Center for Africana Studies to celebrate Black History Month with folktale reading
The 快猫app短视 Center for Africana Studies is hosting 鈥淕o Back and Fetch It! African Folktales Traditions, Meanings, and Relevance,鈥� featuring Gullah Geechee storyteller and Armstrong alumna Lillian Grant-Baptiste (鈥�13). The event is in celebration of Black History Month and will take place over Zoom on Feb. 25 at 12:30 p.m.
Georgia Southern students get glimpse of disability complications through simulation
Recently students on the 快猫app短视 Armstrong Campus experienced first-hand the obstacles and issues disabled and elderly adults go through after participating in a series of simulations of various disabilities. The event was organized by the Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) National Leadership Society and the Armstrong Campus chapter of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).
Georgia Southern hosting Youth Mental Health First Aid certification course
The 快猫app短视 Division of Continuing Education is hosting Youth Mental Health First Aid, a six-hour certification course for adults who work with youth. The virtual course will be taught by school-based therapist and licensed professional counselor Vanessa Brown on Feb. 15.
Center for Art and Theatre to host visiting contemporary art exhibition
The 快猫app短视 Center for Art and Theatre on the Statesboro Campus will host 鈥淢ode/Code,鈥� a contemporary art exhibition featuring paint, textiles, illustration and digital exploration, through Feb. 12. A virtual artist talk will be on Feb. 11 at 5:30 p.m.
“I’ve followed the work of these artists for years,” said Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art Gallery Director Jason Hoelscher. “I have seen and shown some of their work before. I’ve never seen them exhibited together, however, and I look forward to seeing what visual and conceptual magic happens when their work converges in one gallery space.”
The virtual artist talk will feature emerging artists Trish Andersen, Andrea Caretto, Will Penny, Michael Porten, Jen Small, Britt Spencer and Ben Tollefson. Due to COVID-19, gallery capacity is limited and guests must wear a mask and stay 6 feet apart. Attendees can fill out the mandatory registration to view the talk here.
Georgia Southern offering unique class for grandparents raising their grandchildren
The 快猫app短视 Division of Continuing Education is offering a class to help people parenting their grandchildren. The 90-minute virtual session will be taught on March 12 by Georgia Southern alumna Jessika Washington, director of special education for the Morgan County Charter School System.
Office of Leadership and Community Engagement works with IT to keep Holiday Helper Tree tradition alive amid COVID-19 pandemic
In July, when most people at 快猫app短视 were wondering when students, faculty and staff would be able to return to campus, Jordan Wilburn was thinking about the upcoming holiday season. Specifically, Wilburn, who is the Community Engagement Coordinator in the Office of Leadership and Community Engagement, was brainstorming ways to keep the Holiday Helper Tree, a 27-year-old holiday tradition, alive during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Office of Leadership and Community Engagement works with IT to keep Holiday Helper Tree tradition alive amid COVID-19 pandemic
In July, when most people at 快猫app短视 were wondering when students, faculty and staff would be able to return to campus, Jordan Wilburn was thinking about the upcoming holiday season. Specifically, Wilburn, who is the Community Engagement Coordinator in the Office of Leadership and Community Engagement, was brainstorming ways to keep the Holiday Helper Tree, a 27-year-old holiday tradition, alive during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Statesboro Campus to host 3rd annual Gullah Geechee Celebration
快猫app短视’s Office of Multicultural Affairs will host the 3rd annual Gullah Geechee Celebration Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. at the Williams Center multipurpose room on the Statesboro Campus.
The Gullah Geechee people are the descendants of African slaves on the rice, indigo and Sea Island cotton plantations of the lower Atlantic coast, including Georgia. The celebration will highlight Gullah Geechee people鈥檚 unique, African-influenced culture. Their distinctive arts, crafts, foodways, music and language formed due to their isolation on island and coastal plantations.
For more information, email Paris Lawrence, coordinator of diversity education and program outreach, at plawrence@georgiasouthern.edu.
Statesboro Campus to host 3rd annual Gullah Geechee Celebration
快猫app短视’s Office of Multicultural Affairs will host the 3rd annual Gullah Geechee Celebration Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. at the Williams Center multipurpose room on the Statesboro Campus.
The Gullah Geechee people are the descendants of African slaves on the rice, indigo and Sea Island cotton plantations of the lower Atlantic coast, including Georgia. The celebration will highlight Gullah Geechee people鈥檚 unique, African-influenced culture. Their distinctive arts, crafts, foodways, music and language formed due to their isolation on island and coastal plantations.
For more information, email Paris Lawrence, coordinator of diversity education and program outreach, at plawrence@georgiasouthern.edu.
International enamel art exhibition on display at Georgia Southern Center for Art and Theatre
鈥淪urface Matters: Grit or Gloss鈥� is now open at the Center for Art and Theatre on the Georgia Southern Statesboro Campus until Dec. 8. The exhibition features more than 60 enamel-based artworks by nearly 50 artists from around the world. A virtual Artists鈥� Talk will be held on Zoom on Nov. 18 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.