibit
Senior art students put their capstone projects together to create the exhibition “Gown to Town: Visual Art Mapping in the ‘Boro,” for display at the Averitt Center for the Arts and the Roxie Remley Center for Fine Arts.
Engineering students build ROV props for international competition
Engineering students from the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology assisted the Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education (i2STEMe) in building remote-operated vehicle (ROV) competition props as part of the 2017 MATE international ROV competition.
COE to host Scholar Coffee Chat with Marla Jaksch March 24
The College of Education’s (COE) Department of Leadership, Technology and Human Development will host a Scholar Coffee Chat with Marla Jaksch, Ph.D., on Friday, March 24 at 1 p.m. in COE room 2135.
Get Fit for the Health of it Festival March 24
Although National Nutrition Month is coming to an end, Eagle Dining Services (EDS) isn’t losing fuel. To wrap up the month of fitness, EDS will host the “Get Fit for the Health of it Festival” on Friday, March 24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of Dining Commons, 97 Georgia Ave.
Great Minds Lecture Series continues March 23: Dan Pioske, Ph.D., to speak
The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences’ (CLASS) 2017 Great Minds Lecture Series will continue on Thursday, March 23 with Assistant Professor of religious studies Dan Pioske, Ph.D., presenting “Why is the Bible a Text: Memory, Orality, and the Birth of Prose Literature.”
Third annual Holi Festival brightens up campus March 23
Next week, students, faculty, staff and children alike will come together under a blanket of color outside of the Dining Commons on Georgia Avenue to welcome in the spring season for the third annual Holi Festival on Saturday, March 23 from 6-7:30 p.m.