Fall 2023

Southern Bound

Jennifer Abshire Finds Lifelong Connection and Community at Georgia Southern Just months after Jennifer Abshire (’87) graduated from Georgia Southern University with a bachelor’s in public relations, she followed her college sweetheart from Statesboro to Savannah, where she entered the nonprofit sector. Her nonprofit jobs barely paid the rent, but she gained valuable experience, enabling…
Historic Spike for Volleyball

HISTORIC SPIKE FOR VOLLEYBALL Eagles Close Out an Unprecedented Season To call the Eagles’ volleyball season historic is an understatement. It was a season of unprecedented firsts and a foundation for seasons to come. Their remarkable run ended on Thursday, Dec. 7, during Round 3 of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) against the University…
Dual Dynasties

As Paul Johnson Enters the College Football Hall of Fame, Georgia Southern GATAs for Erk Russell’s Induction There are few truly legendary coaches in Georgia Southern’s history, but former head coaches Erk Russell and Paul Johnson are at the top of the list. On Oct. 26, Johnson returned to Georgia Southern to be honored for…
Making the Call

Alumnus and NBA Referee Kevin Scott Fails Forward into an Exciting Career In professional basketball, referees have a split second to make consequential decisions. With a whistle, they can alter the course of a game or the results of a world championship. They can incite the greatest joy or the fiercest anger in millions of…
Freedom Turns 20

TWO DECADES OF TRUE BLUE SPIRIT Georgia Southern Mascot Freedom Turns 20 This month, Georgia Southern University is proudly celebrating the 20th birthday of Freedom, our esteemed bald eagle mascot. Found injured and unable to survive in the wild, Freedom was rescued and brought to our university in 2004 and is now an irreplaceable member…
Research Takes Flight

Georgia Southern University Secures Millions in Grants for Cutting-Edge Research and Critical Initiatives In recent months, Georgia Southern University has been the proud recipient of an array of substantial grants. These awards underscore theinstitution’s commitment to excellence and its proactive approach to addressing pressing needs. The grants highlight the remarkable workcarried out by the University’s…
Excellence in Research and Teaching

Four Scholars Honored with Top Graduate Student Award Every year, Georgia Southern graduate students are called upon to teach, grade assignments, run laboratories, conduct research, and write andpublish complex papers. But too often their academic achievements are overlooked. Meet the four graduate students who won this year’s AverittAward, which is the highest honor presented to…
Professor Earns USG Hall of Fame Faculty Award

Chemistry lecturer Beulah Narendrapurapu, Ph.D., is a recipient of the 2023 Felton Jenkins Jr. Hall of Fame Faculty Award presented by the University System of Georgia (USG). The prestigious award recognizes faculty for their contributions to their institutions and fields of study along with their commitment to teaching and student success. Narendrapurapu was one of…
Georgia Southern Offers Graduate Degrees at Fort Stewart

Georgia Southern has launched a new collaborative effort to help service members stationed at Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield pursue advanced higher education degrees. The University is offering four master’s degree programs courtesy of a new partnership with the U.S. Army. Representatives from Georgia Southern and Fort Stewart announced the partnership after signing the…
Sculpting a Legacy

John and Linda Jensen Find Lifelong Creativity, Connection and Community Through Armstrong’s Art Department “In those early days at Armstrong State University, we felt like we were on an adventure,” said John Jensen. The meeting of art professors John and Linda Jensen was serendipitous. They didn’t know it at the time, but they were among…