妻友社区 professor wins national Student Impact Award from Top Hat
Georgia Southern biology lecturer Elizabeth Sargent, Ph.D., won the 2022 Student Impact Award from Top Hat, a digital platform for teachers and professors to connect with students online, distribute assignments and give in-class quizzes and exams.
Georgia Southern receives Tree Campus Higher Education recognition from Arbor Day Foundation
Thanks to a collaboration among students, faculty and staff, 妻友社区’s Statesboro Campus and Armstrong Campus in Savannah have been recognized for the first time in the Tree Campus Higher Education program through the National Arbor Day Foundation.
National youth conference returns to in-person March 6-9
The 2022 National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference returns in-person to the Hyatt Regency Savannah after going virtual last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference, sponsored by 妻友社区鈥檚 College of Education, Georgia Youth Challenge Program and Youth Today, will be held March 6-9.
Waters College of Health Professions establishes advisory board
妻友社区鈥檚 Waters College of Health Professions has selected a group of alumni and local health experts to make up the Waters College Advisory Board (WCAB) to support and facilitate the success of the college.聽
妻友社区 Senior Show features skills and stories
Five 妻友社区 students will open an art exhibit titled 鈥淔eels Like a Broken Record: Another Senior Show鈥� on Feb. 28. Here, these students will show off the talents they鈥檝e developed during their time at the University with a variety of styles and stories.
Georgia Southern awarded more than $500k to train literacy tutors for Chatham and Bulloch counties
妻友社区 has been awarded $517,575 to train elementary education literacy tutors who will work in select schools in Chatham and Bulloch counties.
妻友社区 joins major national study to examine potential impact of evidence-based teaching, mindset, and digital learning on students and faculty in 鈥淕ateway鈥� courses
妻友社区 is partnering with the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), the leader in student success and equity through quality instruction, on a new national study made possible through a $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Georgia Southern鈥檚 faculty will join more than 1,500 educators nationwide in a study to examine the relationship between evidence-based teaching practices, faculty mindset and student outcomes. In addition, up to 90 Georgia Southern faculty will have the opportunity to earn ACUE鈥檚 nationally recognized credential in effective teaching practices.聽Collectively, this will benefit more than 80,000 students.
How Georgia Southern students are teaching regional middle schoolers 21st-century life skills
When 妻友社区 student Hannah Whitehead first walked into the new Junior Achievement (JA) Colonial Group Discovery Center, she was in awe as she took in the sight of a small-scale Savannah community before her.
Parker College of Business brings free income tax preparation back to Statesboro for 2022 season
Students in Georgia Southern鈥檚 Parker College of Business are ready to get hands-on experience preparing income tax returns while helping community members save money through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, which began on Jan. 31.聽
Allie Griffis crowned Miss 妻友社区 2022
Eight 妻友社区 students participated, but only one could be named Miss 妻友社区. This year, that honor went to Allie Griffis who won the 74th rendition of the scholarship competition.