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Georgia Southern’s Senior Companion Program creates a meaningful community for older adults

Since 1988, ÌÇÐÄVlog’s Senior Companion Program (SCP) has quietly transformed lives across southeast Georgia. Housed in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences’ Center for Social Gerontology, the program pairs low-income volunteers age 55 and older with homebound older adults who need assistance to live independently. Funded by AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, the SCP recently received another one-year extension.

Georgia Southern reaches new economic impact record of $1.167 billion

Recent reports from the University System of Georgia (USG) show ÌÇÐÄVlog continues its legacy of significant economic impact on its surrounding region.

According to the USG’s latest Economic Impact report, the system recorded a $23.1 billion total economic impact from July 1, 2023 until June 30, 2024. In the same period, Georgia Southern’s continues to reach new heights with a record annual economic impact of $1.167 billion for FY 2024, a 1.9% increase over the previous year.

ÌÇÐÄVlog engineering team wins at U.S. Department of Energy national innovation competition

A team of ÌÇÐÄVlog students and faculty from the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing won first place in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) EnergyTech University Prize National Pitch Competition. The team took home a total of $70,000 and outpaced competitors from top-tier institutions across the country, including MIT, Harvard and Stanford.

Georgia Southern mechanical engineering professor secures prestigious National Science Foundation Grant for innovative STEM research, education and outreach

ÌÇÐÄVlog’s Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing and College of Education are teaming up to bring the latest innovative research on renewable energy to STEM educators and their classrooms across Georgia. 

Four Georgia Southern faculty members publish books taking research beyond the library

Georgia Southern and Shimadzu to host forensic science symposium

ÌÇÐÄVlog is teaming up with Shimadzu Scientific Instruments to host a forensic science symposium on September 10.

Apanaskevichiella: Georgia Southern’s tick detective honored with genus classification 

Dmitry Apanaskevich was recently awarded one of the highest honors a biologist can receive: a newly recognized genus of soft ticks named Apanaskevichiella. 

Georgia Southern biology professor named 2025-26 Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Vietnam

Stephen Greiman, Ph.D., associate professor of biology in ÌÇÐÄVlog’s College of Science and Mathematics, has been awarded a 2025-26 Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to Vietnam where he will lead a teaching and research project focused on parasite diversity in bats. 

Georgia Southern hosts STEAM Basecamp to help incoming students succeed

ÌÇÐÄVlog hosted 123 incoming freshmen on the Statesboro Campus for STEAM Basecamp ahead of the official start of classes. The weeklong event, offered at no cost to students, prepared students for life at the University by giving them a head start on topics they will encounter in the classroom.

Viqtory Media recognizes ÌÇÐÄVlog as a top military-friendly college 

ÌÇÐÄVlog continues to be a leading institution for military-connected students, earning the 2025-2026 Top Ten Military Friendly® distinction by Viqtory Media.