Alumni

  • Young Alumni Board

    Alumni aged 40 and under make up more than 40 percent of Georgia Southern University’s overall alumni base. That represents a significant proportion of our alumni — and the potential to make a big difference for the future of Georgia Southern. Originally formed in 2015, the Georgia Southern University Young Alumni Board includes alumni from…

  • 2018-19 Student Alumni Scholarship Recipients

    Thirty-one students were awarded alumni association scholarships at the Alumni Board of Directors meeting Sept. 8, totaling more than $40,000. Photo left to right: Jeffrey Young, Samuel Choi, Jack Pharis, True Gane, Abby Anderson, Jesse Todd, Rylee Siefker and Christina Moore. Abby Anderson, Jule Rossiter Stanfield Scholarship Fund, Armstrong Campus, Freshman, History major, Kennesaw, Ga.…

  • Chronicles

    Billy Hickman (’74) was honored as the 2018 Statesboro Herald Humanitarian of the Year at the 30th Annual Deen Day Smith Service to Mankind Awards gala. Drew Ernst (’74) has been named to The Best Lawyers in America for 2019. He practices with HunterMaclean in Savannah. Lovett Bennett Jr. (’78) has been appointed a superior…

  • Alumni Events

    The Armstrong Campus Alumni Center hosted a True Blue Open House on June 21 to introduce Georgia Southern Alumni to the Armstrong Campus. Interim President Shelley Nickel threw out the honorary first pitch and Georgia Southern alumni reconnected at Georgia Southern Day at the Atlanta Braves this past summer. Earlier this fall, hundreds of alumni…

  • In Memoriam – Fall 2018

    1930s Marian Nelson Kleeman (’39) died Feb. 7, 2018, in Savannah. She was a successful real estate agent. Frank Barragan Jr. (’38), a Savannah native, died March 14, 2018, at age 99. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, then returned to Savannah where he had a long career at Savannah…

  • Key Change

    Switch from singing to coding proves e-ssential How does a student with dreams of singing on Broadway fall in love with computer programming? For Georgia Southern alumna Becky Case (’04) it was easy. “I started as a vocal performance major, but after the first year I was a little worried about future career prospects,” she…

  • Growing a Legacy

    John Shuman replants his family business In 1993, John Shuman, who was just two classes away from a business degree at Georgia Southern, left school to go to work on his family farm in south Georgia. When he arrived, however, he found a business that was in trouble. Shuman Farms and Shuman Fertilizer, both staples…

  • Alumna Finds Her Purpose Inspiring Youth

    Armstrong alumna and Miss South Carolina USA 2017, Megan Gordon (’16), entered her first pageant more than a decade ago with humble hopes of earning academic scholarships. Today, armed with a nursing degree and credits like Top 5 placement in last year’s Miss USA competition, she utilizes her expanded platforms to inspire young people across…

  • Leading the Way with Care

    “Nursing is the best profession ever,” says Helen Taggart, Ph.D., RN, and a professor of nursing at Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus. After 50 years in the nursing field, her devotion is as strong as ever for what she calls “the most respected of all professions in the United States.” Her nursing education began in…

  • The Drive to Succeed

    Alumna Reflects on University Connections Ann Levett’s distinguished career has come full circle, thanks to her new job as superintendent of the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS). It’s where she grew up as a student and where she began her teaching career four decades ago. “It just seems, somedays, like it was destined to…