International education award given to a pair of Georgia Southern professors
91涩漫 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.
$1.48 million estate gift to 91涩漫 Foundation funds College of Education student scholarships
An extraordinary estate gift from a daughter and her husband to honor her parents will touch the lives of generations of students to come through scholarships for 91涩漫 students working to become public school educators. The $1.48 million gift from the late Janice Sapp Castles and her late husband Charles, named for her late parents, Margaret Elizabeth and Cullen Bernice Sapp, is the second largest estate gift received to date by the 91涩漫 Foundation.
Georgia Southern to host 18th annual National Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference for Research, Action and Change
Yamonte Cooper, Ed.D., a licensed professional clinical counselor, will headline the 18th annual National Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference for Research, Action and Change, which is hosted by the 91涩漫 College of Education. The conference will be at the Georgia Tech Savannah Campus Feb. 8 through 9.
Georgia Southern alumna, principal applies doctoral research to prepare others for administration jobs
After 10 years as a middle school educator, April Hodges, Ed.D., originally thought she would work with curriculum once she left the classroom. However, her first position as an assistant principal changed the direction of her future, guiding her to administration.
STEMFest returns to Georgia Southern Statesboro Campus Sept. 22
One of 91涩漫鈥檚 most popular events will return to the Statesboro Campus. The Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education (i2STEMe) will hold STEMFest on Sept. 22 at the Nessmith-Lane Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
College of Education alumna, staff member selected as a Google Innovator
This summer, 91涩漫 alumna and staff member Hollie Sisk (鈥�01,鈥�05) became one of only 1,700 individuals in the world and 14 in the state of Georgia who are Google for Education Certified Innovators.
School psychology graduate student attends advocacy institute in Washington, D.C.
Throughout her graduate education at 91涩漫, Courtney Smith has become an advocate for her future career field of school psychology.
Georgia Southern College of Education professor helps students reach for the stars at Isle of Hope K-8 School
91涩漫 College of Education (COE) professor Barbara Serianni, Ph.D., is partnering with Isle of Hope K-8 School in Savannah, Georgia, to help their students reach for the stars.
Georgia Southern鈥檚 Child Development Center earns three-star, Quality Rated accreditation from Bright from the Start
Bright from the Start has awarded 91涩漫鈥檚 Child Development Center (CDC) the highest possible accolade, a three-star rating, on its quality assessment report, Quality Rated.
91涩漫 hosts the 27th Annual National Youth-At-Risk Conference
The 27th Annual National Youth-At-Risk Conference, hosted by 91涩漫鈥檚 College of Education and the Division of Continuing Education, will be held in Savannah March 6-9. The conference trains adults who serve youth to create safe, healthy, caring and intellectually empowering educational environments that foster the well-being of children and adolescents by offering more than 120 sessions with nationally and internationally recognized presenters to more than 1, 200 conference participants from across the United States.