The results of the 2018 first quarter (Q1) survey by Georgia CEO, a news source that shares the state’s most important features, videos and newswires with Georgia’s top business leaders, suggest that Georgia business leaders’ confidence levels remain optimistic.

Georgia Southern University health and physical education major Carson Hollingsworth recently received the Major of the Year Award at the 2018 Society of Health and Physical Educators’ national convention and expo in Nashville, Tennessee.
Registration for Georgia Southern University’s annual Summer Reading Institute, which will take place June 25-29 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah, is open. Hosted by the College of Education’s (COE) Coastal Savannah Writing Project (CSWP), the Institute will offer 30 hours of professional development for a maximum of 15 participants.
At the invitation of former Nigerian president General Olusegun Obasanjo, Georgia Southern University College of Education (COE) Professor and Goizueta Distinguished Chair of Education Alejandro Gallard, Ph.D., will serve on the new, six-member Africa Progress Group (APG) to advocate for equitable and sustainable development for Africa.

Georgia Southern University College of Education (COE) Professor Ming Fang He, Ph.D., recently received the Mary Anne Raywid Award from the Society of Professors of Education (SPE) during the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual conference in New York City.

This month, Georgia Southern University Distinguished Military alumna Teneisha Jordan (‘13) will earn a doctorate from the Morehouse School of Medicine and realize a longstanding dream of becoming a family physician for the U.S. Army.

Georgia Southern University senior Reid Loveless has been honored with the 2018 Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) Leader of the Year Award in Athletics.
On May 4 and 5, more than 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students from Georgia Southern University’s Statesboro, Armstrong and Liberty Campuses received degrees in three Spring 2018 Commencement ceremonies.
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has recognized Georgia Southern University’s Multimedia Development Center (MDC) with four Student Emmy® Award nominations.
On Saturday, May 5, thousands of graduates and their family and friends will flock to Allen E. Paulson Stadium for Georgia Southern’s Statesboro Campus undergraduate commencement ceremony. This year, with the help of a high-flying Phantom-3 Professional drone, graduates and their guests will get the state-of-the-art traffic assistance they need from a bird’s-eye view.