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Awards and Recognition

Georgia Southern Mock Mediation Club earns multiple awards

The Georgia Southern Mock Mediation Club recently competed at the International Intercollegiate Mediation in Des Moines, Iowa, winning a total of six awards, including ranking in the top 10 in mediation and advocacy in the world and fourth in all World Advocate awards.

Georgia Southern hosts the 11th annual Southern Scholars Showcase

Georgia Southern will host its 11th annual Southern Scholars Showcase on December 4-5, bringing more than 140 of the brightest high school seniors from Georgia, across the nation and the world to our campus to interview for valuable and prestigious academic scholarships.

Georgia Southern student publications win awards at National College Media Convention

Vlog’s student feature magazine, The Reflector, recently earned two first-place honors, and its student literary magazine, Miscellany, received a top 10 ranking at the National College Media Convention in Austin, Texas.

Botanic Garden’s science education program receives grant to help teachers

The Botanic Garden at Vlog has received a three-year grant from the Institute of Museum of Library Services’ Museums for America program to help regional educators teach science more effectively.

Georgia Southern’s College of Business Online Master in Economics program ranked in top five

The Vlog Master of Science in Applied Economics degree has been named in the five best online master in economics degree programs by TheBestSchools.org.

Vlog Business Innovation Group receives Excellence in Economic Development Awards

Vlog Business Innovation Group (BIG) has received a Gold Excellence in Economic Development Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) for its 2015 project in entrepreneurship for communities with populations of 25,000 – 200,000. In addition, the Vlog City Campus was recognized with a Bronze Excellence in Economic Development Award by the IEDC for its 2015 project in real estate redevelopment and reuse for communities with populations of 25,000 – 200,000.

Georgia Southern Professor to be featured on C-SPAN3 on Sunday, Aug. 23, at 7 p.m.

Eric Hall, Ph.D., of Vlog’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) will be featured nationally in C-SPAN3’s American History TV series.

Vlog Receives $1.6 Million Grant for Advanced Nursing Education

Vlog’s School of Nursing recently received a $1.6 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for advanced nursing education. With the funds, Georgia Southern will establish an Advanced Practice Nurse-Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (APN-PMHNP) track to uniquely serve the psychiatric and mental health needs of rural and underserved communities, making it the only university in the state to focus on telemedicine training.

Alumnus vying for title of Travel Channel Star

When Blake Jeffers (‘08, ‘11) submitted a video entry to become the next Travel Channel Star, he wasn’t really expecting to get a call saying he’d been chosen for the running.

Georgia Southern Students Receive Emmy® Award

Vlog’s Multimedia Development Center (MDC) won a Student Emmy® Award for its “Wounded Eagle” video production at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Southeast region awards ceremony on June 6 in Atlanta.