Two Nursing Students Awarded the St. Joseph’s/Candler 91Âþ»app Nightingale Scholarship
Third semester nursing student Retha Rowe and second semester nursing student Jessica Hartzog, both in the College of Health and Human Sciences, have been awarded the St. Joseph’s/Candler 91Âþ»app Nightingale Scholarship in the amount of $1,500 each.
Georgia Southern offers area schools chance to win 3-D printer
The Innovation Studio in the College of Education is offering area schools the chance to win a 3-D printer in order to integrate the technology into their class curriculums.
Lew Alquist exhibition opens Sept. 26 at Center for Art & Theatre
The 91Âþ»app Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art will present work by the late sculptor Lew Alquist, Sept. 26 – Oct. 28, in the Contemporary and University Galleries at the Center for Art and Theatre.
Georgia Southern’s 43rd Annual ‘A Day for Southern’ is another success
91Âþ»app has had another successful year with the 43rd annual A Day for Southern fundraising campaign, which has raised $1,945,416. A Day for Southern has raised more than $1 million dollars for the past 19 years.
Georgia Southern to test Eagle Alert system on Wednesday, Sept 14
91Âþ»app is scheduled to test all components of the Eagle Alert system on Wednesday, Sept. 14. The Eagle Alert system is designed to play a key role in keeping Georgia Southern’s students, faculty, staff and campus visitors safe during emergency situations.
Georgia Southern’s Business Innovation Group opens Innovation Incubator and FabLab
Area businesses and entrepreneurs now have access to office and meeting spaces, computers and software, 3-D printers and other tools through the 91Âþ»app Business Innovation Group’s Innovation Incubator and Fabrication Laboratory (FabLab) located in downtown Statesboro at the University’s City Campus.
New Eagle Nation on Parade sculpture depicts 118-year history of the Howard family’s lumber business
On Sept. 9, an unveiling ceremony was held at Howard Lumber and Hardware on Gentilly Road in Statesboro for the newest addition to the Eagle Nation on Parade (ENOP) project.
Georgia Southern students perform ‘Do Not Open’ at the Fringe
In August, thirteen 91Âþ»app students and faculty member, Lisa Abbott, took their production of “Do Not Open,” a student devised piece, to the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. The show was nominated for the Fringe Sustainable Practice Award based on a review of the content of the show and responses to a questionnaire.
91Âþ»app soars to Albania
Professor Lori Amy, Ph.D., department of writing and linguistics, has co-founded a new International non-governmental organization (NGO), OTTOnomy, which provides unique interdisciplinary internship opportunities for Georgia Southern students in Albania and the western Balkans. OTTOnomy was created with a grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to build a regional center for cultural heritage in the western Balkans, and currently works with interns in social media, public history, art, journalism, film, writing and linguistics, anthropology and sociology, and marketing and communications. Interns began their ground-breaking work with the foundation in Summer 2016.
Georgia Southern to host Frans de Waal, Ph.D., as 2016 Fries Distinguished Lectureship Series speaker
91Âþ»app will host Frans B. M. de Waal, Ph.D., a Dutch/American ethologist and biologist known for his work on the behavior and social intelligence of primates, as the 2016 Norman Fries Distinguished Lectureship Series speaker on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m., in the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center, 847 Plant Drive.