Spring 2019

  • Good to Great – Lunsford sets lofty goals for Eagles Football in 2019

    The 2018 Georgia Southern football season seemed like a fairytale. A team that won only two games the year before turned around and won 10 games in 2018, including a nail-biter bowl game decided by a walk-off field goal that will forever live in University lore. It was one of the most astounding turnarounds in…

  • Simply the Best – Tookie Brown Rewrites the Record Books for Eagles Basketball

    Tookie Brown is accustomed to being underestimated. The 5’11” point guard is typically one of the shortest basketball players on the court. It’s a fact that has briefly emboldened his opponents, but also one which has fueled his drive and ambition to be the best, giving those opponents an unpleasant surprise. “I’d say I’ve been…

  • Sidelines

    Women’s Rifle EAGLES WIN SOCON AIR RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP The Eagles pulled ahead late to capture the 2019 Southern Conference (SoCon) Air Rifle Championship for the second time in three years. Overall, the team finished fourth in the two-day event that was won by No. 20 UAB. Courtney Weekley posted a 581 in the first air…

  • Michiel Soeting – MBA Graduate Expands Georgia Southern’s Influence and Impact

    Years before heading a global auditing practice for consulting powerhouse KPMG, Michiel Soeting (’84) was a teen in the Netherlands, fascinated by American culture, particularly basketball. However, pursuing an MBA in the United States seemed out of reach until he was awarded a Georgia Rotary Club scholarship. “It was a great opportunity. If you’re from…

  • Jeff Bush – Armstrong Alumnus has Life-Changing Classroom Encounter

    At 33, Jeff Bush (‘13), president of The Parker Companies in Savannah, is one of the youngest company presidents in the country. If that isn’t remarkable enough, he accomplished the feat in just seven years, working his way up from director of fuel operations in 2012, to chief operating officer two years ago, to president…

  • 2019 Alumni Award Honorees

    In one of its biggest events of the year, the Georgia Southern University Alumni Association celebrated the achievements of outstanding alumni during a formal affair at the Nessmith-Lane Center in the spring. The distinguished guests attending the annual Alumni Awards gala included Georgia Southern University President Kyle Marrero. The 2019 awards build upon the alumni…

  • Chronicles

    Vic Reynolds (’84) has been named Georgia’s top law enforcement official. Gov. Brian Kemp appointed him the new director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) where he leads   a staff of more than 800 people. Reynolds, a former police officer, chief magistrate judge and criminal defense attorney, left his job as Cobb County’s district…

  • Alumni Events

    Atlanta area Eagles met for Eagles After Hours at Pin and Proper on March 21 for “Southern Value” networking. Charleston Alumni came out to cheer on Eagles Baseball as they took down the College of Charleston on Feb. 26. The 1906 Event on Nov. 9, 2018, was filled with laughter and fellowship. Guests enjoyed a…

  • Southern Women

    Initiative to Empower Future Alumnae The Southern Women Alumni initiative was started in 2006 and now provides a forum for women of Georgia Southern and Armstrong to connect with one another for personal and professional growth. The group’s objective is to encourage interest and participation by all alumnae in the programs of the University and…

  • In Memoriam – Spring 2019

    1930s Florice Strickland Deen (’37) died Nov. 6, 2018, at her home in Mershon, Georgia, at age 105. At her passing, the retired educator was the oldest known person in Pierce County. 1940s George Walter Long(’49,’67) was 93 when he died Nov. 5, 2017, in Jonesboro, Georgia. The World War II U.S. Navy veteran was…