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Students gather research at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

English Professor Dr. Lisa A. Costello took eight graduate students to Washington, D.C., September 13-14, 2024, to gather primary research data at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) as part of the course, Holocaust and Gender, a special topics course in Rhetoric and Composition in the newly expanded English MA Program.  Students arrive at […]

Georgia Poetry Circuit reading Nov. 11

The Department of English at Georgia Southern University is pleased to bring Leslie Sainz to Statesboro campus on Thursday, Nov. 11, as part of the Georgia Poetry Circuit. Sainz will give a reading and answer questions from 6:30 – 7: 30 pm in IT 1005. Books will be for sale at the event, and it […]

Professor’s documentary wins awards

Matthew Hashiguchi’s, associate professor of Multimedia & Film production, documentary “The Only Doctor” recently won Best Feature at the 2023 Newburyport Documentary Film Festival, Award of Merit for Documentary Feature at the 2023 University Film and Video Association Conference, and was selected to take part in the 2023 South Arts Southern Circuit Tour of Independent […]

Jerry Saltz is 2023 Mark Finlay Memorial Lecture Series speaker

Art critic, author, and columnist Jerry Saltz  will be at Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus November 9th as the Mark Finlay Memorial Lecture Series speaker. Jerry’s 60-min lecture, The Art World Problem, will be start at 6 PM at the Fine Arts Theatre followed by a 15-min Q&A. A book signing will follow 7:15 – 8:15 PM. The lecture is […]

GS Theatre Student Benjamin Roberts, recognized by the Black Theatre Network

Senior, Benjamin Roberts (double major in Theatre and Computer Science) was selected as the second place young actor at the 2023 Black Theatre network conference held this summer in St. Louis, MO. Students from all over the country submitted auditions featuring monologs, one comedic, one dramatic, and written by playwrights of color. Finalist were invited […]