Georgia Southern remembers Professor Emeritus Robert Strozier
Professor Emeritus and alumni, Robert Strozier, Ph.D., passed away April 28, in Savannah. Strozier is being remembered as a mentor, poet, acclaimed speaker and extraordinary English professor on the Armstrong Campus.
Georgia Southern, Haven Elementary partner for educator program
Georgia Southern University is working with Haven Elementary School in Savannah on their Community Partnership Grant from the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement totaling $74,976. This project will offer teachers a Gratifying Problem-Solving program, which will provide educators unique monthly professional development based on the school’s current need for improved mathematics instruction.
Georgia Southern English professor wins Agnes Strickland Prize
Renaissance literature professor Mary Villeponteaux, Ph.D., was awarded the 2019 Agnes Strickland Prize for her presentation of “The Poet and the Queen: Spenser’s Last Elizabeths” by the Queen Elizabeth I Society. Villeponteaux gave the presentation at the South Central Renaissance Conference in Lubbock, Texas, in April.
Villeponteaux, who has been at Georgia Southern since 2006, provides leadership on numerous university, college and departmental committees and serves as advisor of the English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta. She is the author of The Queen’s Mercy: Gender and Judgement in Representations of Elizabeth I, among other respected articles and reviews.
Approximately 4,000 degrees conferred during Georgia Southern commencement ceremonies
This weekend, Georgia Southern celebrated approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students from the University’s Statesboro, Armstrong and Liberty Campuses in a university-wide Spring 2019 Commencement ceremony and individual college ceremonies.
21-year-old earns masters degree, becomes Double Eagle this May
Rolling with the punches is something that Georgia Southern University student Arianna Archer learned at a young age.
Graduating athletic training majors earn 100% pass rate on exit exam
Nine graduating athletic training majors at Georgia Southern University have earned a 100% pass rate on their Board of Certification (BOC) exam.
Georgia Southern student overcomes hurdles to complete her degree after 21 years
“I chose education to educate others,” stated Alexis N. Washington, who will proudly walk across the commencement stage this weekend — 21 years after she first began her studies on the Armstrong Campus — to earn a bachelor of liberal arts and a minor in sociology.
Parker College of Business logistics department moves up in world ranking
The Department of Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Parker College of Business has moved up in its world ranking to No. 14 by SCM Journal List™. The Department was ranked No. 15 in 2018.
