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  • Armstrong: A Powerful Legacy

    From its start as a junior college in the historic Armstrong House, located alongside Savannah’s Forsyth Park, to the vibrant Savannah and Liberty campuses of today, Armstrong has a range of impressive accomplishments. For those that are new to this fantastic heritage, here’s a quick trip down Armstrong’s memory lane. Savannah Mayor Thomas Gamble founded…

  • Forward Together

    SGA presidents share surprising connections. From left to right, Dylan John and Nipuna Ambanpola hail from rival high schools in Sri Lanka. It’s rare that two students from rival high schools in Sri Lanka would earn the same scholarships to study in the southeastern United States; rarer still they both end up presidents of Student…

  • Student Affairs

    While the dynamics of Georgia Southern’s multi-campus university may be new, Georj Lewis’ return to the institution as the University’s Vice President for Student Affairs feels like a homecoming. A 23-year veteran of higher education, Lewis spent almost 11 years on the Statesboro campus. First joining as the director of the Multicultural Student Center in…

  • 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…

  • Cyber Defense

    The Center for Applied Cyber Education (CACE) Director Scott C. Scheidt is a 20-plus year veteran of business, military combat, intelligence operations, cyber warfare and academia, and not one to shy away from a challenge. Yet, uniting with Georgia Southern University has been nothing but an enhancement for the department located on the Armstrong Campus.…

  • 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…

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    Introducing the President

    In Georgia Southern, President Hebert said he has found a place where “doing the extraordinary seems to be the norm.”

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    A New Georgia Southern

    On January 11, 2017, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia voted to consolidate Armstrong State University and Georgia Southern University, ultimately creating a new Georgia Southern University with three campus locations in Savannah, Hinesville and Statesboro. The consolidated university will be led by Georgia Southern President Jaimie L. Hebert. The Consolidation…

  • A Student Of Humanity

    The first Georgia Southern African-American art department graduate returns to Statesboro.

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    Still Going Strong

    He’s 84 years old and small in stature, but in the weightlifting world, Howard Cohen (‘61) is a giant.