
Georgia Southern University has established a new research and outreach center, the Institute for Water and Health, to investigate the complex interactions between water and human activities, and protect and restore public health in a changing environment.

Undergraduate senior art majors on Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus in Savannah present “Change: Subject To Change,” an exhibition that challenges and showcases the concept of change from the perspective of women, media, the coastal environment and representation. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will continue through Nov. 19, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Fine Arts Gallery. A reception will be held Nov. 19 from 5 to 7 p.m.

New numbers just released by the University System of Georgia (USG) show another record-breaking class of newly enrolled first-year students for fall of 2021, helping lead to a second year in a row overall enrollment increase for the University. Georgia Southern was just one of five institutions to record an enrollment increase this year within the University System of Georgia.

The Georgia Southern University Counseling Center won an Award for Excellence in Media by the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors.

Two $2,500 Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center Social Justice Scholarships funded by the Quarterman & Keller Foundation Inc. have been awarded to Georgia Southern University political science major Rachal Phillips and elementary education major Leah Mikell.

The Holiday Helper Tree, Georgia Southern University’s annual holiday tradition where the campus community joins together to provide gifts to local organizations, is returning for its 28th year beginning Nov. 1.

A Georgia Southern University professor and graduate were among the distinguished honorees at the recent 17th annual Regents’ Scholarship Gala that raised more than $625,000 to support and provide need-based scholarships for University System of Georgia (USG) students across the state.

Last Thursday, more than 1,000 people came out for Celebrate Together, a festival celebrating the Georgia Southern University community on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah.

Parker College of Business at Georgia Southern University saved an estimated $33,000 in tax preparation fees and received a total of $128,679 in refunds.

Georgia Southern University’s Office of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction earned multiple Georgia Peach Green Building Awards at the 2021 Georgia Association of State Facilities Administrators Conference on Sept. 21.