Georgia Southern Alternative Breaks Program celebrating 15 years of issue-focused service
Since 2006, students at Georgia Southern University have been going on weeklong, immersive, issue-focused service experiences known as alternative breaks. Throughout the Alternative Breaks Program’s 15 years, participants like student Caleb Parker have helped communities overcome challenges while bettering themselves in the process.
Youth advocates to gather virtually for 2021 National Youth-at-Risk Conference
For the first time in its 32-year history, the National Youth-at-Risk (NYAR) Conference is going virtual. From March 8 to 10, the conference will provide resources and training for youth advocates, including teachers, administrators, therapists, community leaders, health professionals and social workers with the goal of creating safe, healthy, caring and intellectually empowering educational environments for the nation’s youth.
Georgia Southern hosts acclaimed author, professor and hip-hop scholar on March 4
Georgia Southern University will host a virtual discussion with acclaimed author, professor and hip-hop scholar Regina N. Bradley, Ph.D., on March 4 at 6 p.m. The event, sponsored by the Department of Literature, is open to the public.
Georgia Southern’s Marla Morris elected Fellow of Royal Society of Arts
Georgia Southern University professor Marla Morris, Ph.D., FRSA, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Awarded by the Royal Society of Arts, the prestigious fellowship is limited to individuals determined to have made outstanding achievements to social progress and development. Previous fellows of note include Stephen Hawking, Charles Dickens, Karl Marx, Marie Curie and Benjamin Franklin.
Parker College of Business students, faculty excel in virtual global competition
Many students have spent the last few semesters adjusting to virtual learning, but sales students in the Parker College of Business also spent the fall semester adjusting to communicating and making deals with a robot through the virtual RNMKRS College Sales Skills Competition.
Georgia Southern University Police Department applauded for exceeding training standards
The Georgia Southern University Police Department (UPD)continues to go above and beyond to ensure the University is a safe and better place to live and work. In an extraordinary achievement, a UPD group of 68 sworn employees – officers and dispatchers – completed 6,782 hours of training last year, averaging nearly 100 hours of training per officer.
Nearly 60% of Shirley Miller Scholarships Awarded to Georgia Southern University Students
The Zell Miller Foundation recently announced it awarded $50,000 in Shirley Miller Scholarships for the Spring 2021 semester to 127 HOPE Scholars at 13 public colleges and universities across Georgia. Of those 127 scholarships, 73 of them were awarded to Georgia Southern students, the most of any institution.
Renowned educational theorist, teacher educator to lead Georgia Southern 2021 Fries Lecture
Gloria Ladson-Billings, Ph.D., renowned pedagogical theorist, teacher educator and author, will present the 2021 Norman Fries Distinguished Lecture, hosted by Georgia Southern University’s College of Education. The lecture will take place virtually via Zoom on Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Virtual Industry Expo a big success for Georgia Southern University engineering and computing students
The Allen. E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing at Georgia Southern University is hailing the success of its first-ever Industry Expo, which was held on Dec. 3. The event was envisioned to be held in person, but was hosted online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Industry Expo showcases the research and design projects of senior students in computer science, information technology, construction management and five engineering disciplines.
Energy grant provides Effingham school opportunity to study smart home technology
What does a teenager know about energy usage and costs in their homes?
That is one of the questions that Georgia Southern University’s Kania Greer, Ed.D., will ask local students with a new grant-funded program in Effingham County. Greer, coordinator of the College of Education’s Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education (i2STEMe) was recently awarded a $30,000 grant from energy company Constellation, an Exelon company, for a partnership with the Effingham College and Career Academy and the Effingham County Schools STEM Program.