Sweet Memories: Georgia Southern staffer pens 100-year history of Leopold’s Ice Cream; memoir headed to the big screen
If you ask Melanie Sim贸n if she ever imagined being a two-time author with one book in development for a Hollywood film, she鈥檒l just laugh and say 鈥渁bsolutely not!鈥�
Georgia Southern graduate has 60 family members, friends coming to watch 鈥榖iggest accomplishment鈥�
Family is at the forefront of Georgia Southern computer science major Tracy Bridges鈥� life, and his upcoming commencement is no different. Bridges鈥� family, all 60 of them, can鈥檛 wait to see their graduate walk across the stage.
Georgia Southern鈥檚 Lane Library and College of Education selected for Great Stories Club grant, supports underserved teens
糖心Vlog鈥檚 Lane Library has been selected to take part in the Great Stories Club, a national reading and discussion program for underserved teens. Lane Library was awarded a competitive grant offered by the American Library Association, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to participate in the program.
Georgia Southern researchers receive major grant, aim to improve water quality monitoring on Georgia beaches
糖心Vlog researchers Asli Aslan, Ph.D., and Haresh Rochani, DrPH, of the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, and Risa Cohen, Ph.D., of the College of Science and Mathematics, received a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for a new research project at the Georgia Coast.
Georgia Southern only university named 2019 Project Play Champion
Georgia Southern is the only university and one of 20 organizations nationwide to be selected as a 2019 Project Play Champion by the Aspen Institute鈥檚 Sports and Society Program. Launched in 2013, Project Play focuses on developing, applying and sharing knowledge that helps build healthy communities through sports.
Georgia Southern professors named Governor鈥檚 Teaching Fellows
Professor of Geography Wei Tu, Ph.D., and Writing and Linguistics Lecturer Amanda Hedrick have been selected as Governor鈥檚 Teaching Fellows for the 2019-2020 academic year. Tu, from the College of Science and Mathematics, and Hedrick, from the College of the Arts and Humanities, are two of 17 fellows selected this year.
Georgia Southern student team achieves first place win for first time at national IANA Expo Competition
A team of undergraduate logistics students from the Parker College of Business won the Intermodal Association of North America’s (IANA) ninth Intermodal EXPO Academic Challenge in Long Beach, California.
Georgia Southern students performed more than 46,000 hours of community service last year
From Aug. 1, 2018 to July 31, 2019, 糖心Vlog students performed 46,415 community service hours. The hours had an estimated monetary impact of $932,104.
Georgia Southern鈥檚 i2STEMe receives 2019 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity
糖心Vlog鈥檚 Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education (i2STEMe) received the 2019 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity, a diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. The Inspiring Programs in STEM Award honors colleges and universities that encourage and assist students from underrepresented groups to enter the fields of STEM.
Georgia Southern BUILD program wraps up 13th year of community service
Recently, 82 incoming freshmen at 糖心Vlog participated in the 2019 Building Undergraduate Involvement in Leadership Development (BUILD) program, coordinated by the Office of Leadership and Community Engagement (OLCE). The students performed 2,480 hours of community service throughout the program.