Summer 2021

  • Nadia Dreid

    A Part of Who I Am

    “I love being a journalist,” said Nadia Dreid (‘15), who earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Georgia Southern. “My professors at Georgia Southern taught me to truly respect the journalism profession and I fell in love with it.”

  • Chronicles

    Gayle U. Wooten (’68), has retired after more than 51 years as an educator and education advocate. For the past 21 years, she served as the human resources director and in other administrative roles with the Professional Association of Georgia Educators in Atlanta. Cheryl Y. Bland (’77) has been elected to a second term on the Morgan County…

  • Fred Gretsch

    A Sound Like No Other

    Historic Gift and Partnership Establishes the Fred and Dinah Gretsch School of Music at Georgia Southern

  • For the Love of Blue

    Soaring to New Heights

    For the first time in its 59-year history, the Georgia Southern University Foundation, Inc. reported more than $110 million in assets — funds that support the University and its students.

  • College of education student working with students

    Georgia Southern Receives Second Largest Estates Gift in University Foundation History

    An extraordinary estate gift from a daughter and her husband to honor her parents will touch the lives of generations of students to come through scholarships The Georgia Southern University Foundation has received the second largest estate gift in its history through the generosity of the late Janice Sapp Castles and her late husband, Charles.…

  • Jack and Ruth Hill

    Convocation Center to Bear Name of Late State Senator and His Wife

    Georgia Southern is planning a significant addition to its south campus in Statesboro with a new building that will provide state-of-the-art space for several academic programs and will be the new home of Eagles basketball. The facility, which will also host indoor graduations and other university events, will be named the Jack and Ruth Ann…

  • In Memoriam – Summer 2021

    1930s Verna L. Beard (’37) died Dec. 17, 2020, in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, at age 105. Throughout her long life, she taught school, worked for an aircraft company and for other businesses. She lived 40 years in Tampa, 29 years in Atlanta, 20 years near Chicago and the last 15 years in Hawaii. 1940s Cleo Edenfield…

  • A student holds up a wings up sleeves up band aid

    Wings Up, Sleeves Up!

    COVID-19 Vaccine PODs (Point of Dispensing) took over parking lots and gymnasium spaces on the Statesboro and Armstrong campuses in a collaborative effort unlike any other Georgia Southern has taken on. The drive-through and walk-in clinics were led by the University’s Medical Director Brian DeLoach, M.D., and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the Jiann-Ping Hsu…

  • Sharon Subreenduth, Ph.D.

    New Dean Named for College of Education

    Following a comprehensive search, Sharon Subreenduth, Ph.D., has been named dean of the College of Education at Georgia Southern University. She started her new duties on July 1. Prior to this appointment, Subreenduth served as the associate dean for Academic Affairs, Research and Graduate Studies and as a professor in the College of Education at…

  • Anne Katz, Ph.D.

    True Blue Spotlight: Building Community Ties

    Connecting pre-service educators to the local community is important to Georgia Southern University College of Education Associate Professor Anne Katz, Ph.D. The Department of Curriculum, Foundations and Reading professor not only inspires her students to learn, but also inspires them to help others. In her fall 2020 READ 3231: Early Language and Literacy Development class,…