Thomas Koballa to Present Keynote at GERA Conference
Thomas R. Koballa Jr., Ph.D., dean of the College of Education at Georgia Southern, will be the keynote speaker at the Georgia Educational Research Association (GERA) 2016 Annual Conference, which will take place Oct. 7 at the Marriott at the Convention Center in Augusta, Georgia.
Faculty and Alumni Present Research at 26th Annual EECERA Conference
Faculty and alumni from Georgia Southern University attended and presented research at the 26th Annual European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Conference that was held in Dublin, Ireland, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3.
STEM Education explores opportunities in India
Robert Mayes, Ph.D., director of Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education, and Lisa Stueve, Ph.D., executive director of STEM InK, from Georgia Southern University attended and addressed the conference “STEM, the Global Dream,” on Sept. 13 in Hyderabad, India.
16th Annual Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference opens call for proposals
A call for proposals is now open for the the 16th Annual Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference that will be held at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah Feb. 17-18, 2017.
Two Nursing Students Awarded the St. Joseph’s/Candler Georgia Southern University Nightingale Scholarship
Third semester nursing student Retha Rowe and second semester nursing student Jessica Hartzog, both in the College of Health and Human Sciences, have been awarded the St. Joseph’s/Candler Georgia Southern University Nightingale Scholarship in the amount of $1,500 each.
10th Annual SoTL Commons Conference Opens Call for Proposals
A call for proposals is now open for the 10th Annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Commons, an international conference hosted annually by the Centers for Teaching and Technology at Georgia Southern University.
Georgia Southern offers area schools chance to win 3-D printer
The Innovation Studio in the College of Education is offering area schools the chance to win a 3-D printer in order to integrate the technology into their class curriculums.
Fourth Annual GreenFest Event Set for Oct. 1 in Downtown Statesboro
Georgia Southern University’s Center for Sustainability is gearing up for its fourth annual GreenFest event, set for 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 in downtown Statesboro.
Biology Professor Receives Grant
John Schenk, Ph.D., curator of the Georgia Southern Herbarium in the Georgia Southern University Department of Biology, received notification that his National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Research Collections grant has been funded in the amount of $280,798 to integrate uncatalogued plants into the Herbarium.
Alumnus receives 2016 National Space Club Lifetime Achievement Award
Georgia Southern University alumnus Charles A. Abner (‘67) was presented the 2016 National Space Club Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Space Florida Committee.