{"id":7927,"date":"2020-08-07T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/?p=7927"},"modified":"2020-08-07T16:35:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T20:35:34","slug":"virtually-true-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2020\/08\/07\/virtually-true-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtually True Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alumni Team Keeps Eagles Engaged During Pandemic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As Eagles across the globe began to shelter in place, Georgia Southern\u2019s alumni team shifted to virtual events to maintain engagement and entertainment. Alumni joined in for workouts, Eagles After Hours events, coloring sheets, and family fun with Trivia\/Bingo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Southern Strong Virtual Workouts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Alumna America Minc (\u201903) hosted our first Southern Strong workouts from her home as she kept Eagle Nation fit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lunch & Learns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Biology Professor Lissa Leege, Ph.D., shared helpful information about Earth Day and practicing sustainability with interested alumni. The Lunch & Learn series brought several different guest speakers on a variety of topics.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alumna Susan Townsend (\u201902) hosted Family Bingo Night with the help of the Hammett sisters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Wellness Wednesdays, alumni learned valuable information about self-care from Double Eagle Justine Coleman (\u201908,\u201910), and how to make an Eagle-style mask from Cindy Teate, a three-time GS Alumni parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Virtual Savannah Alumni Lunch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This long-time Savannah Network tradition was turned into a virtual event and all alumni were invited to join in. Special guest in May was Director of Athletics Jared Benko.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Special happy hours for Georgia Southern alumni were hosted by Jon (\u201900) and Hollie (\u201901) Sisk and Michael (\u201900) and Octavia (\u201901) Gibbs who welcomed us into their homes for a little virtual socialization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Trivia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Alumni were invited to test their knowledge of all things Georgia Southern at Thursday night trivia, hosted by Alex Grovenstein (\u201902) and his boys, and Terry Harvin (\u201991)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Alumni Team Keeps Eagles Engaged During Pandemic As Eagles across the globe began to shelter in place, Georgia Southern\u2019s alumni team shifted to virtual events to maintain engagement and entertainment. Alumni joined in for workouts, Eagles After Hours events, coloring sheets, and family fun with Trivia\/Bingo. Southern Strong Virtual Workouts Alumna America Minc (\u201903) hosted our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":7989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-7927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","tag-summer-2020"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t