Georgia Southern University is scheduled to test all components of the EAGLE ALERT system on Tuesday, March 12, at approximately 1:50 p.m. The EAGLE ALERT system is an emergency communications system designed to play a key role in keeping Georgia Southern’s students, faculty, staff and visitors safe during emergency situations.
In recognition of the new partnership between Georgia Southern University and entrepreneur and philanthropist Greg Parker, the University hosted a naming celebration Friday for the newly named Parker College of Business. Community members and business leaders joined University students and officials to formally usher in a new chapter of academic excellence and student opportunities in the University’s growing business programs.

Georgia Southern University Assistant Professor of health and kinesiology, Ron Snarr, Jr., Ph.D., was recently selected as the co-editor for the 3rd edition of the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s (NSCA) Essentials of Personal Training textbook. Snarr will also author two chapters in the book; one on resistance training programming and one on proper exercise techniques. The textbook serves as a resource for individuals looking to become certified as a personal trainer through the NSCA. The NSCA is one of the leading organizations in the field of exercise science dedicated to advancing the strength and conditioning profession.
Mya Carter and Cole Sammons, students in the Parker College of Business at Georgia Southern University, competed among the nation’s best undergraduates.
Georgia Southern University’s elementary education program was recently named one of the best online master’s, according to OnlineMasters.com.

Georgia Southern University’s School of Nursing will host entrepreneur, actress, producer and author Jodie Sweetin to share her inspirational and sobering message of resilience and triumph over substance abuse on March 11. Sweetin’s presentation, “The Road to Recovery,” is free and open to the public and will take place on the University’s Armstrong Campus in the Fine Arts Building Auditorium at 7 p.m.
Last week, Georgia Southern University Master of Public Administration (MPA) students Gina Pate, Austin Hinkley and Colin Karnes placed first in the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA)-Batten Global Student Simulation Competition at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Georgia Southern University student Edward Legaspi was recently recognized for receiving the Academic Recognition Day Award.
Georgia Southern University’s Strategic Planning Committee will host University Mission and Vision Feedback Sessions on March 5-7 at campuses in Statesboro, Savannah and Hinesville. The six facilitated events are open to the public and designed to gather feedback from the community and to offer the opportunity to shape Georgia Southern’s new mission and vision statements, values and goals — all of which will inform the University’s new Strategic Plan.