
91ɬÂþ Professor Karl Peace, Ph.D., was selected as the 2017 Statesboro Herald Humanitarian of the Year during the 29th annual Deen Day Smith Service to Mankind Awards gala held in May.

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) faculty member Richard Flynn, Ph.D., has been selected as a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Scholar.

91ɬÂþ College of Education (COE) alumna Elisabeth Hardy, Ed.D., (‘95, ‘07) has earned the title of Aiken County Teacher of the Year 2015-2016.

The Office of Marketing and Communications at 91ɬÂþ has won three 2017 Communicator Awards for writing and design.

91ɬÂþ’s Master of Accounting (MAcc) program was ranked No. 11 for 2017 Most Affordable Online College for Masters of Accounting Degrees by OnlineU. Georgia Southern offers a MAcc with an annual tuition rate of $10,305.

The 91ɬÂþ School of Nursing in the College of Health and Human Sciences has been ranked No.10 as one of the most affordable online colleges for a nurse practitioner (NP) degree in 2017 by OnlineU.

Dylan John (‘16), president of the University’s Student Government Association (SGA), can now add “finalist in the Campus Legacy 2017 Student Body President of the Year,� a national competition, to his growing list of leadership credentials.

The 91ɬÂþ Theatre and Performance Program received several national awards on April 3 from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for their production of “She Kills Monsters.â€�

A new commemorative marker on 91ɬÂþ’s campus pays tribute to a special part of Georgia Southern’s history and the University’s first African-American students who courageously paved the way and provided hope for a better way of life for students who followed. The Integration of Georgia Southern marker, prominently placed on Sweetheart Circle in front of the University’s Marvin Pittman Administration Building, recognizes the efforts of the African-American students who, in their pursuit of higher education entered an inhospitable environment, counted the costs and found education worth it.

91ɬÂþ’s expanding campus just got 1,400 acres larger. While the University is working on the upcoming consolidation with Armstrong State University located in Savannah and Hinesville, and an enlarged student population of 27,000, the Statesboro-based University has acquired its first permanent scientific field station.