Up Front

  • New Steps in Sustainability

    Sustainability is a top priority among today’s students, and Georgia Southern is planning new initiatives to help them address the impact of complex environmental issues. The University plans to enhance the work of the Center for Sustainability by pairing it with new academic programs and focusing its resources on larger projects.  In 2012, 74.7 percent…

  • Scholar Earns Fulbright to Teach in Spain

    University Honors Program student Emily Pressler (’19) graduated in May and is spending this academic year teaching English in Galicia, Spain. She was awarded an English Teaching Assistantship from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The modern languages Spanish and French major from Long Island, New York, described the experience as “a real chance to see…

  • Site-synchronous Classrooms Connect the Three Campuses

    Georgia Southern University is showing that the distance between its three campuses is just a number for students. After a pilot program of three site-synchronous classrooms last spring, the University expanded it to 12 more for the fall semester. These classrooms use state-of-the-art technology to connect students to a class being taught on another campus. …

  • 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…

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    Lending a Helping Hand

    Georgia Southern students took a break from their busy schedules to volunteer for Treasure Savannah held on Oct. 5. The biannual day of service on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah and Liberty Campus in Hinesville is a way for volunteers to show compassion and give back to the local communities. Students and alumni cleaned city…

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    STEMFest Inspires and Engages

    What brought hundreds of elementary, middle and high school students to the Statesboro Campus in September? The 2019 STEMFest hosted by the College of Education’s Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education, the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing, and the College of Science and Mathematics. The young students were treated to a variety of…

  • Student’s Success Defies All Odds

    Georgia Southern University’s Spring 2019 Commencement carried greater significance for Kasey Hayes. She became the first student to complete the University’s EAGLE Academy program and participate in the ceremony alongside Eagle Nation graduates. “I was very emotional at graduation,” said Hayes. “I was picked on in high school and middle school. People would put me…

  • Honors Student Earns Two Elite Opportunities

    Katherine Barrs’ undergraduate experience has been better than she ever expected. The double major in biology and mathematics won the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, the nation’s top scholarship for undergraduate students engaged in research in the sciences. The Georgia Southern junior was one of only 496 college students from across the United States to earn the…

  • True Blue Spotlight – Stunning Act of Bravery Saves Two

    U.S. Army Capt. Jacob Riffe (’14) is an inspiring example of Georgia Southern’s True Blue spirit, and the Army’s value of selfless service. Last spring, he received the Soldier’s Medal for rescuing two people from a burning vehicle. It is the Army’s highest medal for heroism outside of combat. In April 2018, Riffe was off…

  • 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…