
¿ìèapp¶ÌÊÓ has received $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Education to continue the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program through 2027.Â

¿ìèapp¶ÌÊÓ now offers a fully online executive track for the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program, with the first cohort scheduled for spring 2023.

As deputy commissioner for the Georgia Department of Public Health, Chris Rustin, DrPH, has helped Georgia respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and the current monkeypox outbreak. These issues are a part of the past, present and future of public health in Georgia, which he will discuss on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m., in the Performing Arts Center on ¿ìèapp¶ÌÊÓ’s Statesboro Campus.

¿ìèapp¶ÌÊÓ Associate Professor of Sociology Ned Rinalducci, Ph.D., has been named Sociologist of the Year by the Georgia Sociological Association. This lifetime achievement award recognizes an outstanding sociologist who has made a significant impact in the field of sociology in the state of Georgia.Â

¿ìèapp¶ÌÊÓ’s latest Economic Monitor, which reflects Q2 2022, reports that growth in the Savannah metro economy remains positive but continued to slow through the first half of the year.Â

¿ìèapp¶ÌÊÓ Center for STEM Education program coordinator Kania Greer, Ed.D., and elementary and special education Associate Professor Karin Fisher, Ph.D., were recently awarded a Global Partner Award from Narayan Seva Sansthan School in Udaipur, India.

¿ìèapp¶ÌÊÓ Police have arrested three people in connection with an armed robbery that was reported on campus at approximately 8 p.m. on Oct. 1. None of those arrested are Georgia Southern students.

160 years after the Battle of Antietam and the ‘preliminary’ Emancipation Proclamation, Georgia Southern’s Ben Parten, Ph.D., explains their historical significance. The events were only days apart, but gave the war an entirely different trajectory.

When Travis Spangenburg (‘13) stepped on the Jenkins Hall Mainstage to direct theater students on ¿ìèapp¶ÌÊÓ’s Armstrong Campus, he was immediately taken back to his days as a student performer.

The ¿ìèapp¶ÌÊÓ Alumni Association “40 Under 40â€� Class of 2022 was recognized at a ceremony on Sept. 23 at the Eugene M. Bishop Alumni Center in Statesboro. The annual honor recognizes young alumni who have made significant strides in business, leadership, community, educational or philanthropic endeavors.Â