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Georgia Southern alumni pledge $125,000 for Tormenta FC Endowed Scholarship

On Tuesday, May 24, Tormenta Futbol Club co-owners and Georgia Southern University alumni Darin H. Van Tassell (’89) and Netra R. Van Tassell (’90) pledged a $125,000 Tormenta FC Endowed Scholarship to the Georgia Southern University Foundation, Inc.

Georgia Southern students expand communication disorder awareness amidst Deaf Culture Renaissance

At Georgia Southern, a group of students is taking courses to grow the number of interpreters in their communities and their fields.
Each student comes to class with their own motivations to learn ASL.

Georgia Southern launches Asian Studies Digital collection, celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May

Georgia Southern University Libraries and Nalanda Roy, Ph.D., recently launched a digital collection, “An Integral History: Asian Studies Digital Archive,” to coincide with Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May.

Georgia Southern’s Model United Nations team returns from New York with national accolades

Georgia Southern’s Model United Nations team is continuing a legacy of success on one of the largest stages. The 20-student delegation recently attended the National Model United Nations Conference in New York City and returned with another round of accolades, including another “Outstanding Delegation” designation.

Georgia Southern receives $1.1M National Science Foundation grant to support development of regional mathematics, science teachers

Georgia Southern University’s College of Education and College of Science and Mathematics have been awarded a five-year National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program grant with a total intended award amount of $1,199,206 to support dynamic preparation of secondary science and mathematics educators who will be teacher-leaders in high-needs schools. 

Share your voice and help Georgia Southern give a voice to those who have lost their own

Approximately 7.5 million people in the United States have trouble using their voice, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Georgia Southern University’s RiteCare Center for Communication Sciences and Disorders is on a mission to help those people improve their communication skills. 

2022 Georgia Southern Alumni Association Awards honor service, excellence

Georgia Southern University’s Alumni Association recognized the highest levels of achievement and service among the University’s alumni during the 2022 Alumni Awards ceremony, held at the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center in Statesboro on April 22. 

Georgia Southern lacrosse going to playoffs for the first time

For the first time in the club’s history, the Georgia Southern lacrosse team will be competing in the playoffs.

Georgia Southern Armstrong Campus to host US Congress Democratic Primary Candidate Forum on April 20

The U.S. Congress Democratic Primary Candidate Forum, featuring candidates for Georgia’s 1st District, will take place on Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus on Wednesday, April 20. 

Georgia Southern students gain mentoring experience through annual engineering competition

More than a decade of service in the Navy led Kevin “Mike” Hasty to develop a passion for oceanic preservation and pollution reduction. As a mechanical engineering major in the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing at Georgia Southern, he found a way to blend his passion with his area of study through a mentoring opportunity during the Engineering Design Challenge (EDC) 2022: Eagle-3D.