Tag: Press Release

Georgia Southern University recognized for 28 top degree programs in U.S.

Georgia Southern University has been awarded top-ranking status for multiple degree programs by Intelligent.com. Georgia Southern was listed among hundreds of other competing institutions across the nation. The student-focused comprehensive research guide is based on an assessment of 1,604 accredited colleges and universities. Each program is evaluated based on curriculum quality, graduation rate, reputation and post-graduate employment.

Marine veteran finding new career through health and physical education at Georgia Southern

After 20 years in the Marine Corps, Jay Morrow retired and decided to pursue a new career path mentoring and coaching children at the Boys and Girls Club near his home in Bluffton, South Carolina.

‘The Second City: Improv All-Stars’ brings cutting-edge comedy to Georgia Southern’s Performing Arts Center

“The Second City: Improv All-Stars,” featuring Chicago’s legendary comedy troupe The Second City, will perform at the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at Georgia Southern, as part of the center’s 2019-2020 Main Stage Series on Thursday, January 30, at 7:30 p.m.

‘The Second City: Improv All-Stars’ brings cutting-edge comedy to Georgia Southern’s Performing Arts Center

“The Second City: Improv All-Stars,” featuring Chicago’s legendary comedy troupe The Second City, will perform at the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at Georgia Southern, as part of the center’s 2019-2020 Main Stage Series on Thursday, January 30, at 7:30 p.m.

Georgia Southern launches lending program for STEM, social studies classrooms in southeast Georgia

On average, teachers across the U.S. spend approximately $479 on classroom supplies each year, according to a 2018 study by the National Center of Education Statistics. The Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education at Georgia Southern University is helping reduce this burden for teachers in southeast Georgia with the School Outreach Program, a lending membership program that provides STEM and social studies materials for K-12 classrooms.

Georgia Southern to offer new online Master of Public Health in Fall 2020

Beginning in Fall 2020 Georgia Southern University will offer its first fully online Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in applied public health.

Partnership with SCCPSS to provide paid residency opportunities for select Georgia Southern teacher candidates

Exceptional teacher candidates studying in Georgia Southern University’s College of Education will soon have the opportunity to apply for a paid residency program with Savannah-Chatham County Public School System starting as early as Fall 2020.

‘Bedtime Stories’ visiting artists exhibition opens on Statesboro Campus

“Bedtime Stories,” a multimedia visiting artists exhibition from the Widow Maker Collective in Savannah, Georgia, is currently on display at Georgia Southern University’s Center for Art and Theatre on the Statesboro Campus through Feb. 7. On Jan. 16, the center will host an artist’s talk at 5 p.m. in the Arts Building followed by a reception in the Contemporary Gallery from 6-7 p.m.

Senior fine arts major selected for gallery show in California

Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art senior Kimberly Barron was one of 21 artists selected for a national juried exhibition titled, “Pretty and Peculiar,” hosted by the Fe Gallery in Sacramento, California.