Awards and Recognition

CLASS Faculty honored by Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council

Georgia Southern’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Science’s (CLASS) faculty members, Jonathan M. Bryant, Ph.D., and Sue Moore, Ph.D., were honored at the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council’s (GHRAC) 14th Annual Archives Awards on Oct. 26 at the Georgia Archives.

Georgia Southern’s sustainability efforts featured in The Princeton Review’s ‘Guide to 361 Green Colleges: 2016 Edition’

For the sixth year in a row, Georgia Southern University is listed among The Princeton Review’s Guide to 361 Green Colleges, which recognizes the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges.

Georgia Southern named most affordable online college for Economics degree

Georgia Southern was ranked the 2017 Most Affordable Online College for Economics Degrees by OnlineU. The University offers a Master of Science in Applied Economics (MSAE) with an annual tuition rate of $6,150.

Georgia Southern ranked #1 Accredited Online College in Georgia and #17 Top Online MBA Program

Georgia Southern was ranked as the number one accredited online college in Georgia and the number 17 top online MBA program on BestColleges.com.

Georgia Southern M.S. degrees ranked nationally

Two master of science (M.S.) programs within the College of Health and Human Sciences have received national rankings.

History professor wins award for new book on women apparel workers

Department of History and College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) faculty member Michelle Haberland’s, Ph.D., latest book, Striking Beauties: Women Apparel Workers in the U.S. South, 1930–2000, was awarded the Southern Historical Association’s H. L. Mitchell Award.

Thomas Koballa to Present Keynote at GERA Conference

Thomas R. Koballa Jr., Ph.D., dean of the College of Education at Georgia Southern, will be the keynote speaker at the Georgia Educational Research Association (GERA) 2016 Annual Conference, which will take place Oct. 7 at the Marriott at the Convention Center in Augusta, Georgia.

Faculty and Alumni Present Research at 26th Annual EECERA Conference

Faculty and alumni from Georgia Southern University attended and presented research at the 26th Annual European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Conference that was held in Dublin, Ireland, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3.

Biology Professor Receives Grant

John Schenk, Ph.D., curator of the Georgia Southern Herbarium in the Georgia Southern University Department of Biology, received notification that his National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Research Collections grant has been funded in the amount of $280,798 to integrate uncatalogued plants into the Herbarium.

Alumnus receives 2016 National Space Club Lifetime Achievement Award

Georgia Southern University alumnus Charles A. Abner (‘67) was presented the 2016 National Space Club Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Space Florida Committee.