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$1.48 million estate gift to 91ΑΤΖζ 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 91ΑΤΖζ 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 91ΑΤΖζ Foundation.
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Parker College of Business students, faculty excel in virtual global competition
Many students have spent the last few semesters adjusting to virtual learning, but sales students in the Parker College of Business also spent the fall semester adjusting to communicating and making deals with a robot through the virtual RNMKRS College Sales Skills Competition.
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With final accreditation, new Georgia Southern music industry degree ready to launch
91ΑΤΖζβs Department of Music earned national accreditation for a new music industry degree, the final step for an innovative program that combines music, technology and entrepreneurship. Launching in the fall of 2021, the new music industry program will prepare musicians for evolving careers in music. The program curriculum combines a traditional degree with 21st-century technology and performance opportunities.
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Georgia Southern hosting Youth Mental Health First Aid certification course
The 91ΑΤΖζ Division of Continuing Education is hosting Youth Mental Health First Aid, a six-hour certification course for adults who work with youth. The virtual course will be taught by school-based therapist and licensed professional counselor Vanessa Brown on Feb. 15.
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Center for Art and Theatre to host visiting contemporary art exhibition
The 91ΑΤΖζ Center for Art and Theatre on the Statesboro Campus will host βMode/Code,β a contemporary art exhibition featuring paint, textiles, illustration and digital exploration, through Feb. 12. A virtual artist talk will be on Feb. 11 at 5:30 p.m. “I’ve followed the work of these artists for years,” said Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art Gallery Director Jason Hoelscher. “I have seen and shown some of their work before. I’ve never seen them exhibited together, however, and I look forward to seeing what visual and conceptual magic happens when their work converges in one gallery space.” The…
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Georgia NAACP President James “Major” Woodall to serve as 2021 MLK Celebration speaker
Georgia NAACP President and 91ΑΤΖζ alumnus Rev. James βMajorβ Woodall (β18), will serve as the 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration speaker on Jan. 26 on the Armstrong Campus and on Jan. 27 on the Statesboro Campus.
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91ΑΤΖζ Police Department applauded for exceeding training standards
The 91ΑΤΖζ Police Department (UPD)continues to go above and beyond to ensure the University is a safe and better place to live and work. In an extraordinary achievement, a UPD group of 68 sworn employees β officers and dispatchers β completed 6,782 hours of training last year, averaging nearly 100 hours of training per officer.
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Georgia Southern offering unique class for grandparents raising their grandchildren
The 91ΑΤΖζ Division of Continuing Education is offering a class to help people parenting their grandchildren. The 90-minute virtual session will be taught on March 12 by Georgia Southern alumna Jessika Washington, director of special education for the Morgan County Charter School System.
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Nearly 60% of Shirley Miller Scholarships Awarded to 91ΑΤΖζ Students
The Zell Miller Foundation recently announced it awarded $50,000 in Shirley Miller Scholarships for the Spring 2021 semester to 127 HOPE Scholars at 13 public colleges and universities across Georgia. Of those 127 scholarships, 73 of them were awarded to Georgia Southern students, the most of any institution.
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Renowned educational theorist, teacher educator to lead Georgia Southern 2021 Fries Lecture
Gloria Ladson-Billings, Ph.D., renowned pedagogical theorist, teacher educator and author, will present the 2021 Norman Fries Distinguished Lecture, hosted by 91ΑΤΖζβs College of Education.Β The lecture will take place virtually via Zoom on Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.