{"id":3966,"date":"2011-10-16T13:12:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T13:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/sites\/gsm\/?p=44"},"modified":"2014-06-02T14:55:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T18:55:12","slug":"statesboro-georgia-southern-celebrate-city-campus-founding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2011\/10\/16\/statesboro-georgia-southern-celebrate-city-campus-founding\/","title":{"rendered":"Statesboro, Georgia Southern Celebrate City Campus Founding"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cityCampus\"<\/a>In a town and gown celebration of entrepreneurial and college spirit, Georgia Southern University and the Downtown Statesboro Development Authority have founded City Campus in downtown Statesboro on East Main Street next to City Hall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe City Campus highlights the important relationship between Georgia Southern University and the Statesboro-Bulloch County community,\u201d said Georgia Southern President Brooks Keel. \u201cThe University is very fortunate to be located in a community that is so supportive of its endeavors. Georgia Southern looks forward to the opportunities the City Campus will bring to support the current and future business leaders of Statesboro and Bulloch County.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had a very strong response from the community for using the facility,\u201d said College of Business Administration Dean Ronald Shiffler. \u201cWe\u2019ve booked at least a half-dozen organizations who wish to hold meetings there, including the new \u2018Entrepreneur\u2019s Club,\u2019 which is a Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce initiative. We also have one group that is now holding its regular monthly meetings there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"city2\"<\/a>City Campus features the University\u2019s Bureau of Business Research and Economic Development along with an E-Zone \u2013 part of the University\u2019s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Learning. The E-Zone hosts classrooms and meeting space, but also houses areas where small businesses can launch their startups at low cost and with access to the entrepreneurial expertise of Georgia Southern professors.<\/p>\n

Several classes are also scheduled to be held at the facility this fall, said Shiffler.<\/p>\n

To allow Georgia Southern alumni and fans convenient access to licensed products and other University merchandise, a satellite of the University Store is also located in City Campus. The store\u2019s hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Thursday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe encourage everyone to visit the University Store at City Campus for their officially licensed products and other Georgia Southern-related items, or to just stop in and say hello,\u201d said store manager Mehmet Samiratedu. \u201cOur staff is excited about the opportunity to serve the larger Statesboro community through our downtown location.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe addition of the City Campus shows Georgia Southern\u2019s commitment to the people and businesses of Statesboro and Bulloch County,\u201d said Allen Muldrew, executive director of the Downtown Statesboro Development Authority. \u201cWe are hopeful that many successful, locally owned businesses will get their start here and will continue to utilize the City Campus as they grow and prosper.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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