Spring 2018

  • The New Georgia Southern

    2018 marked a historic change for higher education in southeastern Georgia. The New Georgia Southern—combining 82 years of Armstrong State University with 111 years of Georgia Southern University—was officially launched on January 1, 2018. The new institution is the state’s largest and most comprehensive center of higher education south of Atlanta. With 138 degree programs…

  • Armstrong: A Powerful Legacy

    From its start as a junior college in the historic Armstrong House, located alongside Savannah’s Forsyth Park, to the vibrant Savannah and Liberty campuses of today, Armstrong has a range of impressive accomplishments. For those that are new to this fantastic heritage, here’s a quick trip down Armstrong’s memory lane. Savannah Mayor Thomas Gamble founded…

  • Forward Together

    SGA presidents share surprising connections. From left to right, Dylan John and Nipuna Ambanpola hail from rival high schools in Sri Lanka. It’s rare that two students from rival high schools in Sri Lanka would earn the same scholarships to study in the southeastern United States; rarer still they both end up presidents of Student…

  • Student Affairs

    While the dynamics of Georgia Southern’s multi-campus university may be new, Georj Lewis’ return to the institution as the University’s Vice President for Student Affairs feels like a homecoming. A 23-year veteran of higher education, Lewis spent almost 11 years on the Statesboro campus. First joining as the director of the Multicultural Student Center in…

  • Key Change

    Switch from singing to coding proves e-ssential How does a student with dreams of singing on Broadway fall in love with computer programming? For Georgia Southern alumna Becky Case (’04) it was easy. “I started as a vocal performance major, but after the first year I was a little worried about future career prospects,” she…

  • Cyber Defense

    The Center for Applied Cyber Education (CACE) Director Scott C. Scheidt is a 20-plus year veteran of business, military combat, intelligence operations, cyber warfare and academia, and not one to shy away from a challenge. Yet, uniting with Georgia Southern University has been nothing but an enhancement for the department located on the Armstrong Campus.…

  • Growing a Legacy

    John Shuman replants his family business In 1993, John Shuman, who was just two classes away from a business degree at Georgia Southern, left school to go to work on his family farm in south Georgia. When he arrived, however, he found a business that was in trouble. Shuman Farms and Shuman Fertilizer, both staples…

  • Alumna Finds Her Purpose Inspiring Youth

    Armstrong alumna and Miss South Carolina USA 2017, Megan Gordon (’16), entered her first pageant more than a decade ago with humble hopes of earning academic scholarships. Today, armed with a nursing degree and credits like Top 5 placement in last year’s Miss USA competition, she utilizes her expanded platforms to inspire young people across…

  • Building a Legacy

    Latina chapter is one of a kind Leadership. Mentorship. Education. Community Service. These are some of the goals of MANA de Savannah at Armstrong. It has the distinction of being the first collegiate chapter of MANA, a national grassroots organization for Latina women. MANA focuses on the interests of Latina women and families in areas…

  • True Blue Spotlight

    “I’ve wanted to work [at Children’s Hospital of Atlanta] since I was three.” — Amelia Ballard Amelia Ballard continues her fight against cancer In 1994, when she was only 17 months old, Amelia Ballard (‘15) was admitted into the Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, where she would spend most of the next four years in two grueling…