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Georgia Southern recognized as top 100 degree producer for diverse students

éÙ×ÓÊÓƵ has ranked in the top providers nationally for degrees conferred to diverse students among higher education institutions.

For several years, Diverse Issues In Higher Education has produced the Top 100 Degree Producers rankings of the institutions that confer the most degrees to diverse students.

College of Education professor awarded inaugural National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Fellowship

Lacey D. Huffling, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Education at éÙ×ÓÊÓƵ, has been awarded a Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

International education award given to a pair of Georgia Southern professors

éÙ×ÓÊÓƵ 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 éÙ×ÓÊÓƵ 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 éÙ×ÓÊÓƵ 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 éÙ×ÓÊÓƵ 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 éÙ×ÓÊÓƵ 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 éÙ×ÓÊÓƵ’s 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, éÙ×ÓÊÓƵ alumna and staff member Hollie Sisk (‘01,’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 éÙ×ÓÊÓƵ, 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

éÙ×ÓÊÓƵ 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.