Winter 2022

On Thursday, Oct. 21, Georgia Southern hosted “Celebrate Together” on the Armstrong Campus. “This event is a great way for us to celebrate our history in Savannah and our connection to the Savannah community,” said University President Kyle Marrero. The event featured a festival of departmental and student organizations, as well as a mechanical bull,…

After almost three years of major architectural renovations, the Georgia Southern University Museum on the Statesboro Campus reopened to the public on Oct. 10. “It has been a long project, but well worth the journey,” said Georgia Southern Museum Director Brent Tharp, Ph.D. “The upgraded facility and newly designed galleries represent a new era for…

People in the Savannah area were provided with free dental services at a pop-up clinic courtesy of the Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council. Dr. Randall Ford, a doctoral student in the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, chaired the committee that selected and hosted Remote Area Medical as the two organizations held a clinic…

Savannah, home of Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus, is a must-see destination. The Hostess City of the South made TIME magazine’s third annual list of the World’s Greatest Places. The list features 100 extraordinary travel destinations around the world. Savannah, the only city in Georgia to make the list, is highlighted for preserving and revitalizing its historic…

Members of Square One, a Georgia Southern University entrepreneurship club, hosted its first-ever makers market on East Main Street in downtown Statesboro. The Market on Main gave student entrepreneurs, creators and artists an opportunity to showcase their products, goods and services. Booths for the 30 student businesses featured a variety of products – everything from…

Cherie Dennis, a teacher for the Savannah Chatham County Public School System, is Georgia’s 2022 Teacher of the Year. She teaches English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) at Hesse K-8 School in Savannah. The educator of 12 years earned a Master of Arts in Teaching from Armstrong. For the next year, Dennis will be…

A new Georgia Southern museum helps to tell the story of one of the music industry’s most influential and innovative family-owned instrument manufacturers. The spectacular new museum displays musical instruments and memorabilia highlighting more than 135 years of world-famous Gretsch instruments at the District Live lobby and performance space, Savannah’s newest music venue. That Great…