Georgia Southern enlisted to help fight COVID-19 in Georgia’s confinement facilities
Georgia Southern University has established the Institute for Health Logistics & Analytics to manage a new $7.2 million contract and partner with the Georgia Department of Public Health to better fight COVID-19 in the state’s jails, prisons and other confinement facilities.
Georgia Southern chef to participate in ‘Taste of College’ series in Thomas County Schools
The recipes of executive chef Clay Culpepper will be featured in Georgia’s Thomas County School System for its “Taste of College” series April 25-29. For the event, chefs from five Georgia colleges and universities were invited to submit recipes to try on students.
Why pollen season arrives earlier each year: Q&A with biology professor Alan Harvey
As a seasonal allergy sufferer, Alan Harvey, Ph.D., biology professor in the College of Science and Mathematics, was curious what types of pollen were causing his sniffles and sneezes. As a scholar and educator, Harvey did what any curious mind would do — he began exploring the types of pollen in the region while trying to narrow down the culprit of his symptoms. What he didn’t expect to find was an interesting narrative that led to a collaborative art-science project and soon a full exhibit on pollen at the Georgia Southern Museum.
Georgia Southern adopts temporary admission requirements for select students for fall 2022 semester
to Georgia Southern University for the fall 2022 semester can now be admitted without an ACT or SAT score if they have a high school GPA of 3.2 or higher.
College of Education faculty travel to Georgia Southern University’s Ireland campus for exchange of ideas in advance of summer study abroad program
Six professors from Georgia Southern University’s College of Education (COE) recently broadened their horizons during a trip to Ireland as they learned from and shared insight with instructors and educational leaders in the Wexford County community.
Community garden idea readies MPA students for career, earns first place in policy competition
Ikeoluwa Akanmu, Melinda Roell, Jennifer Morgan, William Golden
‘The Eagle Experience’ wins national award for excellence
‘The Eagle Experience,’ a collaborative cross-university effort to ensure new students’ successful transition into their college years, grabbed the attention of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and won a 2021-22 NASPA Excellence Bronze Award.
Georgia Southern now one of nation’s Top Ten Military Friendly® Schools
Georgia Southern University has now earned a 2022-2023 Top Ten Military Friendly® distinction by Viqtory. Georgia Southern ranked at number nine on the Top Ten list. Being named a Military Friendly school is nothing new for Georgia Southern University, having earned a gold-level distinction for the past 10 years.
High school students dive into public health, one of the nation’s top fields of study, at Georgia Southern institute this summer
In the wake of the pandemic there has been an explosion of interest in public health as a field of study in universities around the country.
In response, Georgia Southern’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health will host the inaugural Rising Scholars Public Health Summer Institute for high school juniors and seniors June 22–24 on the Statesboro Campus. The program will expose students to the breadth and depth of the public health discipline.
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown coming to Georgia Southern University March 9-10
The Georgia Southern University Department of Literature will host Jericho Brown, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and National Book Award Finalist, for two events on March 9-10. Both events are open to the public.