Extensive investigation by Georgia Southern University Police leads to arrest for October 2019 incident
The Georgia Southern University Police Department has identified Savannah resident Dominique Tukes as the individual who shot a Georgia Southern student on the Armstrong Campus on October 24, 2019. Following a thorough, months-long investigation by the University’s police department, a warrant was issued for Tukes’ arrest and he was apprehended today in Savannah by the U.S. Marshals Service.
Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art welcomes visiting artist Alicia LaChance
Painter and multidisciplinary artist Alicia LaChance will visit Georgia Southern University’s Statesboro Campus on Feb. 6 to discuss her exhibition, “Vanishing Point,” which is currently on view at the Center for Art and Theatre on the Statesboro Campus through Feb. 7. The center will host a gallery talk and reception on Feb. 6 at the University Gallery from 5-7 p.m.
Georgia Southern University celebrates Black Heritage Month
Georgia Southern University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs announces the schedule for the 2020 Black Heritage Month celebration, featuring a series of lectures, panel discussions, performances and more throughout February.
Armstrong Campus to host ‘National 2D Competition & Exhibition’
The Georgia Southern University Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art is hosting the annual, ”National 2D Competition and Exhibition,” featuring artists from across the country on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah. The exhibition is on display now through Jan. 31 in the Fine Arts Gallery. A reception will be held Jan. 29 at 12:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Eta Sigma Gamma chapter receives national award
The Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health chapter of Eta Sigma Gamma (ESG) chapter has been presented with a 2020 Chapter Achievement Award.
Eta Sigma Gamma is a national honorary society for the profession of health education, and the mission is to elevate the highest standards, ideals, competence and ethics of professionally trained practitioners in the health education discipline through teaching and education, service and research.
“The Gamma Upsilon chapter of ESG is very honored to receive this award,” said associate professor Joanne Chopak-Foss, Ph.D. “This is the first national recognition that we have received in 23 years of being a chapter. Thank you to our former officers who have graduated.”
Chopak-Foss and assistant professor Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Ph.D., serve as co-sponsors of the ESG chapter on the Statesboro Campus. Current student members are Caycie Allison, Taraya Bratton, Markiyah Davis, Lajuana Osborne, Ashley Reyes and Paige Simmons. Associate professor Nandi Marshall, DrPH, will serve as the chapter sponsor for the new Epsilon Omega chapter on the Armstrong Campus.
The award will be presented in March at the Eta Sigma Gamma Annual Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia.
Armstrong Campus’ Southern Cafe, aquaponics farm-to-table partnership offers sustainable, healthy food options
The newest restaurant on the Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus offers diners comfort in knowing that some of the ingredients were grown just a few hundred yards away in the campus’ aquaponics farm in the Sustainable Aquaponics Research Center (SARC).
20th annual Patti Pace Performance Festival to be held on Armstrong Campus
The 20th Patti Pace Performance Festival, a non-competitive performance festival that allows students and professionals from different schools to work together to create and workshop a performance, will be held on Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus in Jenkins Hall Jan. 31- Feb. 1.
Georgia Southern University recognized for 28 top degree programs in U.S.
Georgia Southern University has been awarded top-ranking status for multiple degree programs by Intelligent.com. Georgia Southern was listed among hundreds of other competing institutions across the nation. The student-focused comprehensive research guide is based on an assessment of 1,604 accredited colleges and universities. Each program is evaluated based on curriculum quality, graduation rate, reputation and post-graduate employment.
