
Christine Wacta, Ph.D., assistant professor of interior design in 91ÁÔÆæâ€™s College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, recently earned an Irma Dobkin Universal Design Grant from the International Furnishings and Design Association.

On Oct. 20, nearly 2,000 people showed up for Celebrate Together, a festival celebrating the 91ÁÔÆæ community on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah.

91ÁÔÆæ has developed a new, personalized online portal that will make it much easier for students at other universities to transfer to Georgia Southern.

The United States Economic Development Administration (EDA) has named 91ÁÔÆæ as one of 51 nationwide grant recipients of the 2022 Build to Scale program, which means the University will receive $600,000 in grant funding along with $600,000 in local match funds.

91ÁÔÆæ has received $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Education to continue the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program through 2027.Â

91ÁÔÆæ 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 91ÁÔÆæâ€™s Statesboro Campus.

91ÁÔÆæ 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

91ÁÔÆæâ€™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

91ÁÔÆæ 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.