On Nov. 11, Georgia Southern’s Military and Student Veteran Center will host the inaugural Veterans Day Ceremony in honor of our American heroes. The event will take place on Sweetheart Circle where American flags will line the walkway from the entrance of the circle to the Marvin Pittman building, and the stately oak trees will be adorned with yellow ribbons. Patriotic music, remarks, and a special appearance by Freedom, the University’s American bald eagle, are planned for guests. Students, faculty, staff and members of the community are encouraged to attend.

For the sixth year in a row, Georgia Southern University is listed among The Princeton Review’s Guide to 361 Green Colleges, which recognizes the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges.

Thousands of Eagle alumni and fans will flock to Allen E. Paulson Stadium for Thursday night’s football game against the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Game day parking regulations from the Office of Parking and Transportation are outlined here.

Glaze serves as a co-investigator on a $1,083,000 grant the Smithsonian Institution has received from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the second grant in a series that began with a three-year NSF grant to develop teaching modules for advanced placement (AP) biology students. The grant, entitled “Learning Evolution through Human Examples” focuses on the redesign of the early AP teaching modules for use in general high school biology courses to encourage and support the teaching of human and non-human evolution in the curriculum.

The Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art will present Alyce Santoro’s Tonal Relativity in the University Gallery at the Center for Art and Theatre from Nov. 7 to Dec. 9. The community is invited on Nov. 10 to a 5 p.m. lecture given by Santoro in the Visual Arts building, room 2071, followed by a reception at 6 p.m. at the Center for Art and Theatre.
The results from the third quarter Georgia CEO survey suggest that Georgia business leaders are feeling more optimistic about current business conditions in Georgia compared to the second quarter survey.


Join the Office of Leadership and Community Engagement as they help Georgia Southern get in the spirit of giving during the 23rd annual Holiday Helper Tree Kickoff, set for Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 10 a.m. in the Russell Union.

Georgia Southern was ranked the 2017 Most Affordable Online College for Economics Degrees by OnlineU. The University offers a Master of Science in Applied Economics (MSAE) with an annual tuition rate of $6,150.