{"id":5765,"date":"2017-05-06T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/?p=5765"},"modified":"2023-02-15T10:49:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:49:58","slug":"introducing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2017\/05\/06\/introducing\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the President"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jaimie L. Hebert became Georgia Southern University\u2019s 13th President on July 1, 2016, and began his first 100 days with these questions: 1) What should be my first priority as president? 2) Is there anything you would like me to know about as I get familiar with Georgia Southern University?<\/p>\n

After seeking input from everyone in the Georgia Southern community including donors, alumni, business partners and community leaders, he shared the results and his resulting vision for the University in a town hall meeting.<\/p>\n

In Georgia Southern, President Hebert said he has found a place where \u201cdoing the extraordinary seems to be the norm\u201d \u2014 a place where the best and brightest gather and build an extraordinary sense of engagement and community among the faculty, staff, students and alumni.<\/p>\n

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Twitter\u2013riffic President Hebert regularly documents his experiences on Twitter <\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cAs I looked at the responses to our 100 Days survey, I was amazed at how thoughtful you are,\u201d he said. \u201cGeorgia Southern is truly about community.\u201d This community is rooted in the University\u2019s tradition \u2014 values expressed in its mission, which President Hebert calls \u201cnon-negotiables.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst among them are kindness, civility and social responsibility \u2014 qualities that are embedded in our core values and qualities that each and every one in the Eagle Nation lives out each day,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it follows that diversity, inclusiveness and fairness are kindness and civility in action.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three-time graduate of the University of Louisiana \u2013 Lafayette (bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s and doctorate in statistics) and published academic has already been named one of the state\u2019s most influential people by Georgia Trend<\/em> magazine, and says he will work to grow Georgia Southern\u2019s influence, becoming even more of an intellectual catalyst in the region and in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs president, I will be working to ensure that our students and their professors are equipped to excel and to continue the proud history of student success at Georgia Southern,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The coming consolidation with Armstrong State University<\/a> gives President Hebert \u2014 he has been named president of the new Georgia Southern University \u2014 an opportunity to combine the best of both universities and reinforce the student-centered commitment of each school throughout their long histories.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so excited about the opportunities here at Georgia Southern, and I\u2019m even more excited to be a part of them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tell people around the state that at Georgia Southern, personally, I\u2019ve found a home. Professionally, I found an extraordinary University. I didn\u2019t really choose Southern, I chose the opportunity of a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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