
Student’s artwork commissioned by Oprah’s O Magazine
When Georgia Southern graduate student and staff member Nancey Price stepped off the plane and checked her phone after a week of being disconnected from internet access, the last thing she thought she’d see was a personal message from the freelance art director of O Magazine. In fact, she never imagined she would come home […]

Improve English communication skills in just six weeks with Georgia Southern University
The Division of Continuing Education at Georgia Southern University invites native and non-native English speakers to improve their English communication skills in just six weeks through the English Communication Skills course.

Georgia Southern University Police Department’s K-9 to get body armor
In the coming weeks when Deimos, Georgia Southern University Police Department’s Dutch Shepherd K-9, sniffs around Hanner Fieldhouse or searches through Allen E. Paulson Stadium, he’ll be clad with a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from the nonprofit organization Vested Interest in K9s Inc.

Department of Biology researchers bring fish hatchery back to life
Although the Bo Ginn Fish Hatchery has been idle for many years, the Georgia Southern Department of Biology will soon put it to use to conduct cutting-edge research. The University signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to allow University biology students and faculty to use the facility, located in Magnolia Springs near Millen, Georgia, as a resource to better understand the future of ecosystems in the southeastern U.S.

National Youth-at-Risk West Conference set for Oct. 26-28 in San Antonio
Georgia Southern’s College of Education, Division of Continuing Education and Youth Today have partnered to bring the National Youth-at-Risk West Conference to San Antonio, Texas, October 26-28.

Armstrong State University Professor Kurt Knoerl featured speaker at R. Frank Saunders, Jr. Fall History Lecture
Georgia Southern University’s Department of History will host Kurt Knoerl, Ph.D., assistant professor of history at Armstrong State University, as the featured speaker at the R. Frank Saunders, Jr. Fall history Lecture at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 17 in Room 2071 of the Arts Building.

Georgia Southern’s student newspaper now available on Digital Commons
The George-Anne, Georgia Southern’s student-run newspaper, is now digitally preserved and available on Digital Commons@Georgia Southern, the University’s open access digital collection that collects and disseminates intellectual and creative output of the University’s faculty, staff and students.

FMAD senior earns apprenticeship with global fashion company
Senior fashion merchandising and apparel design (FMAD) student Kyler Arnold has had an eye for fashion and a love of design since before he can recall. So when he entered the Wrangler Competition at Greensboro Fashion Week in September, it was no surprise that his passion earned him an apprenticeship with the global denim company.