Alumni

On Nov.13, 2025, the Georgia Southern Alumni Sporting Clay Shoot brought members of the Eagle Nation community together for a day of camaraderie, competition and purpose — all in support of the Alumni Legacy Project. With every pull of the trigger, participants helped make a lasting impact, raising $29,540 to support students on their journey…

Shaped by Family, Fueled by Service: Harry Hunter Jr.’s Journey from Armstrong to USC Faculty When Professor Harry Hunter Jr., Ph.D., DSW (’75), talks about his life, he starts with Savannah, Georgia, where he grew up with four sisters and one brother. He speaks about his parents, who instilled the values that led to his…

Nursing instructor Jennifer Heyer (’94) was looking for a way to honor her fellow nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I had several fellow nurses pass away during the pandemic,” she said. “And I knew I had to do something that would commemorate their nursing legacy. So I started researching.” That’s how she discovered the National…

Danny Varnadore (’11, ’15) has a unique office at South Georgia State College, just a short drive from the Florida border. As the head coach of the college’s new rodeo club, his days are spent in barns more often than in classrooms. His journey from professional bull rider to college coach is a winding tale…

tephen Milner (‘96) still remembers the crisp, fall evening he held his daughter in his arms with his son in tow, at his first Eagles game at the Prettiest Little Stadium. “Our kids never stood a chance,” he said. “My wife, Sharon (‘94), and I are both diehard Eagles; we always have been. There’s only…

Meg Heap (’86) has been appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. The district covers 43 counties and includes the cities of Statesboro, Savannah, Augusta, Dublin and Brunswick. Jennifer Bowcock (’94) has been named to the prestigious Ragan’s Top Women in Communication for 2025. Throughout her public relations career in the tech industry,…

Courtney Ashley Nathan Barker Lindsay Brown Latara Castleberry Amessia Chapman Alvie Coes III Caitlyn Cofer Rae Cook Tabitha Coombs Alexis Crawford David Cutler Laura Dalton Jay Dalton Caroline Davis Bowie Evans Ryan Gibson Jordan Given Garrett Green Lauren Guilfoyle Gabriel Hackney Kyle Hadden Jenna Houston Emil Laursen Winfield Lee Alicia Moore Chris Nowicki Matthew Penn…

The astronauts had just made their final speeches. As they began to head to the crew transport that would take them to the Artemis II spacecraft, cryogenic propulsion software engineer Auston Netcher (‘21) put on his headset and settled into his workstation in the control room at Cape Canaveral, Florida.  The past few days in…

Eagle Nation proved, once again, that there’s No Place Else like Georgia Southern during the University’s third annual Only for Southern giving day held on March 5, 2026. Donors set a single-day giving record, with 2,171 generous Eagles contributing more than $764,000 to areas across the University. Gifts came in from 49 states — only…