Spring 2018

  • The Drive to Succeed

    Alumna Reflects on University Connections Ann Levett’s distinguished career has come full circle, thanks to her new job as superintendent of the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS). It’s where she grew up as a student and where she began her teaching career four decades ago. “It just seems, somedays, like it was destined to…

  • A Design Life

    “This little dream of mine just keeps getting sweeter” —Karli Buxton Karli Buxton leads a busy life. From designing original jewelry pieces, to selling to retailers nationwide or traveling the world on buying trips for materials, this alumna is indeed hustling.  But her dream, inspired by the fashion program at Georgia Southern University, paved the…

  • Armstrong Alumni Awards

    The Armstrong Campus in Savannah presented its second ever Eminent Alumni Award to Dr. Irving Victor at its Fourth Annual Alumni Awards Gala on Oct. 20, 2017. The Eminent Alumni Award is only presented occasionally and in cases of extraordinary merit. Victor was recognized for his service to Armstrong, to his profession and to the…

  • Chronicles

    David Darden (’80), a state judge in Cobb County, Georgia, received the Adams Justice Award from the Cobb County Bar Association. Richard Rogers (’81) has been inducted into the Southeast Emmy Awards Silver Circle. He is a news anchor for WRDW-TV in Augusta, Georgia. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences established the Silver…

  • Consolidated hearts

    Spence and Sheila Hoynes Pay it Forward  Spence and Sheila Hoynes, who have been married for more than 45 years, are united by a desire to help current and future students thrive at Georgia Southern University’s campuses in Statesboro, Savannah and Hinesville. Sheila, a Statesboro native who earned a B.S.Ed. from Georgia Southern in 1971…

  • Foundation Events

    1906 Society Event The Georgia Southern University Foundation hosted the annual 1906 Society Event outside under the stars at the Bruce & Kathryn Grube Recreation Activity Center Nov. 3, 2017, honoring the University’s annual supporters. Georgia Southern President Jaimie Hebert, Ph.D., welcomed guests to the event which included Caribbean cuisine and entertainment by the Swingin’…

  • In Memoriam – Spring 2018

    1930s Rebecca Fay Foy Smith (’38) of Statesboro died March 8, 2017. The 99-year-old lifelong resident of Bulloch County was an active member of the Statesboro community. Julia Miller Trapnell Kenan (.38) died June 5, 2017, at age 99, in Evans, Georgia. The retired elementary school teacher lived in Statesboro for 60 years. 1940s Donnie…