Awards and Recognition

Georgia Southern University Business Innovation Group receives Excellence in Economic Development Awards

Georgia Southern University Business Innovation Group (BIG) has received a Gold Excellence in Economic Development Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) for its 2015 project in entrepreneurship for communities with populations of 25,000 – 200,000. In addition, the Georgia Southern University City Campus was recognized with a Bronze Excellence in Economic Development Award by the IEDC for its 2015 project in real estate redevelopment and reuse for communities with populations of 25,000 – 200,000.

Georgia Southern Professor to be featured on C-SPAN3 on Sunday, Aug. 23, at 7 p.m.

Eric Hall, Ph.D., of Georgia Southern University’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) will be featured nationally in C-SPAN3’s American History TV series.

Georgia Southern University Receives $1.6 Million Grant for Advanced Nursing Education

Georgia Southern University’s School of Nursing recently received a $1.6 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for advanced nursing education. With the funds, Georgia Southern will establish an Advanced Practice Nurse-Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (APN-PMHNP) track to uniquely serve the psychiatric and mental health needs of rural and underserved communities, making it the only university in the state to focus on telemedicine training.

Alumnus vying for title of Travel Channel Star

When Blake Jeffers (‘08, ‘11) submitted a video entry to become the next Travel Channel Star, he wasn’t really expecting to get a call saying he’d been chosen for the running.

Georgia Southern Students Receive Emmy® Award

Georgia Southern University’s Multimedia Development Center (MDC) won a Student Emmy® Award for its “Wounded Eagle” video production at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Southeast region awards ceremony on June 6 in Atlanta.

Georgia Southern Student Selected to Participate With Disneyland All-American College Band

Eric Spencer, a junior trombone performance major, will spend 11 weeks this summer performing with top college musicians from around the country after winning the jazz trombone soloist chair in the 2015 Disneyland All-American College Band.

Center for Sustainability to Host Sustainability Showcase, Green Eagle Award Ceremony

The Center for Sustainability and the Zach S. Henderson Library at Georgia Southern have teamed up to present the first-ever Sustainability Showcase.

Georgia Southern University Recognizes Alumni for Accomplishments

Georgia Southern University presented its 2015 Alumni Awards at the annual Alumni Association Awards Dinner held this pastSaturday at the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center.

SGA President Azell Francis Receives Potts Leadership Award

Azell Francis (’14), the Georgia Southern University Student Government Association (SGA) president, has been awarded the 2015 Regent Willis J. Potts Student Advisory Council Leadership Award.

Herty AMDC Part of Winning Team – Composites Manufacturing Institute

The Herty Advanced Materials Development Center (AMDC), an applied research center of Georgia Southern University, is pleased to announce that it is a founding member of a new national research institute created under the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI).