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  • Traveling to Understand

    Georgia Southern TRIO Students Gain Lifelong Lessons In Puerto Rico A student-focused volunteer trip to Puerto Rico over the summer took Georgia Southern’s top honor as Outstanding Community Service Project. It also changed the lives of the 12 TRIO scholars who participated in the weeklong program. “The trip was more than just volunteering,” said Johnny…

  • Georgia Southern Establishes Learning Center in Ireland

    Georgia Southern University and its Center for Irish Research and Teaching (CIRT) have established a new learning center in Wexford, Ireland, and move the CIRT from the Statesboro Campus to the Armstrong Campus in Savannah. The Wexford-Savannah Axis Partnership, a partnership between Georgia Southern and Wexford that allows University students to visit Ireland and continue…

  • Health Professions Academic Building Ribbon-Cutting

    Waters College of Health Professions A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Health Professions Academic Building was held on the Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus in Savannah on Jan. 3, 2019. The 63,000-square-foot building houses the Waters College of Health Professions and provides a home to a variety of academic programs that prepare students for careers…

  • Georgia Southern Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Nine Line Foundation

    Aquaponics Research Center will Provide Educational and Training Opportunities to Homeless Veterans. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Carl Reiber, Ph.D., and Megan Hostler, Nine Line Foundation president, publicly signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on March 29 to further enhance the institutions’ commitment to improving educational and training opportunities for the veterans in…

  • Armstrong Campus Arboretum Now Has Map and Database

    Did you know that one of our campuses is officially an arboretum? The Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus Arboretum is a treasure of calm inside the busy southside Savannah area.  The arboretum encompasses the entire 268-acre Armstrong campus and displays a wide variety of shrubs and other woody plants. Several major plant collections have been…

  • Georgia Southern Breaks Ground for Engineering and Research Building

    Late last year, the University hosted former Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and other key partners for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the new Engineering and Research Building on the Statesboro Campus. The facility will be used to train future engineers, computer professionals and build partnerships with companies in the region.  “Bridging theory and practice, this new…

  • Grad Student Honored as One of 10 New Faces of Civil Engineering

    Graduate Student Mariah Peart has achieved a first for Georgia Southern. The American Society of Civil Engineers has recognized her as one of the 10 New Faces of Civil Engineering for 2019 — Professional Edition. Each year, the recognition goes to students and professionals whose early career accomplishments mark them as the profession’s future stars.…

  • Disney College Program Helps Prepare Students for Future Roles

    Courtney O’Neal A bus greeter at Disney World wouldn’t seem like the optimum preparation for a future school psychologist, but surprisingly it is. “The Disney experience helps a lot,” said Courtney O’Neal, a junior psychology major with plans to get a master’s degree in school psychology. “I was kind of nervous at first because I…

  • Two Biology Professors Serve with National Science Foundation

    Professors Sophie B. George, Ph.D., and Laura B. Regassa, Ph.D., are serving prestigious terms as program directors for the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Washington, D.C. “It is quite an achievement to have one professor asked to serve    at NSF; it is unusual to have two there,” said Carl L. Reiber, Ph.D., Georgia Southern provost…

  • Three Faculty Members Chosen for Inaugural Usg Program

    Three Georgia Southern University faculty members have been selected as Chancellor’s Learning Scholars, part of a new program established by the University System of Georgia (USG). The initiative, focused on pushing the needle on student success through course enrichment, includes representatives from each USG institution. The Georgia Southern Scholars are: David Bringman, DPT, the Rehabilitation…