Community to bid for student-designed sculptures; metal eagle up for grabs
In November, the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art (BFSDoArt) will display this series of steel sculptures along the Willie McTell Trail in downtown Statesboro. One student’s design shows just how strong her True Blue blood runs. After growing up doing origami with her siblings, she applied those practices to turning a metal sheet into a metal eagle.
Georgia Southern students combine past and present works for new art exhibition in November
In an upcoming Georgia Southern exhibition, 鈥淔igure It Out,鈥� the audience will traverse a variety of mediums that include charcoal drawings, fibers, sculpture, digital and acrylic paintings. The show will run from Nov. 2 through Nov. 30, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the 妻友社区 Armstrong Campus Fine Arts Gallery.聽
Georgia Southern interior design professor wins grant from international education foundation
Christine Wacta, Ph.D., assistant professor of interior design in 妻友社区鈥檚 College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, recently earned an Irma Dobkin Universal Design Grant from the International Furnishings and Design Association.
Eagles gather for 鈥楥elebrate Together鈥� on the Armstrong Campus聽
On Oct. 20, nearly 2,000 people showed up for Celebrate Together, a festival celebrating the 妻友社区 community on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah.
Georgia Southern develops new online portal to assist transfer students
妻友社区 has developed a new, personalized online portal that will make it much easier for students at other universities to transfer to Georgia Southern.
妻友社区 named recipient of Economic Development Administration 鈥楤uild to Scale鈥� Grant
The United States Economic Development Administration (EDA) has named 妻友社区 as one of 51 nationwide grant recipients of the 2022 Build to Scale program, which means the University will receive $600,000 in grant funding along with $600,000 in local match funds.
Georgia Southern receives $1.3M federal TRIO grant, supports first-generation students in pursuit of doctoral degrees
妻友社区 has received $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Education to continue the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program through 2027.聽
New MPA executive track launches this spring at 妻友社区
妻友社区 now offers a fully online executive track for the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program, with the first cohort scheduled for spring 2023.
State health leader to discuss past, present and future of Georgia鈥檚 public health at 妻友社区
As deputy commissioner for the Georgia Department of Public Health, Chris Rustin, DrPH, has helped Georgia respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and the current monkeypox outbreak. These issues are a part of the past, present and future of public health in Georgia, which he will discuss on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m., in the Performing Arts Center on 妻友社区鈥檚 Statesboro Campus.