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.
Students Compete in the Georgia Southern University Business Innovation Group’s Third Annual 3 Day Startup
“My Guardian Angel,” a business idea that could help save children’s lives, was selected by judges to move on to the FastPitch competition in Savannah, Georgia, during the third annual 3 Day Startup (3DS) held Feb. 19-21.
Young Alumnus to direct mainstage play, “Twelfth Night”
When actors starring in the Theatre & Performance program’s production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” take the stage March 3-5 at the PAC, they’ll be under the direction of alumnus Gage Crook, who began work on the play as a student.
Moscow Festival Ballet presents “Sleeping Beauty” at Georgia Southern’s Performing Arts Center
The Moscow Festival Ballet, one of the most renowned ballet troupes in Russia, will present the romantic fairytale classic Sleeping Beauty at the Georgia Southern Performing Arts Center (PAC) on Tuesday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m.
Alumna Cassie Beasley returns to Georgia Southern for bestselling book reading
Georgia Southern University graduate and bestselling author Cassie Beasley will be on campus for a book reading Wednesday, March 2, at 7 p.m. in the Information Technology Building, room 1005.
New art exhibit explores consumerism, D-I-Y and throwaway culture
Georgia Southern University’s Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art presents Allison Tierney’s “The Things We Keep,” through March 25 in the University’s Contemporary Gallery of the Center for Art & Theatre.
Tickets for Leadership Lecture Series distributed Feb. 29 through March 8
Tickets to hear journalists Ted Koppel, Mara Liasson and Eugene Robinson are required, and are free and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets will not be available at the door the evening of the event. Specific dates have been designated for students, faculty, staff and the community to obtain their tickets.
Georgia Southern University celebrates Arbor Day
A breezy, cool morning didn’t deter more than 100 Georgia Southern students from trekking across Veterans Parkway to the new South Campus to help plant more than 1,000 slash pine tree seedlings in celebration of Arbor Day.
