Georgia Southern IT students to host night of gaming, computer networking
The Georgia Southern University Department of Information Technology (IT) is hosting TekLAN 46 Friday from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. throughout the IT building. Put on each semester by IT students, the event includes gaming, board games, movies, coding and networking, both on the computer and socially.
Site-synchronous classrooms at Georgia Southern connecting students on all three campuses
Georgia Southern University is showing that the distance between its three campuses is just a number for students by introducing the site-synchronous classrooms pilot program, which uses state-of-the-art cameras in classrooms to connect students in Statesboro, Savannah and Hinesville.
Georgia Southern students represented University at inaugural Georgia InVenture Prize
Ghost Runner, an app designed to “gamify” running by encouraging virtual running competitions among friends, was selected for the inaugural Georgia InVenture Prize competition by panelists at the Georgia Southern University Business Innovation Group’s (BIG) annual 3 Day Startup (3DS). The app was designed by four students in the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing and three College of Arts and Humanities students.
Georgia Southern grad student recognized by American Society of Civil Engineers
Georgia Southern civil engineering graduate student Mariah Peart has been selected by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as one of 10 New Faces Of Civil Engineering for 2019 — Professional Edition. Engineering professor Gustavo Maldonado, Ph.D., said it’s the first time a Georgia Southern student has received this recognition.
Three Georgia Southern information technology students awarded Women in Technology scholarships
Women in Technology (WIT), an organization for the advancement of women in technological fields, has awarded $5,000 scholarships to three women at Georgia Southern University.
Daniel J. Cox, Ph.D., to serve as founding chair of Department of Manufacturing Engineering
Daniel J. Cox, Ph.D., has joined Georgia Southern University as the founding chair of the Department of Manufacturing Engineering in the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology.
Georgia Southern Receives Funding for New Classroom Building, Degree Program
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal visited Georgia Southern University on Monday, May 11, to sign into law HB 76, an important part of the 2016 Fiscal Year Budget, on the steps of the Marvin Pittman Administration Building on Sweetheart Circle on the Georgia Southern campus.
Faculty Spotlight Featuring Mechanical Engineering Professor Aniruddha Mitra
Our fourth installment in the Faculty Spotlight video series features Aniruddha Mitra, Ph.D. P.E., associate professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of Project Lead the Way. Dr. Mitra shares what inspires him to teach and share his experiences with his students.
Georgia Southern University Featured in National Association of Manufacturers Member Focus
Georgia Southern University is featured in the latest edition of the National Association of Manufacturers’ digital newsletter. President Brooks Keel was interviewed in the November 2014 edition of Member Focus: The Workforce Issue, Manufacturing the Next Generation. You can view the article, which discusses how to teach Millennials to manufacture products in the United States, on pages 12-15.
Faculty Spotlight Featuring Engineering Professor Valentin Soloiu
The first video in the Faculty Spotlight series features Val Soloiu, Ph.D., Allen E. Paulson Distinguished Chair of Renewable Energy and professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Soloiu talks about his decision to come to Georgia Southern in order to start the renewable energy program, the only one of its kind in Georgia.