Parker College of Business students work with local nonprofit, gain marketing experience
When Georgia Southern University faculty member Travis Brickey attended the annual Haunted Forest fundraiser, hosted by the Boys & Girls Club of Bulloch County in Statesboro, he didn’t expect to come back to the classroom with a project idea for his students.
Waters College of Health Professions researchers studying racial disparities in cardiovascular disease
Researchers in the Waters College of Health Professions (WCHP) at Georgia Southern University are studying why Black adults in America are 30% more likely to die from cardiovascular disease (CVD) than white adults through a study on racial disparities and cardiovascular health.
Georgia Southern student recognized for registering 300 bone marrow donors
Brianne Dollar receives the Steven Bochco Award at the Gift of Life gala in Los Angeles. She received the honor thanks to her being responsible for more than 30 fundraising drives and registering over 300 bone marrow donors.
Recent Georgia Southern graduate named ‘Volunteer of the Year’
Georgia Southern graduate Ashley Rutland earned Rutland the 2021-2022 Annie F. Oliver Volunteer of the Year award by the Savannah Speech & Hearing Center.
Georgia Southern faculty secure $1.8 million federal grant to promote inclusive excellence in health informatics
Faculty from Georgia Southern University’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health have secured a federal grant totaling more than $1.8 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to promote inclusive excellence in health informatics and health equity.
A statement from President Kyle Marrero about the passing of Betty Foy Sanders
I join with many, many others in the Georgia Southern community who are mourning the passing of Betty Foy Sanders.
Many know her as a former first lady to Georgia’s 74th governor, Carl Edward Sanders Sr., but I knew her as a friend, longtime supporter, and namesake to the Georgia Southern Department of Art.
Dignitaries help University officials break ground on Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center
The opportunity to memorialize the late Sen. Jack Hill and wife Ruth Ann brought an impressive list of state and national leaders to Statesboro on Thursday to help break ground on a new Georgia Southern University Convocation Center that will bear their names.
Georgia Southern alumni pledge $125,000 for Tormenta FC Endowed Scholarship
On Tuesday, May 24, Tormenta Futbol Club co-owners and Georgia Southern University alumni Darin H. Van Tassell (’89) and Netra R. Van Tassell (’90) pledged a $125,000 Tormenta FC Endowed Scholarship to the Georgia Southern University Foundation, Inc.
Georgia Southern students expand communication disorder awareness amidst Deaf Culture Renaissance
At Georgia Southern, a group of students is taking courses to grow the number of interpreters in their communities and their fields.
Each student comes to class with their own motivations to learn ASL.