Çï¿ûÊÓƵ to host 8th annual Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching and Learning Conference
Registration is open for the 8th annual Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching and Learning Conference, hosted by Çï¿ûÊÓƵ and taking place March 21 through 23 at the Georgia Tech Savannah Campus.
Çï¿ûÊÓƵ to host 32nd annual Southern Conference on Children
Early bird registration is open for the 32nd annual Southern Conference on Children, featuring keynote speaker Vernon Mason Jr., founder of Directors Leadership Solutions and president of the WEE SCHOOL Child Development Center, serving children in four locations across North Carolina. The conference is set for Jan. 26 at the Nessmith-Lane Center on the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ Statesboro Campus.
Georgia Southern professor named Governor’s Teaching Fellow
TimMarie Williams, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology at Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, has been named a 2018-2019 Governor’s Teaching Fellow for the academic year symposium program.
Çï¿ûÊÓƵ announces outstanding $5 million gift to the Parker College of Business
The Çï¿ûÊÓƵ Foundation, Inc. received a $5 million gift, the single largest gift in University history, for the College of Business from Greg Parker, president, founder and CEO of The Parker Companies in Savannah. The University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved the name of the Gregory M. Parker College of Business at Çï¿ûÊÓƵ.
Georgia Southern alumnus, Perot Museum of Nature and Science unveil virtual reality app
Internationally renowned paleoanthropologist and Çï¿ûÊÓƵ alumnus Lee Berger, Ph.D., along with leaders of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas and South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University), have made it possible to delve deep within a South African cave to discover and recover some of the most famous ancient human fossils in scientific history by creating a world-first virtual reality (VR) app.
Savannah Wind Symphony opens season with concert on Armstrong Campus
Savannah Wind Symphony, a community symphony serving the Coastal Empire, will hold its first concert on the Georgia Southern Armstrong Campus in Savannah. The symphony is comprised of musicians from the greater Savannah area.
Georgia Southern team awarded more than $750,000 for teacher development grant
A team of Çï¿ûÊÓƵ professors led by College of Education’s Lacey Huffling, Ph.D., has been awarded a $763,897 grant from the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Georgia Southern school psychology students sweep awards at state conference
Three psychology graduate students in Çï¿ûÊÓƵ’s College of Education claimed all student awards during the 48th annual Georgia Association of School Psychologists fall conference, held on Jekyll Island in October.
Georgia Southern ranked in most affordable online master’s in national elementary education list
Çï¿ûÊÓƵ was recently named to the list of 25 most affordable online options for a master’s in elementary education by SR Education Group. Ranked No. 19, the College of Education’s M.Ed. in Elementary Education is the only higher education institution in the state of Georgia to be included in the top 25 ranking.