Georgia Southern leads preservation efforts for a nearly endangered tree species
The Mexican oaks are a quickly-disappearing species of trees, and are sparse on this side of the southern border. In Mexico, many of the oaks are being torn down for agriculture and other deforestation efforts.
Hammond for Hope Scholarships uplift graduate students, hearing loss community
Receiving $10,000 and $5,000 Hammond for Hope Scholarships were life-changers for Kayla Pope and Caroline Davis, respectively, who are both second-year graduate students in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program at 快猫app短视.
快猫app短视 professor wins national Student Impact Award from Top Hat
Georgia Southern biology lecturer Elizabeth Sargent, Ph.D., won the 2022 Student Impact Award from Top Hat, a digital platform for teachers and professors to connect with students online, distribute assignments and give in-class quizzes and exams.
Georgia Southern receives Tree Campus Higher Education recognition from Arbor Day Foundation
Thanks to a collaboration among students, faculty and staff, 快猫app短视’s Statesboro Campus and Armstrong Campus in Savannah have been recognized for the first time in the Tree Campus Higher Education program through the National Arbor Day Foundation.
National youth conference returns to in-person March 6-9
The 2022 National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference returns in-person to the Hyatt Regency Savannah after going virtual last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference, sponsored by 快猫app短视鈥檚 College of Education, Georgia Youth Challenge Program and Youth Today, will be held March 6-9.
Waters College of Health Professions establishes advisory board
快猫app短视鈥檚 Waters College of Health Professions has selected a group of alumni and local health experts to make up the Waters College Advisory Board (WCAB) to support and facilitate the success of the college.聽
快猫app短视 Senior Show features skills and stories
Five 快猫app短视 students will open an art exhibit titled 鈥淔eels Like a Broken Record: Another Senior Show鈥� on Feb. 28. Here, these students will show off the talents they鈥檝e developed during their time at the University with a variety of styles and stories.
Georgia Southern awarded more than $500k to train literacy tutors for Chatham and Bulloch counties
快猫app短视 has been awarded $517,575 to train elementary education literacy tutors who will work in select schools in Chatham and Bulloch counties.
快猫app短视 joins major national study to examine potential impact of evidence-based teaching, mindset, and digital learning on students and faculty in 鈥淕ateway鈥� courses
快猫app短视 is partnering with the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), the leader in student success and equity through quality instruction, on a new national study made possible through a $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Georgia Southern鈥檚 faculty will join more than 1,500 educators nationwide in a study to examine the relationship between evidence-based teaching practices, faculty mindset and student outcomes. In addition, up to 90 Georgia Southern faculty will have the opportunity to earn ACUE鈥檚 nationally recognized credential in effective teaching practices.聽Collectively, this will benefit more than 80,000 students.
How Georgia Southern students are teaching regional middle schoolers 21st-century life skills
When 快猫app短视 student Hannah Whitehead first walked into the new Junior Achievement (JA) Colonial Group Discovery Center, she was in awe as she took in the sight of a small-scale Savannah community before her.