CIRT Hosts Irish Government Officials’ Visit of Georgia Southern, Savannah
Last week a group of Irish government officials met with leaders across the state of Georgia, including interim Georgia Southern University President Jean Bartels, Ph.D., RN, thanks to the work of the Wexford-Savannah Axis Research Project, which is a partnership between the Center for Irish Research and Teaching (CIRT) and Waterford Institute of Technology.
TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky to speak at Sustainability and Entrepreneur Lecture Series
Tom Szaky, co-founder and CEO of TerraCycle, will be the keynote speaker for the Center for Sustainability (CfS) and Business Innovation Group’s 2016 Sustainability and Entrepreneur Lecture Series on Thursday, April 7 at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.
Georgia Southern hosts Walk A Mile in Her Shoes®, Tim Mousseau to raise awareness of sexual and dating violence
Georgia Southern University will host several events March 28-31 including Walk A Mile in Her Shoes®, guest speaker Tim Mousseau and the Red Flag Campaign to educate students and raise awareness of sexual and dating violence.
Gallerist Bridget Donahue visits BFSDoArt
Georgia Southern University’s Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art will host emerging gallerist and curator Bridget Donahue on March 24 at 5 p.m. in Visual Arts Building, room 2071, as part of the department’s Professions in Practice lecture series.
Board of Regents approves new Master of Science Program at Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern University’s College of Science and Mathematics (COSM) will soon offer a Master of Science degree program with a major in Applied Geography (MS-AG) after the program was unanimously approved at the March 9 meeting of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
Marvin Pittman Lab School reunion brings teachers and students together
Nearly 300 people, including former students, teachers and staff members from the Marvin Pittman Laboratory School (MPLS) came together for a reunion on Sunday, March 6, at the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center.
Georgia Southern hosts the 2016 Healthcare Symposium, “Truths and Myths behind Childhood Vaccinations”
In its third year, Georgia Southern’s Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program and the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health will sponsor the 2016 Healthcare Symposium. “Truths and Myths behind Childhood Vaccinations,” on March 24, 10 – 11:30 a.m., in the University’s Performing Arts Center (PAC). The symposium is free and open to students, staff, faculty and the community.
Georgia Southern offers summer school courses and on-campus job opportunities for students
Students anywhere can take advantage of the opportunities offered through summer school at Georgia Southern. By choosing Southern for summer, students may take advantage of fully online courses, campus housing at University Villas, more than 100 on-campus job opportunities, shorter semesters and the opportunity to study abroad. In addition to the nearly 300 online courses, the University is offering a total of 1,600 summer classes to ensure students stay on track this May, June and July.
Georgia Southern University hosts the 27th Annual National Youth-At-Risk Conference
The 27th Annual National Youth-At-Risk Conference, hosted by Georgia Southern University’s College of Education and the Division of Continuing Education, will be held in Savannah March 6-9. The conference trains adults who serve youth to create safe, healthy, caring and intellectually empowering educational environments that foster the well-being of children and adolescents by offering more than 120 sessions with nationally and internationally recognized presenters to more than 1, 200 conference participants from across the United States.
Author and designer James Farmer to visit Averitt Center
James Farmer, popular designer, author and master of the finer things will serve as the 2016 Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecturer on Sunday, March 6, at 3 p.m. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern.