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“Live from Nashville” takes the stage at the Performing Arts Center on Jan. 30

Georgia Southern University’s Performing Arts Center (PAC) goes country with “Live from Nashville,” an evening of country music and fun, on Jan. 30. A wildly popular and critically acclaimed performance, “Live from Nashville” treats guests to an exciting song and dance spectacle celebrating the musical tradition that gave Nashville the nickname “Music City.”

SGC International Member’s Traveling Exhibition opens at the Center for Art & Theatre

Georgia Southern University’s Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art presents the 2015-2018 SGC International Member’s Traveling Exhibition through Feb. 12 on campus in the Contemporary Gallery of the Center for Art & Theatre. The exhibition includes a reception Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. in the gallery. The events are free and the public is welcome.

Alumnae artists return to Statesboro to showcase works

Georgia Southern University’s Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art presents Structural Findings through Feb. 12 in the University Gallery of the Center for Art & Theatre. The exhibition includes an artist lecture Thursday, Feb. 11, at 5 p.m. in the Visual Arts Building, room 2071, followed immediately by an artist reception in the gallery. The events are free and the public is welcome.

Georgia Southern Theatre & Performance presents international performer Bill Bowers

Georgia Southern’s Theatre & Performance program with the help of a Campus Life Enrichment Committee (CLEC) grant is bringing Broadway star and professional mime Bill Bowers to campus for a special performance of his award-winning one man show “It Goes Without Saying” on Saturday, Jan. 23.

Georgia Southern History Faculty and Museum Curators seek World War I Artifacts

Georgia Southern University’s Department of History and the Georgia Southern Museum seek to learn more about the impact of World War I on the state of Georgia and are asking for anyone with artifacts from that era to bring them on Jan. 16, from 2 to 5 p.m., to the Georgia Southern University Museum.

Graduate students attend Art Basel Miami Beach; Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art van painted by Kenny Scharf

In early December, nine Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) graduate candidates from the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art (BFSDoArt) drove to Miami, Florida, for Art Basel Miami Beach, a large international art fair that connects artists, gallerists and collectors from around the globe. They returned with a greater understanding of the art world, and a department van which is now itself a work of art.

College of Health and Human Sciences students embrace service opportunities

Eight Georgia Southern Sport Management students spent the University’s Thanksgiving break volunteering at the AdvoCare Invitational. Additionally, the School of Human Ecology Fashion Merchandizing and Apparel Design students spent Dec. 10 delivering shirts to children at the Statesboro Head Start.

Vidalia® Onion Oral History Performance opens at the Black Box Theatre

“Reflections on the ‘Sweet Life’: The Vidalia® Onion Oral History & Performance Project” opens a three-day run at the Center for Art and Theatre’s Black Box Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m.

Georgia Southern Hosts 10th Annual International Festival

The Georgia Southern University Office of International Programs & Services will host the 10th Annual International Festival on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mill Creek Regional Park.

Pennies for Eagles raises $4,218.75 for Eagles for Eagles

For the second year in a row, Georgia Southern University students and organizations searched their couch cushions, car seats, floorboards and everywhere in between to to find loose change for the Pennies for Eagles event.