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  • Professor John Weaver meets the Dalai Lama

    A Visit with the Dalai Lama

    Education Professor Joins Conference in India for Human Education in the Third Millennium Project If you received an email one day with Russian characters in it, you would probably think it was a scam. That’s what John Weaver, Ph.D., professor of education first thought. “I got an email from Russia,” said Weaver. ”It was from the…

  • Anthony Paderewski

    Armstrong in Prime Time TV

    Health Professions Academic Building Becomes ‘Savannah General’ in NBC’s Drama ‘Council of Dads’ When location scouts for NBC’s new television series “Council of Dads” combed Savannah for a realistic venue to shoot multiple hospital scenes, they knew they had found something special in the Health Professions Academic Building on Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus. “I…

  • Jaw-Dropping Changes

    Georgia Southern Museum Reopening after Major Renovation What began as a simple project to repaint the Georgia Southern Museum turned into a two-year undertaking to renovate the entire building. Built in 1937 as the original library, the building was seriously suffering from old age. ‘The painters told me they thought there was something going on…

  • Eagles in Demand

    First Graduating Manufacturing Engineering Class Rapidly Finds Jobs Jesse Davis (’19), one of the first graduates from Georgia Southern’s Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering, didn’t have to wait long to find a job. “When I woke up the day of graduation, they called me at eight in the morning and told me I had…

  • Escape from the Okefenokee Swamp

    Library Special Collections HostsEscape Room Experience Zach S. Henderson Library invited visitors to embark on a spooky adventure to the Okefenokee Swamp, without even having to go outside or apply insect repellent. Last October, the library created an Okefenokee escape room experience, an interactive game where a small group of players find clues, solve puzzles…

  • Big Incubator Expanding to Hinesville and Metter, Georgia

    The Business Innovation Group (BIG) is expanding its business incubators to Hinesville and Metter, Georgia. BIG, at the Parker College of Business of Georgia Southern, is focused on providing students with the skills and training necessary to understand business principles, to experience how businesses operate and to successfully launch a new business enterprise. Currently BIG…

  • Taking the Reins – Local, State, Federal Leaders Help Welcome Marrero at his Investiture Ceremony

    On Oct. 24 & 25, Georgia Southern University held ceremonies to officially confer the duties and responsibilities of the Office of the President to Dr. Kyle Marrero, who became Georgia Southern’s 14th president on April 1.  “We are here today to share in the time-honored tradition to invest a new president of Georgia Southern University,”…

  • People. Purpose. Action. Georgia Southern Announces Five-Year Strategic Plan

    After a yearlong effort, with multi-stakeholder collaboration across three campuses and communities, Georgia Southern University announced its Strategic Plan for 2019 – 2024. The plan articulates the mission and vision, defines the core values of the University and establishes clear, measurable goals to meet its objectives. The Strategic Plan centers around five main pillars: student…

  • University Awards Recognize Exceptional Faculty

    Georgia Southern is an institution where students think, serve, lead and grow. Their educational experience begins in the classroom with professors who inspire them. Each year, outstanding educators are recognized for their excellence in research, teaching, creativity and service. See the list of award recipients below: Award for Excellence in Research/Creative Scholarly Activity John Van…

  • Training for the Future – Student Gains Hands-on Experience at World-famous Mayo Clinic

    Medical laboratory science major Lauren Frank (’19) dreams big. She spent the last six months training at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Mayo Clinic is recognized as a leading facility in patient care, research and education. Nabbing a clinical rotation as a medical laboratory scientist there is quite competitive. “Working at Mayo has always been…