9+ hour, 13+ min ago   (191+ words) Georgia Southern University has established an Optometric Education Task Force composed of nationally recognized leaders in optometry, educators and advocates to advise on the development of the University’s College of Optometry. The task force represents a significant milestone in the…...

11+ hour, 50+ min ago   (559+ words) What happens when 32 high school juniors visit the senior adults at Southern Manor Senior Living with a mission to ‘Bridge the Generation Gap’? You get plenty of laughter, a few surprises, some good-healthy competition, and a lot of connection! On…...

16+ hour, 7+ min ago   (384+ words) Georgia Southern University’s College of Science and Mathematics (COSM) is teaming up with Shimadzu Scientific Instruments to host the second annual Forensic Science Symposium Sept. 30. This year’s event offers an expanded list of speakers, poster presentations and a panel discussion…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (397+ words) The Georgia Department of Health is working with researchers from Georgia Southern University’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health after Georgia lawmakers requested more information to address the rise of adolescent social media use. The U.S. Surgeon General said social…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (474+ words) The Bulloch County Board of Education is scheduled to vote September 10 on a resolution which asks state lawmakers to introduce legislation to update the school board’s compensation per meeting. Under Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 20-2-55), the compensation rates of boards of education…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1126+ words) Improving how Georgia teaches children to read has become one of State Senator Billy Hickman’s leading priorities under the Gold Dome. Hickman, who represents Georgia’s 4th Senate District and chairs the Senate Committee on Education and Youth, spoke to members of…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (252+ words) Freedom Through Recovery (FTR), The Susan Ford Recovery Community Organization, will host its 6th Annual Recovery Field Day on Saturday, September 12, 2026, from 11am to 8pm at Black Creek Scout Reservation in Sylvania. Presented by C. Doug Collins, III, CPA, P.C., the annual event brings together…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (632+ words) Bulloch County Schools named Zach Barrow as its Teacher of the Year in a surprise reveal in his classroom on Wednesday morning, September 9, 2026. Raised by educators, the eighth-grade Georgia Studies teacher at William James Middle School advocates for public education…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (456+ words) In early August, French Professor Olga Amarie, Ph.D., in Georgia Southern University’s Department of World Languages and Cultures, was named the newest executive director of the board of Pi Delta Phi, the oldest national academic honor society for a world…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (487+ words) If you see some new faces around Statesboro this fall, at a high school football game, community event, local business or somewhere else around town, stop and say hello! Four Georgia Southern University students are joining the Grice Connect team…...