Fall 2018

  • 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…

  • True Blue Couple Makes Giving Back to Georgia Southern a Way of Life

    Giving to Georgia Southern has been a part of alumni Ken Dyar (’76) and Rachel Rhodes-Dyar’s (’76) life since the earliest days of their marriage. At first, their gifts were small donations they contributed when they had a little extra money to spare or when Ken received a bonus at work. Soon, giving became a…

  • Georgia Southern Loyal

    It took 20 long years to build the Great Pyramid of Giza, but a mere two decades is nothing compared to the 46-year record of Georgia Southern’s most dedicated givers. William “Buddy” Rabitsch, Mike Kennedy, Paul Akins and Warren “Spike” Jones are members of an elite group of donors to the University Foundation who have…

  • 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…